Commercial Vehicle Storage Loading Aid Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

The high position of storage compartments in commercial vehicles, such as trucks and buses, makes loading and unloading more difficult due to the elevated storage compartment flap.

Innovation Solution

A loading aid with a movable cargo container using kinematics, including telescopic rails and pivoting mechanisms, allows the cargo container to be positioned outside the storage compartment for easier access, and a stacking mechanism for multiple containers, along with anti-jamming and end position safety devices, facilitates loading and unloading.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a loading aid with movable cargo container is added, then loading and unloading is facilitated, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveEase of loading and unloadingVSAvoidComplexity of storage compartment construction
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The storage compartment construction is segmented into distinct functional modules: the storage compartment itself, the storage compartment flap, the loading aid, the cargo container, telescopic rails, and pivoting mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies maintenance while providing the complex functionality needed for easy loading and unloading

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3147160B1Storage structure for a commercial vehicle, in particular a heavy goods vehicle
Publication Date: 2018.11.28 MAN TRUCK & BUS SE
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  • EP3147160B1 patent drawingFigure 5

AI summary

The invention relates to a storage compartment construction for a commercial vehicle, in particular for a truck or a bus, comprising a storage compartment for receiving cargo (5), wherein the storage compartment is located inside the commercial vehicle when the storage compartment construction is installed and is accessible from the outside, and comprising a storage compartment opening for loading and unloading the storage compartment (2) with the cargo (5), wherein the storage compartment opening is accessible from outside the commercial vehicle when the storage compartment construction is installed. The invention provides a loading aid (4, 11, 12, 14, 15) to facilitate loading and unloading the storage compartment (2).