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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing delivery vehicles face challenges in presenting goods at convenient heights and angles for easy retrieval, particularly for large or heavy orders, and ensuring secure access to individual orders while accommodating diverse user capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle design featuring multiple rows of storage devices with carriers that can be moved outward and tilted to present goods at convenient heights and angles, allowing for easy access and visibility, and incorporating mechanisms like sliding and tilting drawers to facilitate efficient loading and unloading.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If goods are stored in traditional fixed storage compartments, then storage density is improved, but retrieval convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the storage carriers movable rather than fixed. The carriers can be moved along rails from a stowed position inside the vehicle to a deployed position outside the vehicle footprint, and can be tilted to present goods at convenient angles. This dynamic positioning system resolves the contradiction by maintaining high storage density when carriers are stowed while enabling easy retrieval when deployed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dimensionality change by adding vertical movement capability to the storage system. The second row of storage devices is positioned vertically above the first row, and carriers can be moved in vertical planes. This multi-dimensional arrangement allows goods to be presented at various heights and angles, improving retrieval convenience without sacrificing storage density.
2Productivity
If goods are stored in fixed positions, then storage efficiency is improved, but accessibility for diverse users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic carrier positioning system allows the storage system to adapt to different user needs. Carriers can be moved to optimal positions and tilted to present goods at accessible angles for users of varying heights and physical capabilities, including elderly or disabled persons. This maintains storage efficiency while significantly improving accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes physical parameters such as position, height, and orientation of the carriers to accommodate diverse user requirements. By adjusting these parameters, the system maintains high storage efficiency while becoming adaptable to different user groups with varying accessibility needs.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple rows of storage devices are added vertically, then storage capacity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the storage system into multiple independent rows and carriers that can operate independently. Each carrier is a self-contained unit that can be moved and positioned separately. This segmentation allows increased storage capacity through vertical stacking while managing complexity by using modular, standardized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage carriers are designed as universal multi-functional units that can serve multiple purposes: storage, movement along rails, tilting for presentation, and secure locking. This universality allows the system to increase storage capacity through vertical stacking without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same carrier design is reused throughout the system.
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AI summary
A vehicle including: a first row of one or more first-type storage devices, each first-type storage device including a first carrier configured to be moved outwards from a first stowed position to a first deployed position substantially outside the footprint of the vehicle; a second row of one or more second-type storage devices located vertically above the first row of first-type storage devices, wherein each of the one or more second-type storage devices comprises a second carrier configured to be moved outwards from a second stowed position to a second deployed position substantially outside the footprint of the vehicle; wherein the spatial volume occupied by one of the second carriers when in the second deployed position occupies at least a portion of the spatial volume occupied by one of the first carriers when in the first deployed position.