Vehicle Lateral Protection Bracket with Rotating Mobile Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing supporting devices for lateral protective elements in vehicles are heavy, structurally complex, and costly to manufacture, with limited movement capabilities, making them inefficient and inconvenient to use.
Innovation Solution
A supporting device with a simple structure comprising a base, a mobile element, and connecting means that allows rotation and translation between lowered and raised positions, utilizing a pin and elastic constraining elements for secure positioning, and a safety device for locking in the lowered position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional supporting brackets with multiple pins and oblong profiles are used, then the lateral protective elements achieve adequate stability, but the device becomes heavy and structurally complex
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting device is divided into separate functional components: a base element fixed to the vehicle, a mobile element that rotates and translates, and elastic constraining means that provide locking functionality. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, reducing overall complexity while maintaining stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent removes the complex oblong profile with multiple holes and multiple pins from the traditional design. Instead, it extracts only the essential functionality: a simple mobile element connected via elastic constraining means that provide both movement capability and locking, eliminating unnecessary structural complexity.
2Reliability
If traditional supporting brackets with multiple pins are used, then the lateral protective elements achieve adequate stability, but the manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the device into simple, discrete components (base, mobile element, elastic constraining means), each part can be manufactured using standard, cost-effective processes rather than requiring complex integrated structures with multiple precisely positioned holes and pins.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic constraining means can be manufactured as simple, inexpensive components that provide sufficient functionality for the application. The design accepts that these may be replaceable rather than permanent, reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining adequate performance.
3Device complexity
If traditional supporting brackets with limited movement capability are used, then the structure remains simple, but the usability and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile element is designed to perform both rotation and translation movements, transforming the static or limited-movement traditional bracket into a dynamic structure. This allows the lateral protective elements to be positioned in multiple configurations (lowered for protection, raised for access, intermediate positions), significantly improving usability while maintaining relatively simple structure through the elastic constraining mechanism.
4Reliability
If traditional supporting brackets are used, then the lateral protective elements are secured, but the device weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the heavy oblong profile component with its series of holes and multiple pins from the traditional design. The functionality of securing and positioning is achieved through simpler elastic constraining means, significantly reducing the overall weight of the supporting device while maintaining adequate securing capability.
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
The solution results in a lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective supporting device with improved movement capabilities, enhancing the usability and safety of lateral protective elements for vehicles.
Implementation Method 1
i constraining means for constraining the at least one mobile element in the lowered position; and second constraining means for constraining the at least one mobile element in the at least one raised position
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AI summary
Described is a supporting device (1) for lateral protective elements (18) for vehicles, preferably for trucks, comprising: a base (2) configured for being connected to a vehicle on wheels; at least one mobile element (13, 24), movable relative to the base (2) and configured for being coupled, in use, to at least one lateral protective element (18); and connecting means (19a, 19b, 31) for mutually connecting the base (2) and the at least one mobile element (13, 24) in such a way that the at least one mobile element (13, 24) is able to rotate and translate relative to the base (2) between a lowered position, wherein the at least one mobile element (13, 24) covers laterally, in use, a predetermined space adjacent to the wheels of the vehicle on wheels, and at least one raised position, wherein the at least one mobile element (13, 24) leaves the predetermined space fee laterally. The supporting device (1) also comprises first constraining means (28a', 28b', 9a, 9b) for constraining the at least one mobile element (13, 24) in the lowered position and second constraining means (10a, 10b, 20a, 20b, 38a, 38b) for constraining the at least one mobile element (13, 24) in the at least one raised position.