Submarine Container with Extendable Support Frame
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Solution Overview
Problem
Submarine external containers face challenges in being both streamlined to minimize impact on diving behavior and noise emissions while providing a large, easily accessible storage volume for divers without requiring them to dive into the container.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring a support frame that can be extended outside the container for loading and unloading, combined with a pressure-resistant, hermetically sealed structure and a telescopic spindle drive system for easy access and secure handling, allowing objects to be secured without needing to enter the container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If the container is designed to be streamlined (elongated and narrow), then noise emissions and impact on diving behavior are reduced, but the storage volume and accessibility for divers are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame is designed to be dynamically extendable from a retracted position inside the container to an extended position outside the container. This dynamic transformation allows the container to maintain a compact streamlined shape during diving while providing extended accessibility for loading and unloading operations when needed
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the container is designed to be streamlined (elongated and narrow), then noise emissions and impact on diving behavior are reduced, but the accessibility for divers becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame transitions from a static internal structure to a dynamically extendable mechanism that can be deployed outward when divers need to access the container. This allows divers to work from a safe distance without needing to dive into the narrow container space
Solution Approach 2:
The extendable support frame acts as an intermediary structure between the container and the objects stored within. It provides a platform that divers can access and manipulate objects on, eliminating the need for divers to directly enter or reach into the constrained container interior
3Object-affected harmful factors
If objects are stored in a pressure-resistant hermetically sealed container, then objects are protected from pressure changes and saltwater aggression, but the container complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container system is segmented into distinct functional components: a pressure-resistant hermetically sealed container body for protection, and a separate extendable support frame for accessibility. This segmentation allows the protective function to be maintained while the operational function is enhanced without compromising the simple sealed container design
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AI summary
The container (1) which can be carried on the outside of a submarine is provided with a closing lid (8) which can be opened from the outside and with a support frame (20) stored inside the container (1), which can be extended at least partially from the container (1) when the lid (8) is open, so that, in particular during underwater loading or unloading, the cargo is freely accessible outside the container (1) on the support frame (20).