Truck Conversion Kit With Telescopic Underrun Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current conversion systems for transforming trucks into articulated tractor units with semi-trailers are slow and complex, making them inefficient for practical applications such as driving school training.
Innovation Solution
A kit comprising support elements, anchoring elements, attachment elements, and an underrun protection device with adjustable crossbar, utilizing hydraulic and pneumatic systems to facilitate easy and automated conversion between truck and tractor-semi-trailer configurations, allowing for quick adjustment to manufacturing differences and compatibility with conventional vehicles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional conversion systems are used to transform trucks into articulated tractor units, then the conversion can be achieved, but the conversion process is slow and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The conversion system is divided into separate modular components: a box chassis with fifth wheel that can be independently attached or detached from the truck chassis. This segmentation allows rapid conversion by simply coupling or uncoupling modules rather than performing complex transformations, directly addressing the slow and complex conversion process described in the problem.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables dynamic reconfiguration of the vehicle by allowing the box chassis to be quickly attached to or detached from the truck chassis. This dynamic capability transforms a static truck into a convertible articulated unit on demand, significantly improving conversion speed while maintaining operational flexibility.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the underrun protection crossbar is extended to protect the truck chassis, then safety is improved, but the space required for the protection device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The underrun protection crossbar is designed as a telescopic structure that can dynamically extend when needed for protection and retract when not required. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to provide maximum safety coverage when protecting the truck chassis while minimizing the space occupied during normal operation or when attached to a semi-trailer.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic crossbar employs a nested structure where sections of the protection bar can be stored within each other when retracted. This nesting mechanism reduces the volume occupied by the protection device when not in use, while still providing full extension capability when underrun protection is required.
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AI summary
Kit for reversibly converting a truck into an articulated unit of a truck with semi-trailer, comprising: support (33) and anchoring (35) elements and a first attachment element (37), suitable for being joined to chassis (1) of the truck, second anchoring elements (39) and a second attachment element (41) suitable for being joined to chassis (5) of the semi-trailer a horizontally adjustable underrun protection device (11), and a box chassis (19) with: vertical cylinders (23), mounted on holes (25) through which their ends extend, third and fourth anchoring elements (43) and (45) suitable for being anchored in anchoring elements (35) and (39), respectively a horizontal cylinder (27) with a rod at the end of which there is a third attachment element (29) suitable for being attached indistinctively in the first or second attachment element (37, 41).