Adjustable Mounting Bolt Holder for Cabinet-Thickness Variations
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing cooking apparatuses, such as Over the Range microwave ovens, face interference issues with internal components due to the fixed length of mounting bolts, which can be too long for thin storage cabinets, requiring cumbersome adjustments to avoid damage and increase installation time.
Innovation Solution
A cooking apparatus with a mounting bolt system that includes a holder with an elastic support part, allowing the bolt body to adjust its protruding length into the main body, preventing interference with internal components and enabling easy installation by detaching and reattaching the holder based on the cabinet thickness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a long fixing bolt is used to accommodate thick storage cabinets, then the fixing bolt can be used for various cabinet thicknesses, but the bolt interferes with internal components when the cabinet is thin
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing bolt system is segmented into two parts: the main bolt body and the holder. The holder can be detachably coupled to the bolt, allowing the effective length of the bolt to be adjusted by attaching or detaching the holder based on cabinet thickness, thus preventing interference with internal components while maintaining adaptability to different thicknesses
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing bolt system transitions from a static fixed-length bolt to a dynamic adjustable-length system. The holder can be coupled to or decoupled from the bolt body, enabling the bolt's effective length to change dynamically according to the cabinet thickness, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and interference prevention
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the position of the fixing bolt or internal components is adjusted to avoid interference, then interference with internal components is prevented, but the installation process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is designed to be detachably coupled to the bolt body through a simple mechanism that allows easy attachment and detachment without requiring complex tools or procedures. The elastic support part automatically adjusts to accommodate the bolt, enabling installers to quickly adapt the bolt length by simply coupling or decoupling the holder, thus preventing interference without significant time loss
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively prevents interference with internal components, simplifies the installation process, and ensures secure fixing of the cooking apparatus to external structures regardless of cabinet thickness, reducing design and installation complexities.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic support part inside the holder body and configured to, when the holder is coupled to the mounting bolt, elastically support the bolt body
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AI summary
A cooking apparatus including a main body having a cooking chamber inside the main body; a mounting bolt; and a holder. The mounting bolt includes a bolt head, and a bolt body extending from the bolt head and configured to sequentially penetrate an external structure to which the cooking apparatus is to be mounted and the main body. The holder is detachably coupleable to the mounting bolt so that, when the holder is coupled to the mounting bolt with the bolt body penetrating the external structure and the main body, the holder is outside of the main body and supports the mounting bolt. The holder includes a holder body configured to separate the bolt head and the external structure and to adjust a protruding length of the bolt body into the main body; and an elastic support part inside the holder body and configured to elastically support the bolt body.