Removable Wheel Rim Protector Tool Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wheel rim protection solutions are costly, complex, and often ineffective in preventing physical damage to the embellished surface during tire mounting or dismounting, due to high equipment costs, maintenance challenges, and variability in operator skill.
Innovation Solution
A removable, circular protective tool with an inwardly curved contour and slippage prevention strip, made from durable materials like plastics or polymers, that fits onto the wheel rim to create a solid barrier between the tire changer machine and the embellished surface, ensuring maximum protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sophisticated tire changer equipment is used to protect the wheel rim, then protection effectiveness is improved, but equipment cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential protective function from complex tire changer equipment and implements it through a simple, standalone circular protective structure that can be independently attached to the wheel rim, separating the protection function from the tire changing machine
Solution Approach 2:
The protective tool is designed as an inexpensive, simple structure that can be easily replaced if needed, using basic materials like plastic or rubber rather than expensive metallic components, making it economically viable for widespread adoption
2Reliability
If tire changer machine maintenance is performed to ensure protection, then protection reliability is improved, but maintenance cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The protective tool is designed to be self-installing and self-maintaining on the wheel rim, requiring no external maintenance systems or services. The tool's simple structure allows workshop personnel to easily clean and inspect it without specialized maintenance procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The protection system is segmented into a separate, independent component that can be individually maintained without affecting the tire changer machine, isolating maintenance requirements to a small, manageable element rather than the entire machine
3Reliability
If operator skill is improved to prevent damage, then protection quality is improved, but training cost and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The protective tool is pre-installed on the wheel rim before the tire changing operation begins, ensuring protection is in place before any operator actions could cause damage, eliminating the need for skilled judgment during the critical operation
Solution Approach 2:
The protective tool acts as an intermediary barrier between the operator's actions and the wheel rim, physically preventing contact and damage regardless of operator skill level or attention focus
4Ease of operation
If a simple protective tool is used, then ease of use is improved, but protection coverage may be insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The circular protective structure is designed with universal applicability to fit various wheel rim sizes and types, incorporating adjustable or flexible elements that allow a single simple design to provide comprehensive protection across different applications
Solution Approach 2:
The protective tool extends coverage to include the entire embellished surface area of the wheel rim through its circular design, ensuring complete protection rather than partial coverage at specific high-risk zones
Data Source
AI summary
This is a cover acting as a solid space of protection to protect the embellished surface of a wheel rim when installing a tire on it. The cover includes a circular structure designed in such way as to be held detachably on a wheel rim, the circular structure being made of two semi-annular sub-structures connected by at least one resilient element bringing the two sub-structures towards each other, a fastening system with motion limiting device, an inwardly curved circular contour and handles fixed to the circular structure for its handling. The elements are configured in order to fasten the circular structure and to be held detachably in an adjustable manner on a wheel rim.