Adjustable Vehicle Wiring Clip for Variable Wire Bundle Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle electrical systems face challenges in securely and efficiently routing and organizing wires of varying sizes due to the lack of adaptable and versatile wiring clips that can be effectively integrated into different vehicle structures.
Innovation Solution
The development of a wiring clip with adjustable features, including a kick plate slot, protrusions, holes, a retaining element, and an adjustable cover, which allows for secure attachment to various vehicle components and accommodates different wire bundles, ensuring organized routing and retention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a standardized wiring clip design is used, then manufacturing complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different wire bundle sizes is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The wiring clip incorporates a spring element that provides dynamic adjustment capability. The spring allows the clip to flex and adapt to different wire bundle sizes while maintaining a standardized clip design, resolving the contradiction between standardization and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip design includes adjustable parameters such as the spring constant and clip geometry that can be modified to accommodate different wire bundle sizes. This allows a standardized clip design to adapt to varying requirements through parameter adjustment rather than requiring completely different clip designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple different wiring clip designs are used to accommodate various wire sizes, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wiring clip is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple wire bundle sizes through its adjustable spring mechanism and geometric features. This single multi-functional design replaces the need for multiple specialized clip designs, reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic spring element enables a single clip design to perform multiple functions by adapting to different wire bundle sizes, eliminating the need for multiple static clip designs and thereby reducing overall device complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If the wiring clip uses fixed geometric features, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of installation to different vehicle structures is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The wiring clip incorporates removable retainers that can be selectively engaged with different vehicle structures. This segmentation allows the main clip body with precise geometric features to remain standardized while the retainers provide adaptability to different installation locations, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing precision and ease of installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable retainer system provides dynamic reconfigurability, allowing the same precisely-manufactured clip to be installed on different vehicle structures by simply changing the retainer configuration rather than requiring multiple precision-manufactured clip variants.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure describes a wiring clip for vehicle electronics. An example wiring clip may include a base. The example wiring clip may also include a first upright extending from the base. The example wiring clip may also include an adjustable cover including a first end configured to be affixed to the first upright. The example wiring clip may also include a second upright extending from the base, wherein the wiring clip is configured to be removably affixed to a vehicle, wherein the wiring clip is configured to secure wiring of the vehicle within an area internal to the base, the first upright, the second upright, and the adjustable cover, and wherein the second upright includes a first hole and a second hole, wherein the wiring clip is configured to receive a second end of the adjustable cover through the first hole or the second hole.