Clip Mounting Seat Elastic Stopper Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clip mounting seats face instability and misalignment issues due to a small contact area between the clip and the stopper piece, leading to potential tilting and incorrect insertion of the clip into the stopper hole.
Innovation Solution
The clip mounting seat incorporates an elastic stopper with a basal portion and a wider clip receiver portion, which extends from the mounting base and guides the clip into the stopper hole, ensuring stable and secure insertion by increasing the contact area and guiding the clip correctly, even if it is tilted or offset.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a narrow stopper piece is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the manufacturing precision and stability of clip insertion deteriorates due to small contact area
Solution Approach 1:
The stopper is segmented into two functional parts: a narrow basal portion for structural integration and a wider clip receiver portion for stable clip contact. This segmentation allows the stopper to provide both structural simplicity and precise alignment guidance for the clip shaft and flange portion.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the stopper have different cross-sectional widths optimized for their specific functions. The basal portion is narrow for easy integration into the mounting seat, while the clip receiver portion is wider to provide sufficient contact area with the clip, ensuring stable insertion and proper alignment.
2Reliability
If the contact area between stopper and clip is increased, then the stability of clip insertion is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stopper is designed with elastic properties, allowing it to deform dynamically during clip insertion. The elastic material enables the stopper to accommodate the clip shaft and flange portion through controlled deformation, providing stable insertion without requiring a complex rigid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The stopper's cross-sectional width changes along its length, creating a gradient from narrow basal portion to wider clip receiver portion. This parameter variation optimizes both the integration into the mounting seat and the contact area with the clip, achieving stable insertion without excessive complexity.
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
This configuration allows for stable and secure insertion of the clip into the stopper hole, reducing the likelihood of mounting errors and improving efficiency, as the elastic stopper deforms to accommodate the clip's flange portion, ensuring proper alignment and preventing the clip from being easily dislodged.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic stopper extending from one of the ends of one of the walls toward the opening, the elastic stopper being opposite the opening
Data Source
AI summary
A clip mounting seat in which a clip is mounted includes walls having side edges that are connected to each other and ends between the side edges, a mounting base disposed at the ends of the walls and including a stopper hole having a hole edge a part of which is open and having an opening, the stopper hole in which the clip inserted through the opening is held, and an elastic stopper extending from one of the ends of one of the walls toward the opening and being opposite the opening. The elastic stopper includes a basal portion that extends from the one end of the one wall and a clip receiver portion that extends from the basal portion toward the opening and is opposite the opening and wider than the basal portion.