Angled Mounting Bracket for Electrical Boxes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting brackets for electrical boxes often require a smaller central opening to maintain structural integrity, which reduces access and complicates conduit securing and wire splices due to the need for additional material around mounting openings.
Innovation Solution
The use of angled mounting openings in a mounting bracket allows for a larger central opening by optimizing space usage, with sets of openings extending at oblique angles relative to the mounting body axis, enabling secure attachment of electrical boxes with improved installation processes and structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional mounting brackets use traditional mounting opening arrangements, then structural integrity is maintained, but central opening size is reduced and access is complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by rotating the mounting openings from a traditional horizontal/vertical arrangement to an angled configuration relative to the mounting body axis. This angular orientation allows the openings to be positioned more efficiently around the central opening, maximizing the central opening size while maintaining adequate material distribution for structural integrity. The angled arrangement utilizes the two-dimensional space around the central opening more effectively than conventional straight-line arrangements.
2Ease of operation
If conventional mounting brackets use traditional mounting opening arrangements, then structural integrity is maintained, but conduit securing and wire splices are complicated
Solution Approach 1:
By changing the angular dimension of the mounting openings relative to the mounting body axis, the patent creates more clearance space around the central opening. This angular configuration positions the mounting openings farther from the central opening compared to traditional arrangements, providing easier access for conduit securing and wire splicing operations while still maintaining structural integrity through optimized material distribution.
3Area of stationary object
If mounting openings are positioned to maximize central opening size, then access is improved, but structural integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by strategically positioning mounting openings at specific angles relative to the mounting body axis, creating zones of optimized material distribution. The angled arrangement ensures that material is concentrated in critical areas around the central opening while maintaining adequate spacing for access, thereby achieving both large central opening size and reliable structural integrity through localized optimization of material placement.
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AI summary
A mounting bracket for electrical boxes that can include a mounting body with a plurality of mounting features. The plurality of mounting features can include a first set of mounting openings that can have respective elongate directions extending in parallel. The mounting body can have a mounting body axis extending across a shortest between opposing first and second sides of the mounting body. The elongate directions of the first set of mounting openings can be disposed at an acute angle relative to the mounting body axis. The first set of mounting openings can be configured to receive a plurality of fasteners to attach the mounting bracket to a first electrical box.