Blow-Molded Hook Component Integration for Sofa Backrest Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional manufacturing methods for hook components in furniture result in a large number of parts, complex assembly processes, insecure connections, and unstable product quality, making them unsuitable for mass production and standardization, especially when applied to blow-molded frames.
Innovation Solution
A hook component is integrally formed with a support component through blow-molding, featuring a receiving portion with a retaining area and guiding area to accommodate an elastic support member, enhancing structural strength and assembly reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hooks are manufactured separately and assembled manually onto frame structures, then flexibility in installation methods is maintained, but the number of parts increases, assembly complexity increases, and product quality becomes unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The hook component is integrally formed with the support component through blow-molding, merging two previously separate parts into one unified component. This eliminates the need for separate hook manufacturing and manual installation, reducing the number of parts and assembly complexity while maintaining adaptability through the integrated design that accommodates elastic support members.
2Ease of operation
If traditional manual assembly methods are used to install hooks onto frame structures, then operational flexibility is maintained, but workforce consumption increases and product quality becomes unstable
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the hook component with the support component through blow-molding, the patent eliminates manual hook installation operations. The integrated structure allows for automated production processes, reducing workforce consumption and improving productivity while maintaining ease of operation through the simplified single-component design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the manufacturing parameter from separate component assembly to integral blow-molding formation. This parameter change enables automated production, reduces workforce requirements, and improves product quality stability while maintaining operational flexibility through the designed receiving portion geometry.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate hooks are mounted onto independent frame structures, then traditional wooden or metal frames can be accommodated, but installation strength is poor and detachment occurs easily
Solution Approach 1:
The hook component is integrally formed with the support component through blow-molding, creating a unified structure with inherent structural strength. This integrated design eliminates the weak connections associated with separate hook mounting, providing superior installation strength and connection reliability while maintaining adaptability through the receiving portion design that accommodates elastic support members.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the composite structure of the blow-molded support component with integrated hook features, combining the structural integrity of the molded material with the functional geometry of the hook and receiving portion. This composite approach enhances installation strength while maintaining frame type compatibility through the adaptable receiving portion design.
4Ease of manufacture
If multiple separate components are used for hooks and frame structures, then manufacturing flexibility is maintained, but inventory management becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the hook component with the support component through blow-molding, the patent reduces the number of separate parts from multiple components to a single integrated component. This simplifies inventory management by eliminating the need to track and manage separate hook inventories, while maintaining manufacturing flexibility through the adaptable receiving portion design.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This integrated structure reduces the number of parts, simplifies assembly processes, and ensures stable connections, facilitating standardization and mass production.
Implementation Method 1
the hook component is set on a support component and integrally formed with the support component through blow-molding
Data Source
AI summary
This application provides a hook component (2, 4) that is mounted on a support component (1, 3) and integrally formed with the support component through a blow-molding process, and the hook component includes an end accommodating portion for accommodating an elastic support member (5). This application also provides a sofa backrest assembly, which includes a support component (1, 3) and a hook component (2, 4), wherein the hook component (2, 4) is mounted on the support component (1, 3) and integrally formed with the support component through a blow-molding process. This application enables the hook component and the support component to be blow-molded into an integrated part, thereby solving the problems of many parts, complex assembly processes, insecure connections, and unstable product quality caused by traditionally separated hooks, achieving a structure with reliable strength, reduced processes, and the number of parts, and conducive to large-scale production.