Modular Storage System for Two-Wheelers with Climate Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage systems for two-wheelers, bicycles, or motorcycles are inefficient in storing vehicles with accessories and do not effectively manage temperature and humidity conditions, particularly for electric bikes, leading to cumbersome delivery and potential damage from extreme temperatures.
Innovation Solution
A modular storage system with closed containers featuring a lockable loading and unloading station, air exchange system with fans that can dry and maintain a predetermined temperature, and electrical connections for charging, along with temperature sensors controlling heating, cooling, or drying units to ensure optimal storage conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If vehicles are stored in conventional open storage systems, then access and loading/unloading is easy, but the vehicles are exposed to extreme temperatures and humidity causing potential damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs closed container housings with walls and doors that form protective shells around stored vehicles. These shells isolate vehicles from extreme temperatures and humidity while maintaining accessibility through lockable doors and extendable designs, resolving the contradiction between protection and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage system is divided into multiple separate containers or storage compartments, each providing individual protection for vehicles. This segmentation allows selective access to specific containers without exposing all vehicles, maintaining both protection and operational convenience.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If storage containers are closed and sealed, then protection from environmental damage is improved, but access and loading/unloading becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The containers incorporate extendable designs where walls or doors can be moved or extended to facilitate loading and unloading. This dynamic feature allows the container to transition between a closed protective state and an open accessible state, resolving the contradiction between sealed protection and ease of access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses simple lockable doors and basic extending mechanisms that provide adequate protection and access without complex systems, achieving a practical balance between sealed protection and operational ease.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple separate storage boxes are used for multiple motorcycles, then each vehicle is protected individually, but the system complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple storage containers are combined into a single integrated storage system with a common frame structure and shared control systems. This merging provides individual protection for each vehicle while reducing overall system complexity and space requirements compared to completely separate storage boxes.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage system incorporates universal features such as common locking mechanisms, shared temperature control systems, and standardized container designs that can serve multiple vehicles simultaneously, reducing complexity while maintaining individual protection.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If temperature control systems are added to storage containers, then protection from temperature extremes is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system adjusts temperature control parameters dynamically based on external conditions and vehicle requirements. By changing operational parameters such as heating/cooling intensity and timing, the system provides effective temperature protection while minimizing energy consumption through optimized control cycles.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system allows for efficient storage and easy loading/unloading of vehicles with accessories, maintains optimal temperature and humidity for electric bikes, and prevents damage from extreme temperatures, enhancing the overall storage experience.
Implementation Method 1
at least one fan with which the air in the storage area can be exchanged in order to dry the stored vehicles and/or to keep the ambient temperature within a predetermined temperature band
Implementation Method 2
the bottom of each container is a perforated plate, with a cavity below the perforated plate for discharging air blown through the fan
Implementation Method 3
the blower has a heating and/or a cooling and/or a drying unit. If e.g. only a heater is provided, the system can, for example, in addition to the dryer function, ensure through air exchange that the batteries of electric bikes are not stored in an ambient air that is too cold
Implementation Method 4
the blower has a heating and/or a cooling and/or a drying unit
Implementation Method 5
the air in the storage area can be exchanged in order to dry the stored vehicles
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AI summary
A storage system for vehicles, in particular two-wheelers, bicycles or motorcycles, has a substantially enclosed housing (10, 20, 30, 25, 45) with a storage area (60) inaccessible from the outside and at least one lockable loading and unloading station (40) for the vehicles, wherein the storage area (60) is equipped with at least one fan (79) with which the air in the storage area (60) can be exchanged in order to dry the stored vehicles and/or to maintain the ambient temperature within a predetermined temperature range.