Tyre Repair Kit Container Orientation for Stable Sealing and Inflation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tire repair kits face challenges in balancing the size of sealant containers with the need for compact packaging and ensuring easy accessibility of display and instruction units, particularly for large tires like SUVs, while maintaining operational stability and visibility.
Innovation Solution
The design of a sealant container with an asymmetrical shape and a predetermined position relative to the valve unit, ensuring the container's orientation is fixed, allowing display and instruction units to remain visible and the system to maintain stability, even with large volumes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the sealant container is made larger to accommodate larger tires (e.g., SUVs), then the sealant volume increases, but the packed dimensions of the repair kit increase and operational stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sealant container is nested within the valve unit housing, with the container positioned inside the structural envelope of the valve unit. This nesting arrangement allows the container to hold large sealant volumes while the external dimensions remain constrained by the compact valve unit housing, eliminating the need for separate stands or additional packaging space.
Solution Approach 2:
The valve unit serves dual functions as both the structural housing and the mounting platform for the sealant container. The valve unit's housing provides both the operational valve mechanisms and the structural support for holding the container, eliminating the need for separate stands or additional structural components that would increase packed dimensions.
2Quantity of substance
If the sealant container is made larger to accommodate larger tires, then the sealant volume increases, but operational stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The valve unit serves as both the operational control center and the structural support platform for the sealant container. By integrating the container mounting into the valve unit housing, the system eliminates separate stands or additional structural components, achieving stable operation with a compact integrated design that can be held and positioned easily.
3Loss of information
If the sealant container is positioned to maximize visibility of display and instruction units, then readability improves, but the container may need to be smaller or repositioned
Solution Approach 1:
The sealant container is designed with an asymmetrical shape featuring a flat side and a curved side, rather than a symmetrical cylindrical form. This asymmetry allows the container to be oriented at specific angles when mounted on the valve unit, enabling the flat side to face outward for optimal visibility of display and instruction units while the container maintains its full sealant volume capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
Specific portions of the container's surface are designed with different properties - the flat side provides a viewing surface optimized for displaying information, while the rest of the container maintains its sealant-holding capacity. This local differentiation allows simultaneous optimization of both readability and sealant volume.
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
This design ensures easy readability of display and instruction units and enhances operational stability, accommodating larger sealant volumes without increasing packaging size, suitable for SUV tires.
Implementation Method 1
a compressed gas source, preferably a compressor
Implementation Method 2
a valve unit for generating a mixture of sealant and compressed gas
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a puncture repair system for sealing and inflating motor vehicle tyres, said puncture repair system (6) comprising the following devices: a. a compressed gas source (1), preferably a compressor; b. a container (2) for receiving a sealant (7) that can be fed into a motor vehicle tyre, said container (2) having a connection port; c. a valve unit (3) for generating a mixture of sealant (7) and/or compressed gas, said valve unit (3) having a receiver port (9) that can be hermetically sealed to the connection port (8) of the container (2), and said valve unit (3) being provided with an inlet tube (4) that can be connected to the compressed gas source (1) and with an outlet tube (5) that can be connected to the motor vehicle tyre; and d. a display unit (15), which preferably has a display of a manometer for displaying the air pressure in a motor vehicle tyre, or an instruction unit (16), which preferably has a display of instructions for operating the puncture repair system (1), characterised in that the symmetry of the container (2) does not have a rotation group Coo, and the receiver port (9) and the connection port (8) are designed so that the container (2) with the connection port (8) adopts a predetermined position in combination with the receiver port (9) when the system is operational and/or hermetically sealed.