Clamp-and-Rail Mounting Assembly for Fast, Strong Payload Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing quick mounting assemblies are inefficient in terms of time and effort required for mounting and unmounting, and lack versatility and mechanical strength.
Innovation Solution
A quick mounting assembly comprising a clamp with upper and lower jaws, a base plate, and a wedge, which engages with a rail through dovetail protrusions and chamfered grooves, allowing for rapid attachment and detachment using fasteners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional fasteners are used for mounting assemblies, then the structure is simple, but the time and effort required for mounting and unmounting increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly is divided into separate functional components: a clamp with movable jaws, a rail with engagement features, and a fastener system. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently, enabling quick mounting and unmounting while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp incorporates movable jaws that can dynamically adjust position and apply clamping force. The fastener system enables dynamic transition between locked and unlocked states, facilitating rapid mounting and unmounting operations while the dovetail geometry provides dynamic mechanical advantage
2Productivity
If quick mounting mechanisms are used, then mounting speed increases, but mechanical strength and reliability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The dovetail geometry employs angled and curved surfaces that distribute mechanical loads across multiple contact points. This geometric design provides mechanical advantage and increases frictional engagement, ensuring strong and reliable connections while maintaining quick mounting capability through the interlocking geometry
Solution Approach 2:
The fastener system allows adjustment of clamping force parameters to optimize the balance between mounting speed and connection strength. By varying the applied force during tightening, the system can achieve both rapid assembly and high mechanical strength as needed
3Strength
If specialized mounting systems are designed for specific payloads, then mechanical strength is optimized, but adaptability to different payloads decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The rail and clamp system is designed as a universal mounting platform that can accommodate various payloads through standardized interfaces. The adjustable clamp mechanism and modular rail design enable the same basic system to securely mount different types of implements, tools, and accessories while maintaining optimized mechanical strength for each application
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AI summary
A quick mounting assembly for quickly mounting and dismounting a payload to an object, such as a robotic vehicle. The quick mounting assembly includes a clamp and a rail. The clamp includes a base plate, an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a wedge. The wedge can be sandwiched between the upper jaw and the lower jaw, wherein the upper jaw and the lower jaw interlock with the base plate. A fastener passing through the upper jaw, the lower jaw, and the wedge can secure the upper jaw and the lower jaw to the base plate. The upper jaw and the lower jaw can clamp the rail. The clamp can be coupled to the payload and the rail can be coupled to the object for quickly mounting the payload to the object.