Height-Oriented Functional Units for Narrower Container Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
The prior art container modules have a width that is greater than the height due to the arrangement of functional units, leading to a larger transport container size.
Innovation Solution
The container module is designed with functional units arranged such that their heights are greater than their widths, allowing for a reduction in the transport container's width while maintaining volume, facilitated by pedestals, rolling elements, and guides for easy installation and movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If functional units are arrayed with width greater than height, then the functional units can be easily manufactured and installed, but the transport container width becomes large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional arrangement of functional units by positioning them with height greater than width in the lateral direction. This inversion allows multiple functional units to be arrayed side-by-side in a compact configuration, reducing the overall transport container width while maintaining ease of installation through standardized mounting interfaces.
2Area of stationary object
If functional units are arranged to reduce container width, then space utilization improves, but installation and removal complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the functional units into modular components that can be independently installed and removed. Each functional unit is designed as a discrete module with standardized mounting features, allowing them to be easily attached to and detached from the transport container framework despite the compact height-oriented arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The functional units are pre-configured with mounting interfaces and connection points during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation enables quick installation and removal operations, as the units are ready to be attached to the transport container without requiring complex on-site assembly or modification.
3Length of stationary object
If functional units are positioned with height greater than width, then transport container width is reduced, but connection and piping complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal connection interfaces and standardized piping configurations that can accommodate the height-oriented arrangement of functional units. The connection system is designed to be adaptable to the vertical configuration, using standardized couplings and routing that simplify rather than complicate the overall system integration.
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 configuration reduces the transport container's width, enabling efficient use of space and easy installation/removal of functional units, while maintaining their volume and facilitating connections and airflow within the container.
Implementation Method 1
the rolling elements rotate as a result of rubbing against the moving functional unit
Implementation Method 2
rolling elements disposed in a portion of each pedestal with which the functional unit comes into contact
Implementation Method 3
The interior of the transport container can be cooled by utilizing the flow of air under the pedestals
Data Source
AI summary
A container module and a functional unit which can reduce the width of a transport container are provided. A container module includes a transport container and a plurality of functional units accommodated in the transport container, wherein the functional units are disposed in an array in the transport container. All the heights of the plurality of functional units are greater than their widths in a direction in which the functional units are arrayed. Also, the functional unit is used in such a manner that a plurality of the functional units are disposed at predetermined positions in an array, and the height of the functional unit is greater than the width of the functional unit in a lateral direction in which the functional units disposed at the predetermined positions are arrayed.