US 11,893,902 B1
Educational training system using mechanical models
Prabhu Swaminathan, Millis, MA (US)
Filed by Prabhu Swaminathan, Millis, MA (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,439.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/187,261, filed on May 11, 2021.
Int. Cl. G09B 23/10 (2006.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/10 (2013.01) [G09B 9/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for teaching mechanical engineering principles, comprising the steps of:
providing a system executable on one or more readable storage media executed by one or more processors in electronic communication with one or more databases and one or more subsystems, allowing the system to generate one or more designs or run one or more simulations;
generating a crane design using the system;
performing a simulation on the crane design to provide simulation results;
providing a crane model based on the crane design, the crane model comprising a crane boom, a control system, and a platform, wherein the platform includes at least one motor-driven drive assembly that facilitates the rotational movement of the platform about a centralized axis of the crane model, and further wherein the motor-driven drive assembly includes one or more receivers designed to receive executable command signals emitted from the control system to initiate rotational movement of the platform;
testing the crane model under at least one operating load condition;
monitoring behavior of the crane model during testing to provide one or more performance measurements; and
comparing the simulation results and the performance measurements of the crane design and the crane model.