Method for collating nut plates

By combining components such as support base, bracket, and adapter, the problem of damage to nut discs caused by collisions and compression during management is solved, achieving stable stacking and convenient management of nut discs.

CN115649643BActive Publication Date: 2026-01-09XINCHANG XINCHAI MACHINERY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202211379159.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-11-04
Publication Date
2026-01-09
Estimated Expiration
2042-11-04

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Technical Problem

Existing nut discs are easily damaged by mutual collisions and squeezing during management, and surface defects are difficult to detect, making management inconvenient.

Method used

The system employs components such as a support base, brackets, adapters, and partition columns. Nut discs are arranged layer by layer using methods such as magnetic adsorption, positioning pins, and chuck clamping to form a stable stacked structure, avoiding collisions and compression.

Benefits of technology

It achieves stable and orderly stacking of nut discs, reduces operational intensity, improves management convenience, avoids damage, and facilitates management.

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Abstract

The application discloses a nut disc arrangement method, which comprises the following steps: (a) clamping the nut disc; (b) arranging layer by layer; and (c) stabilizing the arm. The application has the advantages of simple operation, step-by-step order, low labor intensity, positioning and docking, labor saving, convenience, easy control, clear view of each nut disc, mutual independence without contact, avoidance of collision and damage, and convenient management.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of automobile engine accessories, and particularly relates to a method for arranging nut plates. BACKGROUND

[0002] In an automobile engine, a nut plate is a commonly used connecting piece, which can be used for connecting accessories such as oil pipelines or transmission shafts. The current nut plate has the following defects in the management process: the finished nut plates are stacked in storage boxes, and are easy to collide and extrude each other to cause damage. Nut plates with surface quality defects are also difficult to be found. The arrangement is inconvenient, and the management is difficult. SUMMARY

[0003] The present application aims to solve the above technical problems in the prior art, and provides a method for arranging nut plates, which is simple to operate, orderly, low in labor intensity, easy to position and dock, labor-saving and convenient, easy to control, and each nut plate is independent and not in contact, avoiding collision and extrusion and damage, and facilitating management.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application adopts the following technical scheme:

[0005] The method for arranging nut plates comprises the following steps:

[0006] (a) clamping the nut plate:

[0007] ①Install the support arm on the side of the base to obtain a support base;

[0008] ②Sleeve the center screw hole of the nut plate on the magnet on the base, and sleeve the ear hole of the nut plate on the positioning pin on the support arm, so that the nut plate is limited on the base, and the support arm is limited to be separated from the base;

[0009] ③Insert the iron block on the chuck into the center screw hole of the nut plate, so that the iron block is attracted to the magnet, the chuck cooperates with the base to clamp the nut plate, and a nut plate single body is obtained;

[0010] (b) arranging layer by layer:

[0011] ①Insert a stand column into the mounting hole on the fixed arm of the support base;

[0012] ②Sleeve the stand column through the fixed hole on the supporting arm, so that the supporting arm is limited to connect the stand column, and the supporting arm is distributed in a circumferential direction with the support base as the center;

[0013] ③Sleeve the fixed recess at the bottom of the base on the support column, so that the nut plate single body is limited on the first layer of supporting arms;

[0014] ④Sleeve the second layer of supporting arms on the stand column, and insert the bottom end of the support column on the supporting arm into the positioning recess on the chuck, so that the second layer of supporting arms is limited on the first layer of nut plate single bodies;

[0015] ⑤Then install the second layer nut plate unit on the second layer of the supporting arm;

[0016] ⑥According to the mode of first sleeving the supporting arm on the column and then installing the nut plate unit on the supporting arm, install the supporting arm and the nut plate unit layer by layer until the expected stacking height is reached;

[0017] (c) Stabilizing arm:

[0018] ①Insert the two limiting pins at the bottom of the adapter seat into the positioning through holes on the adjacent two supporting arms, so that one adapter seat connects the adjacent two supporting arms at the same time;

[0019] ②Insert the partition column into the mounting concave hole on the first layer adapter seat, so that the partition column is limited on the adapter seat;

[0020] ③Insert the limiting pin at the bottom of the second layer adapter seat into the positioning through hole on the second layer supporting arm, and insert the sleeve hole at the bottom of the second layer adapter seat around the upper end of the partition column, so that the second layer adapter seat connects the second layer supporting arm and the first layer partition column;

[0021] ④According to the mode of first inserting the partition column and then installing the adapter seat, install the partition column and the adapter seat layer by layer until the uppermost adapter seat connects the uppermost supporting arm.

