Vehicle-Building Docking Seal for Dust and Noise Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to create a docking system between a vehicle and a building that connects the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building into one space while preventing external dust and noise from entering, thereby facilitating the use of the vehicle's internal space as a living space.
Innovation Solution
The docking system includes an entrance frame, an external door, an internal door, and a sealing unit. The controller manages the opening and closing of these components, extending the sealing unit to connect the vehicle's internal space with the building's indoor space, ensuring a sealed environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the internal space of the vehicle is simply connected to the indoor space of the building without sealing, then the connectivity and ease of movement between spaces is improved, but external dust and noise are introduced into the internal space and indoor space
Solution Approach 1:
A sealing unit is introduced as an intermediary component between the vehicle door and the building door. This sealing unit extends to bridge the gap between the two spaces, allowing connectivity while maintaining separation from the external environment. The sealing unit acts as a mediator that enables space connection without direct exposure to external harmful factors.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing unit is designed as a flexible structure that can extend and retract. When extended, it creates a sealed barrier preventing dust and noise intrusion while allowing the doors to be opened for connectivity. The flexible nature of the sealing unit enables it to adapt to the gap between the vehicle and building structures.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a sealing structure is added to connect the vehicle and building spaces, then protection from external dust and noise is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing unit serves multiple functions simultaneously: it seals the gap between vehicle and building, provides structural support for door operation, and creates the connected space barrier. By making the sealing unit multi-functional, the overall system complexity is reduced despite adding protective capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing unit is integrated with the door structures of both the vehicle and building. Rather than being a separate independent system, the sealing unit is combined with the existing door mechanisms, merging multiple functions into a unified structure that reduces overall system complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the sealing unit is extended to connect the spaces, then the connectivity between vehicle and building spaces is improved, but the gap sealing requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing unit is designed as a dynamic structure that can extend and retract based on operational requirements. When connectivity is needed, the sealing unit extends to bridge the gap; when not needed, it retracts. This dynamic capability allows the system to adapt to varying gap conditions without requiring precision sealing in all states.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing unit changes its physical parameters (length, position) based on operational mode. By adjusting the extension length of the sealing unit, the system can accommodate different gap sizes between the vehicle and building, reducing the need for high manufacturing precision in fixed-gap scenarios.
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AI summary
A docking system between a vehicle and a building and a control method therefor include an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction towards a vehicle door, an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened, an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened, and a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space.