Brake Caliper Covering Plate Assembly With Converging Strut Locking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for coupling a covering plate to a brake caliper body fail to ensure secure and tamper-proof attachment, as they allow accidental removal and lack a reliable preload mechanism, leading to uncertain and imprecise coupling actions.
Innovation Solution
The use of coupling elements with inclined struts that converge towards the rear plate surface, providing an elastic preload and automatic centering, ensuring the covering plate remains securely attached to the brake caliper body, and requiring simultaneous operation on both struts for disassembly, which prevents accidental separation and tampering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hooks are used to couple the covering plate to the brake caliper body, then the plate can be easily mounted, but the coupling is not secure and can be accidentally removed
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling element incorporates an elastic arm that can dynamically deflect during assembly and operation. The arm deflects to allow insertion of the covering plate and then returns to its original position to lock the plate securely, providing both easy mounting and secure attachment through dynamic elastic deformation
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic arm automatically centers itself and applies preload force to secure the covering plate without requiring additional adjustment or tools. The self-centering action and automatic locking mechanism eliminate the need for manual centering or securing operations
2Reliability
If the covering plate is securely coupled to prevent accidental removal, then reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling element merges multiple functions into a single integrated component: the elastic arm provides both the locking mechanism and the centering function, while also serving as the mounting interface. This consolidation achieves secure attachment without increasing overall device complexity
3Device complexity
If hooks are used for coupling, then the structure is simple, but the coupling action is uncertain and imprecise
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic arm automatically centers itself as it deflects and returns to its original position, ensuring precise alignment of the covering plate with the brake caliper body housing without requiring pre-adjustment or complex alignment features
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic arm changes its physical state from a deflected condition during assembly to a locked condition during operation. This parameter change in the arm's deformation state ensures precise and repeatable coupling positioning
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 simplifies the mounting process while ensuring a high level of safety and security, preventing accidental disconnection and tampering, as the elastic preload and converging strut actions require tool-assisted disassembly, which causes plastic deformation if attempted from the outside.
Implementation Method 1
the strut (11) for each of the coupling arms (9, 10) forms a pair of opposite, inclined and converging struts (11) so as to apply, when the covering plate (1) is coupled to the brake caliper body (2), a compression action on the brake caliper body (2)
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AI summary
A plate unusually capable of safe coupling and anti-accidental extraction may have a body which covers a portion of a caliper body. The body may have a front surface, a rear surface and a coupling element for coupling the caliper body. The coupling element may have two coupling arms which protrude in a cantilevered manner. Each of the coupling arms may have a strut. The strut may protrude in a cantilevered manner from the coupling arm. The strut may also have a free end. The struts of the arms form at least one pair being mutually opposite and converging so as to apply a pair of actions which are mutually converging.