Bearing Clip Wing Structure for Rigidity and Easy Stacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bearing clips lack control over stiffness/rigidity and do not facilitate easy stacking, which complicates storage and transport.
Innovation Solution
A bearing clip design featuring a base portion with wings extending at an obtuse angle and a vertical portion that allows for increased rigidity and easy stacking, enabling multiple clips to be stacked together while maintaining engagement with trusses and bearing materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the bearing clip uses a conventional design, then the structure is simple, but the stiffness/rigidity cannot be controlled and stacking is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing clip is divided into distinct functional segments: a base portion for engagement with bearing material, a vertical portion for engagement with the truss, and wings extending from the base. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized independently for its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity and controllability of stiffness.
Solution Approach 2:
The wings extend laterally from the base portion in a direction perpendicular to the vertical portion, adding a dimensional element that increases the moment of inertia and thereby controls the stiffness/rigidity of the base portion without requiring increased thickness or material strength.
2Ease of operation
If the bearing clip has a compact design, then storage space is efficient, but stacking multiple clips becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The bearing clip features asymmetric geometry where the wings extend laterally from only certain sides of the base portion, and the vertical portion is positioned offset from the center. This asymmetry creates complementary mating surfaces that facilitate interlocking when clips are stacked, allowing multiple clips to be easily stacked while maintaining a compact overall footprint for storage.
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AI summary
A bearing clip for joining a truss to a bearing material is disclosed. The bearing clip includes a base portion, a vertical portion, and at least one wing. The base portion includes a back end, sides adjacent to the back end and a bottom surface. The vertical portion extends from the back end of the base portion in a first direction away from the bottom surface. The at least one wing extends from a side of the base portion at an obtuse angle and at least partially in the first direction.