Single Axle Vehicle Spiked Roller Cooling System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Single-axle vehicles face inefficiencies in drive operation and environmental impact due to inadequate cooling, leading to increased fuel consumption and reduced functionality from dust contamination of radiators.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a cooler connected to the drive via a cooling circuit, with spiked rollers that allow air intake from the sides, keeping dust out and utilizing the spiked rollers' metal material to cool air, thereby improving cooling efficiency and reducing dust accumulation on the cooler.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the cooler draws in air from the front of the vehicle, then cooling is provided to the drive unit, but dust contaminates the cooler reducing its cooling capacity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful dust intake function from the cooler by redirecting its air intake away from the front of the vehicle (where dust is generated by work implements) to the sides of the vehicle. This separates the cooling function from the dust-laden environment, maintaining cooling capacity while eliminating dust contamination.
Solution Approach 2:
The spiked rollers act as intermediaries in the air flow path. They draw in air from the sides of the vehicle and direct it toward the cooler, serving as a mediator that provides dust-free air intake while maintaining the cooling function. The rollers' air-permeable design allows them to facilitate this intermediate air flow without blocking it.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the spiked rollers are made air-permeable to allow air intake from sides, then dust-free air reaches the cooler, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The spiked rollers are designed with air-permeable properties, allowing air to pass through them. This porosity enables the rollers to draw in dust-free air from the sides of the vehicle and direct it to the cooler, achieving the dust protection goal while using a relatively simple structural approach.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the cooler is positioned to receive air from spiked rollers, then dust accumulation is reduced, but the cooling air may be warmer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by having the spiked rollers cool the air locally as it passes through them before reaching the cooler. The metal rollers absorb heat from the air, pre-cooling it before it enters the cooler, thereby reducing the temperature differential needed and improving overall cooling efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enhances cooling performance, reduces fuel consumption, and maintains cleaner cooler operation by directing dust-free air into the vehicle, improving the overall efficiency and environmental friendliness of the single-axle vehicle's drive system.
Implementation Method 1
The drive unit heats up and therefore requires cooling. This is achieved using a cooler. The cooler is functionally connected to the drive unit. Functional connection means that a cooling circuit is arranged between the drive unit and the cooler. This cooling circuit contains a cooling medium.
Implementation Method 2
utilizing the spiked rollers' metal material to cool air
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a single-axle vehicle (E) with a drive (1), a cooler (2), a first spiked roller (3), and a second spiked roller (4), wherein a cross member (6) is arranged between the first spiked roller (3) and the second spiked roller (4), wherein the drive (1) and the cooler (2) are arranged on the cross member (6), wherein the drive (1) is connected to the two spiked rollers (3, 4) in a force-transmitting manner and is operatively connected to the cooler (2), wherein the cooler (1) is arranged to receive air towards the first spiked roller (3) and/or the second spiked roller (4), wherein the first spiked roller (3) and/or the second spiked roller (4) is/are designed to be air-permeable.