Multi-Position Wheel Assembly Mounts for Adjustable Ride Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle frame designs require multiple components and complex manufacturing processes to achieve different ride heights, which increases costs and complexity, while also limiting the ability to easily adapt to varying performance and size requirements across different vehicle models.
Innovation Solution
A reversible vehicle frame and multi-position wheel assembly mounts that allow for adjustable ride heights by rotating the central frame between positions and using protrusions and apertures to change the vehicle's height, reducing the number of required parts and simplifying manufacturing, while also enabling interchangeable components and scalable chassis dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components and complex manufacturing processes are used to achieve different ride heights, then ride height adjustment capability is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assembly mount is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a structural mounting component and a ride height adjustment mechanism. The mount includes multiple apertures that allow it to position wheel assemblies at different ride heights while maintaining structural integrity, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The wheel assembly mount is divided into distinct functional segments: a plate portion for structural support, protrusions for positioning, and multiple apertures for height adjustment. This segmentation allows each element to perform its specific function efficiently while simplifying the overall manufacturing process
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are used to achieve different ride heights, then ride height adjustment capability is improved, but part count increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention combines the wheel assembly mount, ride height adjustment mechanism, and positioning features into a single integrated component. The mount includes both structural elements (plate portion) and adjustment elements (apertures and protrusions) as one unified part, reducing the total number of components required in the vehicle assembly
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex manufacturing processes are used to achieve different ride heights, then ride height adjustment capability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel assembly mount incorporates dynamic positioning capability through multiple apertures arranged at different heights. This allows the mount to be configured for different ride heights by simply repositioning the wheel assembly to engage different aperture pairs, enabling easy adjustment without complex manufacturing processes
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AI summary
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for multi-position wheel assembly mounts. An example vehicle frame disclosed herein includes apertures adjacent to each of a plurality of wheel assembly locations on the vehicle frame, and a wheel assembly mount at each of the wheel assembly locations, the wheel assembly mount having protrusions extending toward the vehicle frame and positionable in the apertures in a first position to provide a first ride height of the vehicle frame and a second position to provide a second ride height of the vehicle frame, the first ride height less than the second ride height.