Adjustable Bracket Assembly With 360° Rotational Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current adjustable bracket assemblies are complex, labor-intensive, and require multiple components and tools for assembly, making them difficult to install and transport, often necessitating full replacement when a single part is damaged.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable bracketing assembly with a connector apparatus that allows 360-degree rotational positioning and angular adjustment of external assemblies on elongated support members, minimizing the need for custom design and tools, and enabling easy installation and retrofitting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional adjustable bracket assemblies are used, then support and connection functionality is achieved, but device complexity and number of components increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple bracket components into a single integrated bracket assembly that includes the bracket body, support member, and connection elements as one unified structure, eliminating the need for separate assembly of multiple discrete parts while maintaining all necessary support and connection functions
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket assembly is designed as a universal multi-functional unit that can perform support, connection, and adjustment functions simultaneously, allowing a single component to replace multiple specialized components in traditional assemblies
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional bracket assemblies with multiple components are used, then adjustability is achieved, but ease of manufacture and assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly incorporates segmented design elements with distinct functional zones within the single integrated structure, allowing each segment to provide specific adjustment capabilities while maintaining overall manufacturing simplicity and ease of assembly
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated bracket assembly provides multiple adjustment functions (angular, positional, rotational) within a single manufacturable unit, eliminating the need for complex assembly procedures required by traditional multi-component adjustable brackets
3Ease of operation
If traditional bracket assemblies are transported fully assembled, then installation readiness is achieved, but transport efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated bracket assembly is designed to be compact and self-contained, allowing it to be efficiently stored and transported in a nested or space-optimized configuration that minimizes cargo volume while maintaining installation readiness upon delivery
4Reliability
If traditional bracket assemblies are used, then connection security is achieved, but ease of repair deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated bracket assembly incorporates modular functional segments within the unified structure, allowing specific functional portions to be replaced or serviced independently while maintaining overall connection security and structural integrity
Data Source
AI summary
Adjustable bracket apparatus includes connector apparatus for mounting and securing external assemblies on at least one elongated support member, and allows positional adjustment of the secured external assembly along the elongated support member with up to 360 degree rotational positioning of the bracketing assembly about the elongated support member. An adjustable connector and locking assembly is disposed at the end of an arm element embodiment of the adjustable bracketing assembly providing 360 degree rotational positioning of the external assembly about the arm element and translation transverse to the axis of rotation relative to the arm.