Adjustable Clamping Device for Angular Alignment Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clamping devices for mounting devices, such as those used for attaching navigation systems to vehicle windshields, face challenges with angular and coordinate deviations due to manufacturing tolerances and deformation of metal structures, particularly when multiple mounting points are involved, requiring flexible yet rigid clamping solutions that can compensate for alignment errors and allow for precise positioning.
Innovation Solution
A clamping device featuring a first internally threaded component and a second externally threaded component that are axially displaceable but non-rotatable, secured together by a bolt element and a lock nut, allowing for adjustable and lockable angular adjustment of objects, enabling precise positioning and compensation for alignment deviations while maintaining structural rigidity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a rigid mounting structure is used to ensure positioning precision, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to alignment deviations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure transitions from a rigid fixed state to a dynamic adjustable state through the universal joint mechanism, allowing real-time angular adjustments to compensate for alignment deviations while maintaining positioning precision when locked
2Adaptability or versatility
If a flexible mounting structure is used to accommodate alignment deviations, then adaptability is improved, but positioning precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The universal joint provides flexible angular adjustment during installation to accommodate alignment deviations, then locks into a precise fixed position to ensure accurate positioning of the mounted object
3Reliability
If multiple mounting points are used to distribute load, then reliability is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The universal joint serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a pivot point for angular adjustment, a locking mechanism for position fixation, and a load distribution point, thereby reducing the need for separate mounting components
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AI summary
A clamping device, intended in particular for use with an assembly device but also suitable for many other applications, is characterized by a first component having an internal thread and one side forming a first clamping surface, by a second component having an internal and an external thread, which can be axially displaceable but rotationally fixed to the first component, wherein the respective internal threads of the first component and the second component are designed to be jointly attached to a support in a height-adjustable or distance-adjustable manner by means of a bolt element with an external thread, and by a lock nut that can be screwed onto the external thread of the second component, the side of which facing the first clamping surface forming a second clamping surface, wherein the first and second mutually facing clamping surfaces are designed for clamping an object or the clamping area of the assembly device.