Vehicle Body Coupling With Automatic Electrical Connection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for motor vehicles require manual connection and disconnection of electrical lines between vehicle components and external bodies, such as luggage containers, which is time-consuming and cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A system featuring a fixed device with snap links and flexible components that automatically connect and disconnect electrical lines between vehicle components and external bodies, allowing for easy and efficient power supply to electrical consumers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual connection and disconnection of electrical lines is used, then the electrical line can be connected between vehicle component and body, but the process is time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the electrical connection function with the mechanical fixing function into a single integrated coupling element. The electrical line is embedded within the coupling element structure, so that when the coupling element connects the body to the vehicle component, the electrical connection is automatically established simultaneously. This eliminates the separate manual connection step for electrical lines, reducing both time and operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling element is designed to automatically establish electrical connection through its own structural features during the mechanical coupling process. The electrical contacts are positioned such that they engage automatically when the coupling elements are joined, without requiring separate manual intervention. The system serves itself by integrating the electrical connection mechanism into the mechanical coupling action.
2Extent of automation
If electrical line is manually connected, then power supply to electrical consumer is achieved, but the operation is cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical connection function is merged with the mechanical coupling function in a single integrated element. The electrical line is routed through and secured by the coupling element structure, ensuring that mechanical connection and electrical connection occur simultaneously as one automated action, greatly improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling element automatically establishes the electrical connection through its inherent structural design during the coupling process. The electrical contacts are positioned to engage automatically when the mechanical coupling is completed, eliminating the need for separate manual electrical connection operations.
3Reliability
If electrical line is secured to body, then power supply is reliable, but the connection process becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the electrical line securing function with the mechanical coupling function into a single integrated system. The electrical line is routed through the coupling element and secured as part of the overall coupling structure, ensuring reliable power supply while avoiding the need for separate securing mechanisms that would increase complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling element is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously performs mechanical connection, electrical connection, and electrical line securing functions. This universal design consolidates multiple functions into one component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable power supply through the integrated electrical line routing.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a fixing device (10) for detachably fixing a body (8) to a vehicle (4), such as a tilting vehicle, comprising: at least one first fixing means (14) which can be fixed or is fixed to the body (8); at least one second fixing means (16) which can be fixed or is fixed to a load-bearing vehicle component (12) of the motor vehicle (4) and which is detachably joined to the first fixing means (14) in a coupled arrangement in order to fix the body (8) to the vehicle component (12); and at least one electrical line (20) which can be guided from the vehicle component (12) to the body (8) and can be fixed to the body (8) in order to supply an electrical load. The fixing device (10) is characterised in that the first fixing means (14) comprises a first conducting means (18) of the electrical line (20) and the second fixing means (16) comprises a second conducting means (22) of the electrical line (20), wherein the first conducting means (18) and the second conducting means (22) can be electrically conductively connected or are electrically conductively connected to one another in the coupled arrangement of the fixing means (14, 16).