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Team 38

Team Members

Faculty Advisor

Aiden Hasson
Carol Kheng
Ibrahim Nizamuddin

Jorge Paricio 

Sponsor

SedMed

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Force Setting Mechanism for Toilet Lift Assist Device

This project focuses on redesigning a gas spring-powered toilet lift assist mechanism to enhance its functionality, safety, and accessibility for elderly and physically impaired users. The current design requires two-handed operation for weight adjustments and positions the adjustment mechanism beneath the seat, making it difficult for users with limited mobility to operate. The primary goal is to modify the weight adjustment mechanism to allow single-handed operation and eliminate the need for users to bend or crouch during use. Additionally, the project aims to improve safety by ensuring the gas spring quick-release pin cannot disengage unintentionally, preventing potential harm. Secondary objectives include improving the device's aesthetic appeal to make it suitable for residential use, ensuring it integrates seamlessly into home environments. This semester we were able to run trial and error on concept ideas. We started off thinking about design concepts that revolved around a pulley and clamp system that would allow the seat to stay stationary while the weight setting was changed. After analysis and thinking about the engineering processes that would go along with this design concept, we came up with a better idea that involves a lever and a design iteration of the weight changing mechanism involved in the original design used by SedMed. This new design iteration meets the requirements asked by SedMed but will be rigorously tested and refined to meet sponsor approval, ensuring it provides an innovative, practical, and reliable solution.