Tracked Lifting Platform Push Columns for Adjustable Lift Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tracked lifting platforms face challenges in reducing visible mechanics below the track and achieving flexible adjustment in lifting height, which limits accessibility and adaptability to customer requirements.
Innovation Solution
The tracked lifting platform incorporates pressure-resistant push columns with multiple push members, arranged vertically and connected via a deflection axis, allowing for adjustable lifting height and reduced visible mechanics by forming a single vertical column in the working position, with each end region featuring at least one push column oriented in opposite directions for stability and support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional lifting mechanisms (scissors or parallelogram mechanics) are used, then the track can be lifted and lowered, but visible mechanics below the track increases and accessibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting mechanism is divided into multiple independent push members (first, second, third push members) that can be arranged vertically. Each push member operates independently to lift the track, eliminating the need for complex interconnected scissors or parallelogram mechanisms visible below the track.
Solution Approach 2:
The push members are arranged vertically (in the height dimension) rather than horizontally spreading out below the track. This vertical stacking conceals the mechanics from lateral view while maintaining lifting functionality, effectively moving the mechanism from a 2D plane to a 3D arrangement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed lifting height is used, then the structure is simple, but adaptability to customer requirements regarding lifting height is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting mechanism transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic, adjustable configuration. The number of push members can be varied, and they can be arranged at different vertical positions, allowing the lifting height to be adapted to different customer requirements while maintaining a relatively simple basic structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The lifting height parameter can be changed by adjusting the number of push members and their vertical arrangement. This allows continuous or discrete adjustment of the lifting height without fundamentally changing the basic mechanism design, providing versatility while keeping the structure simple.
3Device complexity
If multiple push members are arranged vertically to form a single column, then visible mechanics is reduced and accessibility is improved, but the ability to support pressure loads is challenged
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple push members are combined vertically to form a single integrated push column. The first, second, and third push members work together as a unified structure to support pressure loads, merging their individual load-bearing capacities into a collective strength that rivals or exceeds traditional horizontal arrangements.
Solution Approach 2:
The push members utilize pneumatic or hydraulic actuation to generate the necessary pushing forces. This allows compact, high-force generation in a vertical arrangement, enabling the vertical column to support heavy loads despite the constrained geometry.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a tracked lifting platform for vehicles (14), comprising at least two tracks (16), wherein each track (16) engages at least at a respective end region of a lifting platform (18) for lifting and lowering the track (16) between a basic position (19) and a working position (21), wherein the lifting platform (18) comprises a push column (21) with multiple push members (23), which can be arranged one above the other so as to be resistant to pressure in the vertical direction.