Universal Wheeled Cart for Vehicle Mobility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles, such as cars, face mobility issues due to deflated tires or mechanical difficulties with the wheel axis, which existing solutions do not adequately address without requiring adaptations for wheel attachment configurations.
Innovation Solution
A Wheeled Cart with an articulated chassis and 360° directional wheels that can be attached to a vehicle's wheel holder using the same screws or nuts, allowing for scissor-type movement to adjust distance and accommodate different attachment configurations, enabling vehicle movement in such scenarios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing wheel replacement solutions are used, then vehicle mobility can be restored, but adaptations are required for different wheel attachment configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The wheeled cart is designed with a universal attachment system that can accommodate multiple wheel holder configurations (single-screwed, single-nutted, multiple screws or nuts) using the same attachment mechanism. The articulated chassis body with regulated hole layout and diameter allows the cart to be attached to different vehicle wheel holders without requiring configuration-specific adaptations, thereby achieving versatility while maintaining simplicity.
2Reliability
If the vehicle's original wheels are used, then the vehicle structure is maintained, but mobility is lost due to deflated tires or mechanical difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
The wheeled cart serves as a temporary mobility solution that can be quickly attached when the vehicle's original wheels become unusable due to deflated tires or mechanical failures. The cart provides immediate restoration of mobility without requiring repair of the original wheel system, and can be easily removed once the vehicle is restored to normal operation, functioning as a disposable emergency solution.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed chassis design is used, then manufacturing is simplified, but the device cannot accommodate different wheel holder configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The chassis employs an articulated design with movable connections between its parts, allowing the distance between the center of the wheel holder and the support plane of the wheels to be regulated. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the cart to accommodate different wheel holder configurations while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process, as the articulation mechanism uses standard bolted connections rather than complex custom components.
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AI summary
A Wheeled Cart which can be connected to the car's own wheel, allowing, upon removal of the car wheel, the positioning of the Wheeled Cart with the same screws or the same nuts. The device adapts to different configurations of the wheel and fastens taking into account the layout or configuration of the holes, as well as the diameter of the wheel to be replaced. The device enables movement of the car when the latter cannot do so with its wheels.