Tailgate Fuel Storage Support Assembly Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fuel storage systems for vehicles are difficult to adapt to different tailgate configurations, requiring custom-built solutions that are costly and challenging to assemble/disassemble, and fail to accommodate various tailgate shapes and sizes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A support assembly for fuel containers that includes end and side support members, allowing central axes of containers to be positioned on different planes to accommodate tailgate shapes, with adjustable positions and orientations to ensure even pressure distribution and minimize contact with the tailgate, using interchangeable and detachable components for versatility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fuel storage systems are custom-built to match different tailgate configurations, then adaptability to various tailgate shapes and sizes is improved, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is divided into multiple modular components including end support members, side support members, and cross support members that can be independently assembled and configured. This segmentation allows the system to adapt to different tailgate shapes while maintaining simple assembly procedures through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The support assembly components are designed with universal features that allow them to be configured for multiple tailgate configurations. The end support members can be positioned at different locations and orientations, and the side support members can be adjusted to accommodate various tailgate profiles, enabling a single standardized assembly to serve multiple applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fuel containers are arranged on different planes to accommodate tailgate shapes, then adaptability is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fuel containers are arranged on multiple planes rather than a single flat surface, allowing the support assembly to conform to three-dimensional tailgate profiles. The end support members establish different vertical and horizontal planes, while cross support members connect these planes, creating a multi-level structure that accommodates rounded, arcuate, trapezoidal, triangular, or stepped tailgate shapes.
3Ease of operation
If support assembly components are made interchangeable and detachable, then ease of assembly and disassembly is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support assembly is segmented into discrete, interchangeable components including end support members, side support members, and cross support members. Each component features standardized connection interfaces that enable easy assembly and disassembly through simple fastening mechanisms, while the modular design allows for efficient manufacturing of individual parts.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for fuel storage and transportation are provided. A support assembly for supporting a plurality of fuel containers may comprise a plurality of end support members, and a plurality of side support members that are detachably coupled to the plurality of end support members. The plurality of fuel containers may be configured to be located on a plurality of different planes when supported by the support assembly, in a manner that permits the support assembly to accommodate a plurality of tailgates of different shapes and/or dimensions.