Vehicle Frame Media Beam With Sliding Mounts to Prevent Deflection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle assemblies for carrying elongated media, such as cables and hoses, face challenges in being reliable, robust, cost-effective, and adaptable to different vehicle frame dimensions, often leading to unwanted deflections and requiring complex mounting procedures.
Innovation Solution
A structurally rigid elongated beam member with slideable vehicle frame attachment members and media attachment members, allowing for flexible attachment states and infinite positioning options, integrated with recesses for media support, facilitating easy mounting and robust media retention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional attachment methods are used for elongated media, then the assembly can be mounted to the vehicle frame, but the assembly lacks adaptability to different vehicle frame dimensions and causes unwanted deflections
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment members are designed with sliding capability along the longitudinal direction of the beam member, allowing dynamic adjustment of attachment positions. This enables the assembly to adapt to different vehicle frame dimensions while maintaining reliable media retention through configurable attachment states (sliding vs. fixed positions).
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment members can change their positional parameters along the beam member's longitudinal extension. By adjusting the attachment position parameter and fixing state, the system adapts to various frame dimensions while preventing deflections through proper positioning and securing mechanisms.
2Reliability
If complex mounting procedures are used, then reliable attachment can be achieved, but the mounting process becomes time-consuming and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The assembly is designed to be pre-assembled with the beam member and attachment members configured before mounting to the vehicle frame. This preliminary configuration simplifies the actual mounting process while ensuring reliable attachment, as the attachment members are already positioned and configured for the specific application requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding capability of attachment members allows for easy positioning during mounting, reducing complexity. The attachment members can be freely positioned along the beam member during installation, then secured in the desired position, making the mounting procedure straightforward while maintaining reliable attachment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If flexible attachment members are used, then adaptability to different positions is improved, but structural rigidity and reliability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment members exhibit dynamic characteristics, being flexible during positioning (sliding along the beam member) but becoming rigid when secured in the fixed attachment state. This allows the system to achieve both positioning flexibility and structural rigidity at different stages of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment system is segmented into the beam member, multiple attachment members, and media retention components. This segmentation allows the beam member to provide overall structural rigidity while the individual attachment members provide positioning flexibility, with each component performing its specialized function.
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AI summary
An assembly for carrying elongated media along a vehicle frame, the assembly comprising a structurally rigid elongated beam member having a longitudinal extension along a longitudinal direction of the assembly; two or more vehicle frame attachment members configured to attach the assembly to the vehicle frame; and at least one elongated media attachment member configured to attach at least one elongated media to the assembly, and an elongated media integrated in the structurally rigid elongated beam member. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle comprising a vehicle frame.