Elastic Cable Sleeve Ring With Rail-Locking Vibration Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional damping elements for cables are complex to manufacture and install, lack secure fastening to cables, and often do not provide a direct connection to mounting rails, limiting their application range.
Innovation Solution
An elastic damping and fastening element with an elastic sleeve ring and integrally formed fastening projections that allow secure attachment to both cables and mounting rails without additional tools, featuring chamfered regions for easy insertion and undercuts for locking, ensuring effective vibration damping and fastening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional damping elements are used, then vibration damping function is provided, but manufacturing complexity and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the damping function and fastening function into a single integrated element. The elastic damping element includes both damping portions that contact the line and fastening portions with insertion ramps and undercuts that directly attach to mounting rails, eliminating the need for separate damping elements and fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic damping element serves multiple functions simultaneously: it dampens vibrations through its elastic material properties, fastens to the line via the damping portions, and directly attaches to mounting rails through the integrated fastening portions with insertion ramps and undercuts.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional damping elements are used, then vibration damping is achieved, but secure fastening to cables is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an elastic damping element made of flexible material that can deform to accommodate the line and secure it in place. The elastic portions wrap around and contact the line, providing secure fastening while maintaining the damping function.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional damping elements are used, then vibration damping function is provided, but connection to mounting rails is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the damping element with direct mounting rail attachment capabilities. The fastening portions include insertion ramps and undercuts that engage with mounting rails, creating a unified component that both dampens vibrations and provides secure mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic damping element is designed to perform multiple functions: damping vibrations, fastening to the line, and directly attaching to mounting rails, thereby expanding its versatility and application range.
4Reliability
If additional fastening tools are used, then secure attachment to mounting rails is achieved, but installation time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic damping element is designed to attach to mounting rails through its own integrated fastening portions with insertion ramps and undercuts, without requiring external fastening tools. The element serves its own fastening needs, enabling quick tool-free installation.
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 effective vibration damping and secure fastening to mounting rails, decoupling cables from vibrations and noise transmission, while allowing flexible orientation and easy installation, with materials like thermoplastic elastomers ensuring durability and deformability.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic sleeve ring for enclosing the cable, wherein the elastic sleeve ring has an inner wall facing the cable which encloses a sleeve ring interior for receiving the cable, wherein the inner wall is designed to bear against the cable to be received in the sleeve ring interior in order to dampen vibrations of the cable
Implementation Method 2
The projection slides over the chamfered area, causing the mounting projections to deflect elastically in sections. When the projection engages in the undercut, the deflected projections snap back into place, securing the projections within the undercut
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an elastic damping and fastening element (100) comprising: an elastic sleeve ring (101), wherein the elastic sleeve ring (101) has an inner wall (103) facing the conductor, which encloses a sleeve ring interior (104) for receiving the conductor, the inner wall (103) being designed to bear against the conductor; and a first fastening projection (119) and a second fastening projection (121), which are formed integrally with the elastic sleeve ring (101), wherein the first fastening projection (119) has a first insertion chamfered area (123) which is designed to slide along a first rail projection (167) of the fastening rail (161) when the first fastening projection (119) is inserted into a rail interior (165) of the fastening rail (161).and wherein the first fastening projection (119) has a first undercut (125) downstream of the first insertion ramp (123) in the insertion direction (122), which is configured to receive at least one rail projection (167, 169) of the fastening rail (161) in order to fasten the fastening rail (161) to the elastic damping and fastening element (100), wherein the second fastening projection (121) has a second insertion ramp (127) which is configured to slide along a second rail projection (169) of the fastening rail (161) when the second fastening projection (121) is inserted into a rail interior (165) of the fastening rail (161), and wherein the second fastening projection (121) has a second undercut (129) downstream of the second insertion ramp (127) in the insertion direction (122), which is configured to receive at least one rail projection (167,169) to accommodate the mounting rail (161) in order to attach the mounting rail (161) to the elastic damping and fastening element (100).