Biased Clamp Hook Assembly for Secure Platform Suspension
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clamping devices lack a reliable mechanism for selectively suspending objects from platforms, particularly in a way that ensures secure engagement and easy manipulation.
Innovation Solution
A clamp with a biased, arcuate design that engages a platform and includes a hook for suspending objects, featuring selectively manipulable tabs and a resiliently bendable central portion with a prominence and cross design for secure frictional engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a clamp is designed to be selectively manipulated for suspending objects, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of secure engagement may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp incorporates a resilient central portion that can be dynamically manipulated by applying force to the tabs, allowing the clamp to open and close. The resilience provides a bias toward the closed position while enabling controlled opening when needed, thus maintaining both ease of operation and secure engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp uses its own structural resilience to automatically return to the closed engaged position after being opened. The resilient central portion acts as a self-service mechanism that provides the closing force without requiring additional actuators or energy sources, ensuring reliable engagement while remaining easy to operate.
2Reliability
If a clamp uses frictional engagement to hold objects, then reliability of suspension is improved, but ease of operation may worsen due to increased friction
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp features localized friction surfaces at the engagement points between the clamp jaws and the rod, while the central portion remains resilient and easy to manipulate. This local concentration of friction where needed allows secure suspension without requiring high friction throughout the entire structure, maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient central portion allows the clamp to dynamically adjust its grip force. When opened, the resilience overcomes friction; when closed, the resilience maintains frictional engagement. This dynamic behavior enables both easy manipulation and reliable suspension security.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates secure and easy suspension of objects from various platforms by ensuring frictional engagement and adjustable positioning, enhancing usability and stability.
Implementation Method 1
The central portion 16 is resiliently bendable and has an outwardly facing surface 22
Implementation Method 2
frictional engagement and adjustable positioning, enhancing usability and stability
Data Source
AI summary
A clamping support assembly for suspending an object from a platform includes a clamp that is selectively manipulated. The clamp is biased into a closed position to engage a platform. A hook is coupled to the clamp. An object is selectively suspended from the clamp thereby facilitating the object to be suspended from the platform.