Wheeled Motorcycle Stand Platform for Stable 360-Degree Repositioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional motorcycle stands are large, stationary, and lack mobility, making it difficult for owners to properly maintain and reposition motorcycles during maintenance, which can lead to damage and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A mobile motorcycle platform with a wheeled base and 360-degree rotational capability, allowing the motorcycle to be freely moved and repositioned, featuring a design with base bars, u-shaped supports, and wheels with brakes for stability and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional motorcycle stands are used, then the motorcycle can be held aloft for maintenance, but the stand is stationary and cannot be moved freely in any direction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing the stationary base of conventional motorcycle stands with a mobile platform equipped with multiple wheels. Each wheel can rotate independently about a vertical axis, enabling the entire stand to be moved freely in any horizontal direction and rotated 360 degrees about its center, transforming the stand from a static to a dynamic system that adapts to various maintenance positions.
2Ease of operation
If conventional motorcycle stands are used, then the motorcycle can be supported, but the stand is large and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the base structure into multiple independent wheeled modules. Instead of a single large heavy base, the stand uses multiple smaller wheel assemblies attached to base bars, where each wheel can be independently positioned and rotated. This segmentation reduces the effective weight that needs to be moved at once and allows incremental repositioning, making the overall system more manageable despite supporting the same motorcycle weight.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional motorcycle stands are used, then the motorcycle can be held stable, but the stand does not allow the motorcycle to be repositioned during maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback through the brake mechanism on each wheel. The brakes provide controlled resistance to wheel rotation, allowing the user to lock the wheels in desired positions during repositioning. This feedback control enables the stand to transition smoothly between mobile and stationary states, maintaining stability when needed while allowing repositioning when required, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and reliability.
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AI summary
A mobile motorcycle platform is disclosed. The mobile motorcycle platform includes at least two base bars, with a main crossbar extending between the at least two base bars. A middle portion of each of the at least two base bars includes a pair of substantially u-shaped supports extending upwards therefrom. A support crossbar extends between the at least two base bars proximal to the respective pairs of substantially u-shaped supports on each of the at least two base bars, with the u-shaped supports being able to receive and hold a motorcycle stand. At least one wheel is attached to each of the least two base bars. Each wheel may include a brake attached thereto, with the brake being able to lock the motorcycle platform into position.