Vehicle Alignment Apparatus Using Rotatable Rollers for Parking Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle alignment apparatuses in parking facilities are complex and prone to damaging vehicles due to improper alignment, leading to unstable vehicle conveyance and potential accidents.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle left-right alignment apparatus with rotatable rollers and circular rotary plates, supported by gears and motors, adjusts the position of front and rear wheels within a preset range to ensure even loading and proper alignment, simplifying the structure and preventing damage during conveyance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional vehicle alignment apparatus uses complex structures with multiple components, then alignment function is achieved, but device complexity increases and vehicle damage risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment apparatus is divided into independent modular units: left alignment unit and right alignment unit, each with its own roller and motor assembly. This segmentation allows simplified individual components while maintaining overall alignment functionality, reducing device complexity without compromising vehicle safety
Solution Approach 2:
Each alignment unit serves multiple functions: the roller provides both the alignment surface and the lifting function, while the motor assembly handles both rotation control and positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall apparatus structure while ensuring reliable vehicle alignment and conveyance
2Manufacturing precision
If conventional alignment apparatus uses fixed guiders that advance proportionally, then wheel alignment is achieved, but vehicle damage occurs due to rigid contact
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment apparatus uses rotatable rollers instead of fixed guiders. The rollers can rotate to accommodate wheel variations and vehicle positioning differences, providing dynamic adaptation that maintains precise alignment while preventing rigid contact damage to the vehicle body and wheels
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the physical state of the alignment surface from fixed to rotatable, allowing the rollers to adjust their rotational position and speed independently. This parameter change enables precise wheel alignment while eliminating the harmful rigid contact that causes vehicle damage in conventional systems
3Productivity
If arms are rotated at right angle to wheels in horizontal storage position, then vehicle conveyance is achieved, but misalignment causes arm contact with vehicle body leading to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment apparatus performs wheel alignment before the vehicle is lifted by the conveyance arms. This preliminary alignment action ensures that when the arms rotate to the vertical lifting position, the wheels are already properly positioned, preventing any contact between the arms and vehicle body during the conveyance process
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable rollers act as an intermediary between the vehicle wheels and the conveyance arms. They provide a controlled interface that ensures proper wheel positioning before lifting, mediating the interaction to prevent direct contact between the arms and vehicle body, thus eliminating damage risk while maintaining conveyance efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus safely and evenly loads vehicles, reducing the risk of damage and wear by aligning wheels within a preset range, enhancing the stability and durability of vehicle conveyance.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of rollers extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and arranged to be rotatable in the vehicle width direction
Implementation Method 2
a gear provided at one end of each of the plurality of rollers; a driving gear provided on an output shaft of the driving motor rotatable to in forward and reverse directions; and a plurality of transmission gears to transmit the rotational force of the driving gear to the gear
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a vehicle left and right alignment device for a parking facility. Provided is a vehicle left and right alignment device for a parking facility which is installed at an entrance of a parking facility to align wheels of an incoming vehicle, the device comprising: a front wheel alignment unit (2, 2′) and a rear wheel alignment unit (3) respectively provided on both sides of a central passage part (11) of a frame (1) installed at the entrance of the parking facility. The rear wheel alignment unit (3) comprises: a plurality of rollers (31) extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and arranged in the vehicle width direction to be rotatable; and a driving unit (30) for rotating the rollers (31) to adjust and align the position of a rear wheel of the vehicle positioned on the rollers (31). The present invention solves conventional problems in which durability is decreased due to occurrence of uneven wear caused by uneven loads applied to a moving means or the body of a vehicle is damaged as a vehicle is moved by a moving means in a non-aligned state. As such, the present invention has an effect of safely performing vehicle transfer by means of a moving means and an effect of reducing manufacturing costs by simplifying a structure.