Adjustable Industrial Rail Housing Frame for Variable Equipment Depth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional housing frames with industrial rails fail to accommodate communication apparatuses of varying depths, leading to exposed connectors and difficult insertion, as they do not allow for adjustable depth settings.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable housing frame with industrial rails featuring a fixed plate, movable plates, and positioning pieces that allow for depth adjustment by sliding the fixed plate relative to the movable plates, ensuring connectors and cables remain within the cabinet and are easily inserted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the housing frame uses a fixed depth design, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but communication apparatuses of varying depths cannot be accommodated properly
Solution Approach 1:
The housing frame transitions from a fixed depth design to a dynamic adjustable depth design. The rail structure with movable positioning pieces allows the depth to be changed according to different communication apparatus requirements, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity by making the structure adjustable rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing frame is segmented into a fixed plate, movable plates, and positioning pieces that can be independently adjusted. This segmentation enables the depth to be modified by moving individual components along the rails, providing adaptability while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the communication apparatus depth is too small, then the apparatus fits within the cabinet, but the plug and line are exposed beyond the cabinet making them prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable depth mechanism allows the housing frame to be dynamically configured to accommodate different apparatus depths. By adjusting the positioning pieces along the rails, the frame can extend or retract to ensure the plug and line are always properly protected regardless of the apparatus size.
3Ease of operation
If the communication apparatus depth is too large, then the apparatus can accommodate deeper installations, but the user has to stretch hand into the cabinet making insertion difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable depth feature allows optimization of the apparatus depth for ease of operation. The positioning pieces can be configured to provide the ideal depth that allows users to easily access and insert plugs without having to reach deep into the cabinet.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the housing frame is designed for a specific depth, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate communication apparatuses made by various manufacturers with different depths
Solution Approach 1:
The housing frame with adjustable rails and positioning pieces serves multiple depth configurations, making it universal for accommodating communication apparatuses from different manufacturers. This multi-functional design resolves the contradiction by enabling a single structure to adapt to various apparatus depths without requiring multiple specialized frames.
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AI summary
An adjustable housing frame with industrial rails includes a fixed plate, two movable plates and at least two positioning pieces. A front side of the fixed plate is provided with a rail. Both ends of the fixed plate are provided with two opposite rails respectively. The two opposite rails are provided with at least one positioning hole. One of the two movable plates is provided in the two rails at one end of the fixed plate, and the other movable plate is provided in the two rails at the other end of the fixed plate. Edges of the two movable plates are provided with a plurality of positioning troughs. The two positioning pieces pass through the two positioning holes and extend into the positioning troughs respectively. The two positioning pieces are stopped on inner walls of the positioning trough.