[0022] Further, after step (c), there is also step (d) pressing the top: ①Insert the partition column on the uppermost adapter seat; ②Insert the mounting through hole on the fixed arm of the other support base around the uppermost partition column, so that the fixed arm of the support base presses the uppermost adapter seat, and the support base simultaneously presses the adapter seats in all directions, limiting the upward movement of the adapter seats, from top to bottom, the adapter seats of each layer cannot be separated upward from the supporting arms connected thereto, thereby improving the installation stability of the adapter seats, and the adapter seats restrict the rotation of the adjacent two supporting arms, thereby avoiding damage to the nut plates in the same layer due to collision.

[0023] Further, in ① of step (a), the assembly method of the support base is: insert the mounting protrusion at one end of the supporting arm into the limiting groove on the side of the base; one end of the supporting arm is provided with a mounting protrusion, and the side of the base is provided with a limiting groove corresponding to the mounting protrusion, which is simple to dock and disassemble, labor-saving, convenient, flexible, and convenient to use, and adopts a split design, thereby reducing maintenance cost.

[0024] Further, in step (a), the supporting arm is provided with a positioning pin, the positioning pin is matched with the ear hole of the nut plate, the base is provided with a magnet, the magnet is matched with the center screw hole of the nut plate, and the chuck is provided with an iron block corresponding to the magnet.

[0025] Further, the iron block is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the magnet is provided with a positioning recess hole corresponding to the positioning protrusion; during butt joint of the chuck and the base, the positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning recess hole, so that the chuck and the base are accurately butt jointed, the chuck cannot freely slide transversely relative to the base, and the reliability of butt joint is improved.

[0026] Further, the side surface of the support base in step (b) is provided with a fixing arm, the fixing arm is provided with a mounting through hole, the supporting arm is provided with a fixing through hole, and the stand column is matched with the fixing through hole and the mounting through hole.

[0027] Further, the supporting arm in step (b) is provided with supporting columns distributed at equal intervals, the supporting columns pass through the supporting arm, the bottom of the base is provided with a fixing recess corresponding to the supporting columns, and the chuck is provided with a positioning recess corresponding to the supporting columns.

[0028] Further, the bottom of the adapter in step (c) is provided with a sleeve hole and a limiting pin, the mounting through hole and the sleeve hole correspond to the partition column respectively, the top of the adapter is provided with a mounting recess hole corresponding to the partition column, and the supporting arm is provided with positioning through holes corresponding to the limiting pin and symmetrically distributed.

[0029] The present application has the following beneficial effects due to the adoption of the above technical scheme:

[0030] 1. After the nut plate is butt jointed with the support base, the magnet limits the transverse free sliding of the nut plate, and the nut plate limits the outward sliding of the supporting arm away from the base, so that the assembly stability of the support base is improved, the fixing operation of the supporting arm and the base is not needed, the operation strength is reduced, the magnet on the base attracts the iron block on the chuck, the nut plate is clamped by the chuck and the base, the nut plate cannot freely escape from between the chuck and the base, and the clamping is reliable.

[0031] 2. After the nut plate monomers and the supporting arms are installed layer by layer, the upper nut plate monomers press down the lower nut plate monomers through the supporting columns, the lower nut plate monomers are limited to freely move, the upper supporting arms press down the lower supporting arms through the nut plate monomers, the lower supporting arms are limited to freely move, a mutual restraint relationship is formed, the installation is stable and reliable, the nut plate monomers are clamped by the upper and lower supporting columns, the free movement of the nut plate monomers is limited, the placing stability of the nut plate monomers is improved, the upper and lower supporting arms are connected into an integrated body through the nut plate monomers, an upper and lower restraint relationship is formed, the states are synchronous, the upper and lower supporting arms are avoided to be staggered, each nut plate is clear at a glance, the nut plates are independent and not contacted, the nut plates are avoided to be damaged due to collision and extrusion, and the management is facilitated.

[0032] 3. By supporting the base disc and simultaneously pressing the adapter seat in each direction, the upward movement of the adapter seat is limited, the upper adapter seat presses the lower adapter seat through the partition column, the lower adapter seat and the partition column are limited to move freely, the adapter seat presses the supporting arm connected thereto, and the installation stability of the supporting arm is further improved, the adjacent two supporting arms are restrained from rotating through the adapter seat, and collision and damage of the nut plate at the same height are avoided. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0033] The application will be further described below with reference to the drawings:

[0034] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the arrangement of the nut plate in the application;

[0035] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the arrangement frame in the application;

[0036] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the arrangement of the supporting arm in the application;

[0037] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the stand column and the supporting arm and the fixed arm in the application;

[0038] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the adapter seat and the supporting arm in the application;

[0039] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the adapter seat in the application;

[0040] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the nut plate and the supporting base and the chuck in the application;

[0041] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the connection structure of the nut plate and the supporting base in the application;

[0042] Figure 9 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the base in the application;

[0043] Figure 10 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the chuck in the application.

