Adjustable Wire Harness Support for Variable Slot Width Classification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wire harness supports fail to classify weak and strong wire harnesses effectively and cannot adjust the size of wiring spaces, leading to inefficient resource utilization and overcrowding.
Innovation Solution
A wire harness support system with adjustable width slots, featuring slidably connected support plates and a separating member with folding plates that can be adjusted to change the size of the wiring spaces, allowing for classification and adaptive accommodation of different types of wire harnesses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wire harnesses are gathered together using a fixed wire harness support, then wire organization is facilitated, but the wiring spaces cannot be adjusted leading to poor space utilization
Solution Approach 1:
The support plates are designed to be slidable relative to each other along guide rails, transforming the fixed wiring space into an adjustable one. This dynamic structure allows the wiring space to adapt to different wire harness quantities while maintaining organized wire arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The wire harness support is divided into multiple support plates that can be independently adjusted. Each support plate can be moved to change the wiring space configuration, enabling flexible adaptation to different wire harness arrangement requirements.
2Device complexity
If the wiring space size is fixed, then the structure is simple, but when one type of wire harness far exceeds others, overcrowding occurs while other spaces remain underutilized
Solution Approach 1:
The support plates with slidable connections enable the wiring space to dynamically adjust its size according to the actual number of wire harnesses. This resolves the contradiction by allowing space expansion or contraction without complex reconstruction, optimizing space utilization while maintaining structural simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wire harnesses are classified into different wiring spaces, then classification effect improves, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is segmented into multiple independently adjustable support plates, each capable of forming separate wiring spaces. This segmentation enables wire harness classification while keeping each segment's structure relatively simple and modular.
Solution Approach 2:
Each support plate serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, defines wiring space boundaries, and can be independently adjusted to create or modify classification zones. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a wiring support capable of adjusting the width of a wire slot, including: a first end plate and a second end plate, each of the first end plate and the second end plate being provided with at least one wiring through slot; a first support plate and a second support plate that are slidably connected, the first support plate being provided with a plurality of first connecting portions in a sliding direction thereof, the second support plate being provided with a plurality of second connecting portions in a sliding direction thereof; and a separating member, including a folding portion, a first folding plate and a second folding plate, wherein the first folding plate and the second folding plate are connected by means of the folding portion, both the first folding plate and the second folding plate can be folded along the folding portion.