Vertiport Rail Moving Device for Aligned Aircraft Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
The development of vertiports requires efficient systems for transferring aircraft within limited spaces, accommodating various aircraft types, and ensuring safe and controlled movement between landing and transfer areas.
Innovation Solution
A vertiport system incorporating a transfer unit with a rail moving device that includes a transfer rail and a moving device equipped with a jig, wheel, and motor to safely maneuver aircraft along a designed trajectory, utilizing a communication controller for precise control and alignment of landing gears.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a rail moving device is used to transfer aircraft within limited spaces, then the transfer efficiency and safety are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rail moving device is divided into separate functional modules: a rail structure for guidance, a moving device for propulsion, and a landing gear accommodation mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve efficient aircraft transfer within limited vertiport spaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The rail acting as a guide structure serves as an intermediary between the stationary vertiport infrastructure and the mobile aircraft transfer function. It provides a predetermined path that mediates the movement, ensuring safety and efficiency while simplifying the control requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the moving device accommodates various aircraft types with different gear sizes, then the adaptability is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The landing gear accommodation portion is designed with adjustable or movable components that can adapt to different gear sizes and configurations. This dynamic design allows the same rail moving device to accommodate various aircraft types without requiring precision manufacturing for each specific aircraft configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The rail moving device incorporates a universal landing gear accommodation mechanism that can handle multiple aircraft types. The design focuses on creating a single structure that performs multiple functions by accommodating different gear configurations through adjustable or flexible elements rather than precision-crafted custom fits.
3Reliability
If the moving device moves along a predetermined rail path, then the transfer safety and control are improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The rail moving device is designed to move automatically along the predetermined rail path with minimal manual intervention. The system uses its own integrated propulsion and guidance mechanisms to follow the safe predetermined trajectory, reducing the operational burden on personnel while maintaining high safety standards.
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
Enables safe and efficient transfer of aircraft within narrow spaces by aligning and moving aircraft along a predetermined path, accommodating different gear sizes, and ensuring stable operation of the moving device.
Implementation Method 1
a wheel (144) rotatably connected to the jig (141), and a motor (145) connected to the jig (141) and providing driving force to rotate the wheel (144)
Implementation Method 2
a pair of guide surfaces (1422) extending obliquely outwardly from both sides of the bottom surface (1421) to an upward direction. The guide surface (1422) may guide the landing gear (240) to be aligned with the bottom surface (1421) in the process of settling the landing gear (240) in the gear settling portion (142) due to a movement of the aircraft (200)
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AI summary
A vertiport system according to an embodiment may include a first area, a second area provided in a different position from the first area, and a transfer unit configured to transfer an aircraft between the first area and the second area, wherein the transfer unit may include a transfer rail connecting the first area and the second area, and a moving device configured to accommodate at least a portion of a landing gear of the aircraft and the moving device being configured to move along the transfer rail.