[0044] In the figure: 1-nut plate; 2-center screw hole; 3-ear hole; 4-supporting arm; 5-mounting protrusion; 6-base; 7-limiting groove; 8-positioning pin; 9-magnet; 10-chuck; 11-iron block; 12-positioning protrusion; 13-positioning recess; 14-supporting base; 15-supporting base disc; 16-fixed arm; 17-mounting through hole; 18-supporting arm; 19-fixed through hole; 20-stand column; 21-support column; 22-fixed groove; 23-positioning groove; 24-adapter seat; 25-sleeve hole; 26-limiting pin; 27-partition column; 28-positioning through hole; 29-mounting recess. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] As Figures 1 to 10 shown, the arrangement frame used for arranging the nut plate in the application, the arrangement method of the nut plate, comprising the following steps:

[0046] (a) clamping the nut plate 1: the nut plate 1 is provided with a center screw hole 2 and an ear hole 3, the ear hole 3 is distributed in a circle with the center screw hole 2 as the center, one end of the supporting arm 4 is provided with a mounting protrusion 5, the side surface of the base 6 is provided with a limiting groove 7 corresponding to the mounting protrusion 5. The supporting arm 4 is provided with a positioning pin 8, which is matched with the ear hole 3 of the nut plate 1, the base 6 is provided with a magnet 9, which is matched with the center screw hole 2 of the nut plate 1, the chuck 10 is provided with an iron block 11 corresponding to the magnet 9, the cross-sectional diameter of the chuck 10 is larger than that of the center screw hole 2, the iron block 11 is provided with a positioning protrusion 12, and the magnet 9 is provided with a positioning recess 13 corresponding to the positioning protrusion 12.

[0047] ①Insert the mounting protrusion 5 at one end of the supporting arm 4 into the limiting groove 7 on the side surface of the base 6, and the supporting arm 4 is distributed in a circle with the base 6 as the center to obtain the supporting base 14. It is simple, labor-saving, convenient, flexible and convenient to dock and disassemble, and the maintenance cost is reduced by adopting the split design.

[0048] ②Sleeve the center screw hole 2 of the nut plate 1 around the magnet 9 on the base 6, and sleeve the ear hole 3 of the nut plate 1 around the positioning pin 8 on the supporting arm 4, so that the nut plate 1 is limited on the base 6, the magnet 9 limits the transverse free sliding of the nut plate 1, the positioning pin 8 cannot be taken out of the ear hole 3, and the mounting protrusion 5 cannot be taken out of the limiting groove 7. The positioning pin 8 cannot be taken out of the ear hole 3, and the mounting protrusion 5 cannot be taken out of the limiting groove 7. The nut plate 1 limits the supporting arm 4 from sliding outward away from the base 6, improving the assembly stability of the supporting base 14. No fixing operation is needed for the supporting arm 4 and the base 6, reducing the operation strength, changing the length of the mounting protrusion 5 into the limiting groove 7, changing the distance between the positioning pin 8 and the magnet 9, so as to adapt to the actual distance between the ear hole 3 and the center screw hole 2, so that the positioning pin 8 corresponds to the ear hole 3, and the magnet 9 corresponds to the center screw hole 2, improving the adaptability of the supporting base 14.

[0049] ③Firstly, the chuck 10 is inverted, then the positioning protrusion 12 on the iron block 11 is inserted into the center screw hole 2 of the nut plate 1 and the positioning recess 13 on the magnet 9, until the magnet 9 attracts the iron block 11, realizing accurate docking of the chuck 10 and the base 6. The chuck 10 cannot freely slide transversely relative to the base 6, improving the reliability of the docking; the chuck 10 clamps the nut plate 1 together with the base 6 to obtain a nut plate unit, and the nut plate 1 cannot freely escape from between the chuck 10 and the base 6, and the clamping is reliable.

[0050] (b) layer by layer arrangement: the side of the support base 15 is provided with a fixed arm 16, the fixed arm 16 is provided with a mounting hole 17, the support arm 18 is provided with a fixed hole 19, the stand 20 is matched with the fixed hole 19 and the mounting hole 17. The support arm 18 is equidistantly distributed with a support column 21, the support column 21 penetrates the support arm 18, the bottom of the base 6 is provided with a fixed groove 22 corresponding to the support column 21, and the chuck 10 is provided with a positioning groove 23 corresponding to the support column 21.

