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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bracket systems for mounting rod components, such as curtain guides, face issues with rod damage and instability, particularly due to loose connections and difficulty in detachment and replacement.
Innovation Solution
A bracket design that incorporates a damping element with a tailstock and damping head, allowing for secure mounting and easy detachment of rod components by utilizing a damping mechanism that prevents upward movement and requires sufficient force for disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If locking fixing is used to connect the bracket and rod component, then the connection stability is improved, but the rod component is easily damaged and cannot be detached conveniently
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into two independent parts: the bracket with groove and the rod component with limiting parts. This segmentation allows the rod component to be replaced independently without damaging the bracket, resolving the contradiction between connection stability and detachment convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The rod component is designed as a replaceable, shorter-lifetime part compared to the bracket. The limiting parts on the rod component can be worn or damaged and replaced independently, while the bracket remains intact. This resolves the contradiction by making the rod component disposable/replaceable while maintaining stable connection through the groove structure.
2Reliability
If locking fixing is used to connect the bracket and rod component, then the connection stability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional fastening mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The complex fastening mechanisms are extracted and replaced with a simple groove structure. The rod component's limiting parts interact with the bracket's groove through simple geometric constraints rather than complex fastening mechanisms, reducing device complexity while maintaining connection stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using active fastening mechanisms to secure the rod, the design uses passive geometric constraints where the groove shape itself provides the locking function. The limiting parts on the rod naturally engage with the groove geometry, inverting the approach from active fastening to passive geometric locking.
3Ease of operation
If a groove structure is used to allow rod replacement, then the detachment convenience is improved, but the rod component tends to loosen and has poor stability
Solution Approach 1:
The groove and limiting parts are designed with asymmetric geometries that provide different functions: the groove shape allows easy insertion and replacement while the asymmetric limiting parts (triangular cross-section, spherical shape) prevent loosening and provide stable connection. This resolves the contradiction by using asymmetric design to simultaneously enable convenience and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The limiting parts are designed with specific geometric parameters (triangular cross-section with particular angles, spherical shape with specific diameter) that optimize the balance between ease of insertion and prevention of loosening. By carefully controlling these geometric parameters, both rod replacement convenience and connection stability are achieved.
4Ease of operation
If the rod component is made detachable for regular cleaning and replacement, then the ease of operation is improved, but the connection stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The groove structure is pre-designed with specific geometric features that automatically engage with the rod component's limiting parts during insertion. This preliminary design ensures that stable connection is established automatically when the rod is inserted, resolving the contradiction between detachability and connection stability.
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
The solution provides a stable and secure mounting system for rod components, ensuring they are not easily damaged and can be conveniently replaced or detached, while maintaining structural stability during use.
Implementation Method 1
an end of the primary arc portion connected with the primary arc portion and the secondary arc portion will be displaced and deformed outward under the guidance of the arc transition portion between the groove wall of the groove and the base
Implementation Method 2
the damping element will stop the rod component from moving up by damping
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AI summary
The present application relates to bracket, which includes a base for external connection and a hooking part connected with the base, a bending portion of the hooking part forms a groove, a groove wall connected the groove with the base is provided with a mounting hole, the mounting hole is provided with a damping element, and a damping portion of the damping element is located in the groove. The present application can realize the effect that that the rod component can be mounted on or detached from the bracket, while ensuring sufficient stability after mounting.