Sliding Structure, Mounting Method and Actuator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sliding structures in furniture and appliances require numerous technological grooves for mounting, leading to increased processing costs, stress changes, and deformation, which affect precision and smoothness of movement.
Innovation Solution
A sliding structure and mounting method that eliminates the need for grooves by clamping the sliding part directly or indirectly on the pipe body, reducing the number of pocket holes required and using a connecting part with a flange edge and sliders to facilitate easy assembly without additional positioning tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If technological grooves are processed on pipe walls to mount sliding parts, then mounting is facilitated, but processing cost increases and pipe wall strength decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the mounting function from the pipe wall by using a separate mounting structure (clamping mechanism with mounting ears and mounting holes) that attaches to the pipe externally or internally without requiring grooves to be cut into the pipe wall itself. This preserves the pipe wall's structural integrity while providing the necessary mounting capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary mounting structure (including mounting ears, mounting holes, and clamping mechanisms) that serves as a mediator between the sliding part and the pipe wall. This intermediary component provides the mounting function without directly modifying the pipe wall, thus avoiding strength reduction while enabling secure attachment.
2Reliability
If multiple pocket holes are processed in pipe body for mounting, then sliding part can be secured, but production cost increases and processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the mounting function into separate components (mounting ears, mounting holes in the mounting structure rather than the pipe, clamping mechanisms) that can be manufactured independently and assembled. This eliminates the need for multiple pocket holes to be processed in the pipe body, thereby improving production efficiency while maintaining secure mounting through the distributed mounting features of the mounting structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the mounting holes from the pipe body and relocates them to the mounting structure. This allows the mounting holes to be processed in the mounting structure (which can be manufactured separately with optimized hole patterns) rather than requiring multiple holes to be drilled into the pipe body, thus improving production efficiency while maintaining secure attachment.
3Ease of manufacture
If pipe wall is weakened by grooves and holes, then mounting is enabled, but pipe wall deformation occurs affecting movement precision
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts all mounting features (grooves, holes, slots) from the pipe wall and relocates them to a separate mounting structure. This preserves the pipe wall's original geometry and structural integrity, preventing any deformation that would affect the precision and smoothness of the sliding movement, while still enabling secure mounting of the sliding part through the mounting structure's features.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a mounting structure as an intermediary that carries all the mounting features (mounting ears, mounting holes, clamping mechanisms) without requiring any modification to the pipe wall. This mediator preserves the pipe wall's original shape and strength, ensuring that movement precision is not compromised, while still providing the necessary mounting capability through its own structural features.
Data Source
AI summary
A sliding structure includes a first pipe body; a second pipe body slidably provided inside the first pipe body; a first sliding part; and a second sliding part. Before assembly, the first sliding part is clamped on the second pipe body directly or indirectly through the second sliding part, with a part of the first sliding part extending beyond the second pipe body. When assembled, the first sliding part is detached from the second pipe body, wherein one side of the first sliding part is clamped on the inner wall of the first pipe body and the other side is slidable connected to the outer wall of the second pipe body. One side of the second sliding part is clamped on the outer wall of the second pipe body and the other side is slidable connected to the inner wall of the first pipe body.