Modular Truck Accessory Mounting for Diesel and Battery Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a challenge in manufacturing haul trucks that can accommodate both diesel and battery electric propulsion systems while maintaining common components and reducing manufacturing and maintenance costs, as existing solutions often require separate designs for each type, lacking a modular approach that allows for interchangeable cooling accessories.
Innovation Solution
A modular frame system comprising vertical and horizontal support structures that can be adapted to mount different cooling accessories for both diesel and battery electric propulsion systems, allowing for a common chassis design that supports various accessories without interference, and enabling easy removal and transport of accessory packages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate mounting structures are designed for diesel and battery electric propulsion systems, then each system can be optimized for its specific cooling requirements, but manufacturing complexity and costs increase due to maintaining multiple designs
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed with universal features that allow it to accommodate both diesel engine cooling accessories and battery electric propulsion cooling accessories. The structure includes standardized mounting points, adjustable support arms, and interchangeable brackets that can securely hold different types of cooling components regardless of the propulsion system type, thereby reducing design complexity while maintaining system-specific optimization
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting structure is divided into modular segments including base plates, vertical supports, horizontal beams, and adjustable brackets. Each segment can be independently configured or replaced to suit different cooling requirements. This segmentation allows the same modular framework to be adapted for both diesel and electric propulsion systems without redesigning the entire structure
2Ease of manufacture
If a common chassis design is used for both propulsion systems, then manufacturing costs are reduced, but accommodating different cooling accessories becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure incorporates universal mounting interfaces and standardized connection points that are compatible with both diesel engine cooling systems and battery electric propulsion cooling systems. This allows a single common chassis design to support multiple types of cooling accessories through the same mounting structure, achieving both manufacturing efficiency and accessory versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting structure includes adjustable and reconfigurable elements such as movable brackets, telescopic supports, and interchangeable mounting plates. These dynamic features enable the structure to be adapted on-demand to accommodate different cooling accessory configurations for either propulsion system type, maintaining versatility while using a common chassis
3Stability of the object's composition
If cooling accessories are permanently integrated into the chassis, then structural stability is improved, but maintenance and accessory replacement become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed as a segmented system where cooling accessories are mounted on separate, independently removable components rather than being permanently integrated into the chassis. The accessories are attached to detachable brackets and support structures that can be easily separated from the main mounting frame, allowing stable installation during operation while enabling quick removal for maintenance or replacement
4Reliability
If different mounting structures are used for different propulsion systems, then each system's specific requirements are met, but manufacturing and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal mounting structure design is developed that can accommodate both diesel engine cooling requirements and battery electric propulsion cooling requirements. The structure uses standardized components, common mounting interfaces, and interchangeable accessories, allowing the same basic design to be manufactured for both propulsion types without requiring separate dedicated structures, thereby reducing production costs while maintaining system-specific performance
Data Source
AI summary
A frame system for a truck can comprise a chassis for connecting to wheels of the truck, and a removable mounting structure attached to the chassis, wherein the removable mounting structure can be configured to support cooling accessories for a propulsion system of the truck and to receive one or more modular components for supporting cooling accessories for different types of propulsion systems.