[0051] ①Insert the stand 20 into the mounting hole 17 on the fixed arm 16;

[0052] ②The stand 20 is sleeved with the fixed hole 19 on the support arm 18, so that the support arm 18 is limited to connect the stand 20, and the support arm 18 is distributed in a circumferential direction with the support base 15 as the center;

[0053] ③The fixed groove 22 at the bottom of the base 6 is sleeved with the support column 21 on the support arm 18, so that the nut plate monomer is limited on the first layer of support arm 18, and the nut plate monomer presses down the support arm 18, so that the support arm 18 cannot move freely, and the installation stability is high.

[0054] ④The second layer of support arm 18 is sleeved on the stand 20, the bottom end of the support column 21 on the support arm 18 is inserted into the positioning groove 23 on the chuck 10, so that the second layer of support arm 18 is limited on the first layer of nut plate monomer, the second layer of support arm 18 presses down the first layer of nut plate monomer, the nut plate monomer is clamped by the two support columns 21, the freedom of the nut plate monomer is limited, and the placing stability of the nut plate monomer is improved.

[0055] ⑤Then install the second layer of nut plate monomer on the second layer of support arm 18;

[0056] ⑥According to the mode that the support arm 18 is sleeved on the stand 20 first and then the nut plate monomer is installed on the support arm 18, the support arm 18 and the nut plate monomer are installed layer by layer until the expected stacking height is reached, which is simple in operation, orderly in step, low in labor intensity, convenient in labor saving, easy to control and ensures the installation quality; from top to bottom, the bottom end of the support column 21 on the lowermost support arm 18 is in contact with the ground, the nut plate monomer above presses down the nut plate monomer below through the support column 21, the freedom of the nut plate monomer below is limited, the support arm 18 above presses down the support arm 18 below through the nut plate monomer, the freedom of the support arm 18 below is limited, a mutual restraint relationship is formed, the installation is stable and reliable; the support arm 18 above and below is connected into a whole through the nut plate monomer, an upper and lower restraint relationship is formed, the state is synchronous, the support arm 18 above and below is avoided to be staggered, each nut plate 1 is clear at a glance, and is independent and not in contact, so that management is facilitated.

[0057] (c) stabilizing arm: the bottom of the adapter seat 24 is provided with a sleeve hole 25 and a limiting pin 26, the mounting hole 17 and the sleeve hole 25 correspond to the partition column 27 respectively, the top of the adapter seat 24 is provided with a mounting recess hole 29 corresponding to the partition column 27, and the supporting arm 18 is symmetrically provided with a positioning hole 28 corresponding to the limiting pin 26.

[0058] ①Insert the two limiting pins 26 at the bottom of the adapter seat 24 into the positioning holes 28 on the adjacent two supporting arms 18 respectively, so that one adapter seat 24 connects the adjacent two supporting arms 18 at the same time, limits the free rotation of the two supporting arms 18, avoids the collision between the nut plates 1 at the same height and the damage caused thereby, and is simple to operate and easy to control.

[0059] ②Insert the partition column 27 into the mounting recess hole 29 on the first layer of adapter seat 24, so that the partition column 27 is limited on the adapter seat 24;

[0060] ③Insert the limiting pin 26 at the bottom of the second layer of adapter seat 24 into the positioning hole 28 on the second layer of supporting arm 18 in alignment, and the sleeve hole 25 at the bottom of the second layer of adapter seat 24 is sleeved with the upper end of the partition column 27, so that the second layer of adapter seat 24 connects the second layer of supporting arm 18 and the first layer of partition column 27;

[0061] ④According to the mode of inserting the partition column 27 first and then installing the adapter seat 24, install the partition column 27 and the adapter seat 24 layer by layer until the uppermost layer of adapter seat 24 connects the uppermost layer of supporting arm 18, from top to bottom, the upper adapter seat 24 presses down the lower adapter seat 24 through the partition column 27, limiting the free movement of the lower adapter seat 24 and the partition column 27, the adapter seat 24 presses down the supporting arm 18 connected thereto, further improving the installation stability of the supporting arm 18.

[0062] (d) pressing top:

[0063] ①Insert the partition column 27 on the uppermost layer of adapter seat 24;

[0064] ②Sleeve the mounting hole 17 on the fixed arm 16 of the other supporting base plate 15 with the uppermost layer of partition column 27, so that the fixed arm 16 of the supporting base plate 15 presses the uppermost layer of adapter seat 24, and the adapter seat 24 in each direction is pressed down through the supporting base plate 15, limiting its upward movement, from top to bottom, the adapter seat 24 of each layer cannot be separated from the supporting arm 18 connected thereto, thereby improving the installation stability of the adapter seat 24, and the rotation of the adjacent two supporting arms 18 is restricted through the adapter seat 24, thereby avoiding the collision between the nut plates 1 at the same layer and the damage caused thereby.

