Spartan Superway Wheelchair Restraint
Senior Project
Project Work
· This
week’s work mainly focused on the design of the mechanism for our project.
· 4
sketches were made which helped to get basic design and parameters of the
design.
· The
box needs to be designed and find everything that will go in there (gears,
sensors, hydraulics etc.).
Figure 1. First sketch of the
design with comments.
Figure 2. Second sketch of
the design with comments.
Figure 3. Additional sketch regarding the 2nd
sketch.
Figure 4. Preferred design
and dimensions.
Contact Information
Rahul Batra – a
friend of mine that works for VTA as a driver. He could be a useful resource
for feedback or comments about the traditional restraint system. I have him as
a social media friend so will contact him through there.
Library and patent
searches
· Non-Newtonian
fluids. What are they and how are they useful? These fluids can be used as the
material for one part of our design. Flow of forces occur throughout the inside
of the transportation mode anytime there is an accident. This material could be
useful to stop movement. Non-Newtonian fluids act as solids when hit with fast
force and as liquid when hit with slow force.
· This
page was useful to get measurements of the wheelchair with user is on it to
help us with the parameter of our project. Additionally, this page helped me to
get rough dimensions of our design using figure 5.
Figure 5. Reference of wheelchair dimensions while user
is on it.
