Working Machine Floor Mat Structure for Covering Floor-Wall Gaps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floor mats for working machines do not effectively cover the opening portions between the floor and wall, leading to gaps that can compromise safety and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A floor mat design featuring a mat main body with a covering portion that includes a first cover wall portion, a second cover wall portion, and a third cover wall portion, where the lengths of these portions are optimized to match or be less than the thickness of the mat main body, ensuring secure connection and coverage of the opening portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional floor mat is installed on the floor surface, then the floor mat provides basic flooring coverage, but the opening portions between the floor and wall remain uncovered, creating safety hazards and allowing debris accumulation
Solution Approach 1:
The floor mat is divided into distinct functional segments: a mat main body for floor coverage, cover wall portions for vertical wall coverage, and connecting portions linking the two. This segmentation allows each part to address specific gaps independently, ensuring complete coverage of both horizontal and vertical opening portions without requiring a single complex structure
Solution Approach 2:
The floor mat design transitions from a two-dimensional flat mat to a three-dimensional structure by adding cover wall portions that extend vertically. This dimensional extension allows the mat to cover not only the floor surface but also the vertical opening portions between the floor and wall, eliminating safety hazards and debris accumulation areas
2Reliability
If the cover wall portions are made longer to ensure complete coverage, then the coverage is improved, but the connection strength to the mat main body may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting portions are designed with localized reinforcement and optimized geometry at the junction between the mat main body and cover wall portions. This local quality enhancement ensures strong connections at critical stress points while allowing the cover wall portions to extend sufficiently long for complete coverage without compromising overall connection strength
3Ease of manufacture
If a simple floor mat design is used, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the opening portions remain exposed creating harmful factors
Solution Approach 1:
The floor mat utilizes a flexible, thin-film structure that can be formed into complex three-dimensional shapes including cover wall portions. This flexible material approach allows the mat to conform to the opening portions between floor and wall while maintaining ease of manufacturing through single-piece molding or assembly, preventing debris accumulation without requiring complex rigid structures
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AI summary
A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.