Awning Holder With Adjustable Clamping Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complex and labor-intensive assembly process of awning components, particularly the need for precise positioning and additional fastening methods, which can lead to warping and impairment of the awning's functionality.
Innovation Solution
A holder with a base body and adjustable clamping elements that securely attach to the awning housing without requiring additional fasteners or pre-drilled holes, using a clamping mechanism to apply force directly to guide elements, ensuring easy and secure mounting of awning components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If brackets are screwed to the awning housing using adapters, then the brackets can be securely fastened, but the assembly process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The holder integrates multiple functions into a single component: the base body provides structural support, the clamping element provides securing force, and the fixing element provides locking capability. This merging eliminates the need for separate brackets and adapters, simplifying the assembly process while maintaining secure fastening.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the essential fastening function from the complex bracket-adapter system and implements it directly through the clamping element that acts on the guide element of the awning housing. This removes unnecessary intermediate components and simplifies the overall assembly.
2Reliability
If holes are drilled in the awning housing for screwing brackets, then secure attachment is achieved, but the awning housing structure is compromised and assembly becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention eliminates the need for drilling holes in the awning housing by using a clamping mechanism that acts on the existing guide elements. This extracts the attachment function from a process that compromises housing integrity and replaces it with a method that preserves the housing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide element of the awning housing serves as an intermediary between the holder and the housing structure. Instead of directly drilling into the housing, the clamping element secures to the guide element, which is already part of the housing structure. This mediates the attachment process and preserves housing integrity.
3Reliability
If brackets are clamped between different parts of the awning housing using threaded pins, then attachment is achieved, but distortions occur in the awning housing and assembly remains complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the harmful threaded pin mechanism that causes distortions and replaces it with a clamping element that applies force directly to the guide element. This extracts the attachment function while eliminating the harmful intermediate step of using threaded pins that spread and distort the housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide element acts as a mediator that receives the clamping force from the holder without transmitting it to the housing structure in a way that causes distortion. This intermediary protects the housing from harmful forces while still enabling secure attachment.
4Reliability
If multiple separate parts are positioned and fastened to assemble brackets, then the bracket can be securely mounted, but the assembly process becomes labor-intensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The holder merges the base body, clamping element, and fixing element into an integrated assembly that can be installed as a single unit. This eliminates the need to position and fasten multiple separate parts, dramatically improving assembly productivity while maintaining mounting security.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping element is pre-configured on the base body in a ready-to-clamp state, and the fixing element is pre-positioned to secure the clamping element. This preliminary arrangement of components allows for rapid installation without requiring multiple separate positioning and fastening operations.
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AI summary
A bracket and a bearing element for an awning, as well as an awning itself, are described. A bracket (13) for holding an awning component in an awning housing (4) has a base body (16) with a receptacle (17) for the awning component to be held and at least one clamping element (19, 20) arranged on the base body (16) with a holding surface (26, 28) facing the base body (16). The at least one clamping element (19, 20) is adjustable between an insertion position in which a guide element (5, 6) of the awning housing (4) can be inserted between the holding surface (26, 28) and the base body (16), and a clamping position in which the holding surfaces (26, 28) and the base body (16) exert a clamping force on the guide element (5, 6) of the awning housing (4). The holder (13) has at least one fixing element (30) for fixing the at least one clamping element (19, 20) in the clamping position.