Transportable Equipment Platform Ground Rest Frame

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional over-the-road trailer frames used for transporting and operating equipment at well sites are unstable, require ladders for access, and risk equipment damage due to elevated height and exposure during transport on unimproved roads.

Innovation Solution

A transportable equipment platform with a structural frame that rests directly on the ground, featuring a bottom rail, top rail, and pillars, providing a low working height and improved stability, allowing equipment to be mounted at ground level and reducing the risk of damage during transport.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If traditional over-the-road trailer frame designs are used to provide road clearance, then the platform height is increased, but accessibility requires ladders and fall protection equipment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveroad clearanceVSAvoidaccessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of elevating the entire platform high off the ground for road clearance, the patent inverts the approach by using a low-profile frame that rests directly on the ground, with equipment mounted on it. This eliminates the need for ladders and fall protection while maintaining road clearance through the tractor's suspension and tire clearance rather than platform height.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Stability of the object's composition

If equipment is mounted on traditional elevated frames, then road clearance is improved, but equipment exposure to road obstructions increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveroad clearanceVSAvoidequipment damage risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent protects equipment from road obstructions by inverting the traditional approach: instead of mounting equipment high off the ground where it暴露 to obstructions, the low-profile frame rests equipment close to the ground, using the frame itself as protection and relying on the tractor's suspension to clear obstacles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Adaptability or versatility

If traditional trailer frames are used for equipment transport, then mobility is maintained, but operational stability during work is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovemobilityVSAvoidoperational stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves the stability-mobility contradiction by inverting the support approach: the low-profile frame rests directly on the ground during operations, providing a stable base, while maintaining mobility through the tractor's suspension system and the frame's ability to be transported on the tractor rather than requiring the frame itself to be elevated for transport.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS10184300B2Transportable equipment platform

Publication Date: 2019.01.22 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC

AI summary

Disclosed is a mobile platform on which equipment is mounted. A structural frame for a platform used to transport equipment may include a bottom rail configured to rest on the ground, a top rail vertically offset from the bottom rail, a plurality of pillars extending between the top and bottom rails, a forward support point, and an aft support point, wherein the structural frame is configured to support a downward force on the bottom rail when the structural frame is suspended between the forward and aft support points.