Bungee Loop Retention Assembly for Equipment Racks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing equipment racks face difficulties in quickly and easily securing and removing items due to rigid structures, limiting their suitability with various types of items.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a bungee loop retention assembly with a housing, bungee channels, and a hold mechanism that allows for adjustable retention and easy attachment/removal, utilizing bungee channels that bend and retainers to secure the bungee, enabling efficient item retention across different sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If rigid levered structures are used in equipment racks, then structural strength is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces rigid levered structures with flexible bungee cords that pass through a housing with bungee channels. The bungee cords can be quickly tensioned and released to secure and remove items, eliminating the difficulty of operating rigid mechanical structures while maintaining retention strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical levered structure system with a elastic bungee cord system. The bungee cords utilize elastic deformation rather than mechanical leverage, allowing for simpler, faster operation while maintaining the necessary holding force through elastic tension.
2Stability of the object's composition
If rigid structures are used in equipment racks, then stability is improved, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible bungee cords can accommodate items of various sizes and shapes by adjusting the tension and positioning within the housing. The bungee channels guide the cords while allowing flexibility in how they contact and secure different item geometries, enhancing versatility without compromising structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The bungee cord system allows dynamic adjustment of retention force and configuration. Users can tension the cords to different levels and position them to suit different item types, providing adaptability while the housing maintains structural stability. The system transitions from static rigid structures to dynamic flexible retention.
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 bungee loop retention assembly provides an efficient, adjustable way to retain items of various sizes, allowing for quick attachment and easy removal, while maintaining engagement through intra-mechanism forces.
Implementation Method 1
an intra-mechanism force caused by retraction of the bungee pulls the hold against the housing
Data Source
AI summary
A bungee loop retention assembly includes a housing, bungee channels, and a hold. The housing includes a first end and a second end. The bungee channels are disposed in the housing and extend from the first end to the second end. The hold is positioned at least partially in the housing and includes an external portion and retainers configured to interfere with a portion of a bungee retained in the bungee channel. The external portion has a central section between sleeves that define openings sized to surround portions of the bungee. The hold translates from a first position in which the retainers squeeze the bungee against a channel surface to a second position in which the retainers are separated from the bungee. In the first position, the bungee is bound to the openings and to the housing such that an intra-mechanism force pulls the hold against the housing.