C-Profile Interlocking Fastener for Adjustable Planar Object Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting devices for planar objects like shelves and seats lack versatility and simplicity in design, particularly in allowing for easy horizontal adjustment and secure fixation to building structures.
Innovation Solution
A mounting device comprising a first holding element with a C- or U-shaped inner profile and a second holding element with a corresponding C- or U-shaped outer profile, where the outer profile can be form-lockingly engaged within the inner profile and tensioned using clamping elements, allowing for secure and adjustable attachment to building structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mounting device uses a form-locking connection between holding elements, then the connection strength and reliability are improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for precise profile matching and clamping mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting device is divided into separate holding elements (first holding element attached to building structure, second holding element attached to object) that can be independently manufactured and assembled. Each element has a simplified geometry (C- or U-shaped profiles) that reduces individual complexity while the form-locking connection between them provides the required reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The second holding element with C- or U-shaped outer profile is inserted into and nested within the first holding element with corresponding inner profile. This nesting arrangement creates the form-locking connection that ensures reliable attachment while keeping each component's design simple and manufacturable.
2Ease of operation
If the mounting device allows for horizontal adjustment and positional compensation, then the ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping elements are designed to be adjustable along the length of the holding elements, allowing the mounting device to adapt to horizontal position variations. This dynamic adjustment capability enables easy operation for alignment and compensation without requiring complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms, as the clamping elements can be repositioned along the profiled holding elements.
3Ease of manufacture
If the holding elements use oblique legs or sections that adjoin each other, then the ease of assembly and alignment are improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The holding elements feature asymmetric C- or U-shaped profiles with oblique legs or sections that adjoin each other at specific angles. This asymmetric design facilitates easy assembly by providing natural alignment guides, while the profiles are manufactured with standardized dimensions that balance manufacturing precision requirements with assembly simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a simple, versatile, and secure method for mounting planar objects, enabling easy horizontal and vertical positional compensation, ensuring a firm connection while allowing for easy assembly and alignment.
Implementation Method 1
the C- or U-shaped outer profile can be accepted in a form-locking manner in the inner profile and can be tensioned against the inner profile by means of at least one clamping element
Implementation Method 2
the clamping element is accommodated in the form of a screw, which can be tensioned against the straight leg or section of the second holding element, which results in the first holding element and the second element being clamped in a wedge-like manner
Implementation Method 3
Both the C- or U-shaped outer profile and the C- or U-shaped inner profile comprise corresponding oblique legs or sections, which in the assembled state adjoin each other
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AI summary
A device for fastening a planar object to a construction, including a first holding element and a second holding element which can be interlockingly connected to the first holding element. The first holding element, which can be connected to the construction or to the object or is an integral part of the construction or of the object, has a C- or U-shaped inner profile, in that the second holding element, which can be connected to the object or the construction or is an integral part of the object or the construction, has a C- or U-shaped outer profile, and in that the C- or U-shaped outer profile can be interlockingly accommodated in the inner profile and can be clamped against the inner profile by means of a clamping element.