[0065] The above merely illustrates the specific embodiments of the present application, but the technical features of the present application are not limited thereto. Any simple change, equivalent replacement or modification made on the basis of the present application to solve the basically same technical problem and realize the basically same technical effect shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. Method for collating nut plates, characterized in that It comprises the following steps: (a) clamp nut plate: ①Insert the mounting protrusion at one end of the support arm into the limiting groove on the side of the base, and install the support arm on the side of the base to obtain a support base; One end of the support arm is provided with a mounting protrusion, and the side of the base is provided with a limiting groove corresponding to the mounting protrusion, the support arm is provided with a positioning pin, the positioning pin is matched with the ear hole of the nut plate, the base is provided with a magnet, the magnet is matched with the center screw hole of the nut plate, the chuck is provided with an iron block, and the iron block is matched with the magnet; ②The center screw hole of the nut plate is sleeved with the magnet on the base, and the ear hole of the nut plate is sleeved with the positioning pin on the support arm, so that the nut plate is limited on the base, and the nut plate is limited on the base. The support arm is free from the base; ③Insert the iron block on the chuck into the center screw hole of the nut plate, so that the iron block is attracted to the magnet, the chuck cooperates with the base to clamp the nut plate, and the nut plate is obtained. (b) Layer by layer arrangement: ①Insert the stand column into the mounting hole on the fixed arm of the support base; ②Sleeve the stand column through the fixing hole on the supporting arm to limit the connection of the stand column, and the supporting arm is distributed in a circumferential direction with the support base as the center; ③Sleeve the fixing groove at the bottom of the base with the support column on the supporting arm, so that the nut plate monomer is limited on the first layer of supporting arm; ④Sleeve the second layer of supporting arm on the stand column, and insert the bottom end of the support column on the supporting arm into the positioning groove on the chuck, so that the second layer of supporting arm is limited on the first layer of nut plate monomer; ⑤Then install the second layer of nut plate monomer on the second layer of supporting arm; ⑥According to the mode of sleeving the supporting arm on the stand column first and then installing the nut plate monomer on the supporting arm, the supporting arm and the nut plate monomer are installed layer by layer until the expected stacking height is reached; (c) Stable arm: ①Insert the two limiting pins at the bottom of the adapter seat into the positioning hole on the adjacent two supporting arms, so that one adapter seat connects the adjacent two supporting arms at the same time; ②Insert the partition column into the mounting concave hole on the first layer of adapter seat, so that the partition column is limited on the adapter seat; ③Insert the limiting pin at the bottom of the second layer of adapter seat into the positioning hole on the second layer of supporting arm, and sleeve the sleeve hole at the bottom of the second layer of adapter seat with the upper end of the partition column, so that the second layer of adapter seat connects the second layer of supporting arm and the first layer of partition column; ④According to the mode of inserting the partition column first and then installing the adapter seat, the partition column and the adapter seat are installed layer by layer until the uppermost adapter seat connects the uppermost supporting arm.

2. The method of collating nut plates of claim 1, wherein: After step (c), step (d) is also included: ①Insert the partition column on the uppermost adapter seat; ②Sleeve the mounting hole on the fixed arm of the other support base with the uppermost partition column, so that the fixed arm of the support base presses the uppermost adapter seat.

3. The nut plate organizing method of claim 1, wherein: The iron block is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the magnet is provided with a positioning concave hole corresponding to the positioning protrusion.

4. The nut plate collating method of claim 1, wherein: In step (b), the side of the support base is provided with a fixed arm, the fixed arm is provided with a mounting hole, the supporting arm is provided with a fixing hole, and the stand column is matched with the fixing hole and the mounting hole.

5. The nut plate organizing method of claim 1, wherein: In step (b), the supporting arm is equidistantly distributed with support columns, the support columns penetrate the supporting arm, and the bottom of the base is provided with a fixing groove corresponding to the support columns. The chuck is provided with a positioning groove corresponding to the support columns.

6. The nut plate organizing method of claim 1, wherein: The bottom of the adapter is provided with a sleeve hole and a limiting pin, the mounting through hole and the sleeve hole correspond to the partition column respectively, the top of the adapter is provided with a mounting recess hole corresponding to the partition column, and the supporting arm is symmetrically provided with a positioning through hole corresponding to the limiting pin.

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