C-Shaped Cable Guide Layout for Wider Angular Displacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guide apparatuses with C-shaped guide regions face issues of increased cantilever length and structural height when extended, leading to abrasive wear and limited displacement due to the upper and lower runs coming into contact, which restricts the range of application, especially in medical diagnostic equipment like C-arm X-ray systems.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a deflection device with a deflection axis inclined relative to the curvature axis of the C-shaped guide region, allowing the line guide device to be deflected and guided laterally, thereby reducing structural height and preventing contact between the upper and lower runs, enabling greater angular displacement without interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the C-shaped guide region is extended to increase the angular displacement range, then the displacement range is improved, but the cantilever length increases causing the upper and lower runs to contact each other
Solution Approach 1:
The line guide device is reoriented from a vertical arrangement (upper and lower runs stacked) to a lateral arrangement (side boundaries facing the guide apparatus). This dimensional change allows the device to achieve greater angular displacement without increasing cantilever length, as the runs now extend horizontally rather than vertically.
Solution Approach 2:
The line guide device is configured with asymmetric side boundaries that face the guide apparatus, rather than symmetric upper and lower runs. This asymmetric configuration allows the device to engage with the guide apparatus in a way that prevents contact between runs while maximizing displacement range.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the C-shaped guide region is extended to increase the angular displacement range, then the displacement range is improved, but the structural height increases
Solution Approach 1:
The line guide device transitions from a vertical configuration (contributing to structural height) to a lateral configuration (extending in the horizontal plane). This allows the guide apparatus to achieve extended angular displacement without increasing the vertical structural height, as the displacement occurs through lateral movement rather than vertical extension.
Solution Approach 2:
The asymmetric configuration with side boundaries facing the guide apparatus enables the device to achieve greater lateral displacement while maintaining a compact vertical profile, thus increasing angular displacement range without increasing structural height.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cantilever length is increased to allow for greater displacement, then the displacement range is improved, but the upper and lower runs come into contact causing abrasive wear
Solution Approach 1:
By reorienting the line guide device from vertical to lateral arrangement, the invention eliminates the risk of contact between upper and lower runs that would cause abrasive wear. The dimensional change ensures that runs are positioned such that they cannot contact each other during displacement, while still achieving the desired displacement range.
Solution Approach 2:
The asymmetric configuration with side boundaries facing the guide apparatus creates a geometry where the runs are naturally separated during motion, preventing contact and abrasive wear while allowing for extended displacement range.
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AI summary
A guide apparatus for a line guide device comprising at least one such device, wherein the line guide device has a free internal cross-section for receiving at least one line and a plurality of successively arranged portions which are spatially deflectable relative to each other and it can be disposed in an arrangement comprising a lower run, an upper run and a deflection region connecting same and having a deflection axis, wherein the guide apparatus is formed at least with a longitudinal portion thereof or over the entire length thereof, with which it guides the line guide device in the longitudinal direction thereof, with a C-shaped guide region having a curvature axis of the C-arc and having a concave arc inner curvature and a convex arc outer curvature. The guide apparatus has a deflection device having a deflection axis, wherein the deflection region of the line guide device is guided around the deflection device, and the axis of the deflection device includes an angle with the curvature axis of the C-shaped guide region of the guide apparatus, wherein one of the side boundaries of the line guide device is arranged facing towards the convexly curved outside of the C-shaped guide region of the guide apparatus.