Adjustable Truck Topper Design

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Adjustable Truck Topper Design
Client New Wave Management Faculty Advisor
Prof. Richard Burton

• By
• Adnan Malik
• Arian Andkhoie
• Kevin Cheung

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Overview of Presentation

• Problem Description (Adnan)
• Constraints Criteria (Kevin)
• What have we done so far? (Arian)
• Project Schedule (Arian)

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Objective To design a convertible truck box
cover.
Problem Definition
Truck topper
Truck tonneau
CONVERSION
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Constraints Criteria

• Must topper-tonneau conversion (and vice versa)
  should take 20-60 sec.
• Assembly must be mountable by a maximum of 2
  people.
• While the assembly is operating in cannot take
  any room in the truck box.
• Must be able to withstand a Canadian Winter
• Must keep weight as light as possible

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Constraints Criteria (contd)

• Cost lt approx. 1500.00 (CAD)/UNIT
• Manual conversion process from topper-to-tonneau
  and vice versa
• Cannot obstruct rear-view mirror
• Must fit contours of various trucks (i.e.
  different trucks will have different sizes but
  for this design we will be designing for a Toyota
  Tacoma 2006 XRunner Edition).

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What have we done so far?

• Problem Formulation
• Developed a detailed schedule
• Comprehensive Literature Review
• Material Selection
• Analysis Scope Defined (Kinematics/Materials)
• Conceptual Design Defined.
• Challenge Found a patent on design idea!

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Project Schedule

• Milestone 1 October 31, 2008
• Define a preliminary design solution
• Start Analysis
• Milestone 2 November 31, 2008
• Complete analysis
• Milestone 3 January 15, 2009
• Initial Draft of Final Report Complete

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THANK YOU
CONVERSION