Semi-Trailer Loading Platform With Central Tunnel and Wheel Recesses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing semi-trailer support devices have high dead weight, reduced payload efficiency, and are cumbersome to handle, requiring additional securing means.
Innovation Solution
A platform with two side elements and a central tunnel design, featuring wheel recesses and stop elements for lifting, allowing efficient loading and storage with reduced weight and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate pockets for each axle are provided to accommodate wheels, then the semi-trailer can be securely supported, but the dead weight increases and payload efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the support function for multiple axles into a single integrated base element instead of providing separate pockets for each axle. The base element with its longitudinal I-beam structure can support multiple axles simultaneously, reducing the overall dead weight while maintaining the ability to securely hold the semi-trailer.
Solution Approach 2:
The base element is designed as a universal support structure that can accommodate multiple axles of different semi-trailers. The longitudinal I-beam configuration provides multi-functional support capability, allowing the same structure to handle various loading scenarios without requiring axle-specific pockets.
2Reliability
If multiple crossbeams are used to form pockets for each axle, then wheel accommodation is improved, but the structural complexity and handling difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple crossbeam structures into a single integrated base element with longitudinal I-beams. This merging eliminates the need for separate pocket formations for each axle, reducing structural complexity while maintaining adequate wheel accommodation capability through the continuous longitudinal support structure.
3Reliability
If additional securing means are provided to secure the semi-trailer, then safety is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The base element with its longitudinal I-beam structure provides self-service securing functionality. The structure itself creates natural retention points and stable support surfaces that inherently secure the semi-trailer during loading and transport, eliminating or reducing the need for additional external securing means and simplifying operation.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a platform for storing and/or loading semi-trailers, comprising two side elements extending parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction and spaced apart from each other transversely in a transverse direction. The platform further includes a plurality of stop elements arranged on the side elements, as well as a first base element and a second base element by means of which the two side elements are connected to each other transversely. To provide a platform that is lightweight, easy and safe to handle, and flexible in its application, the first base element has a wheel recess adjacent to each of the side elements and a raised central tunnel between the two wheel recesses.