Component Mounting Structure With Parallel-Slide Rear Latching
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing hanger mounting structures, the component protrudes significantly on the back side of the mount-base member due to the normal push-in mechanism, which occupies space and limits design flexibility.
Innovation Solution
A component mounting structure where the component includes a base portion on the front side of the mount-base member, a latching portion that engages with the back rim of the mounting hole, and a receiving portion for the mounting-subject member, allowing the mounting-subject member to slide parallel to the mounting hole, engaging the latching portion and reducing protrusion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the shaft portion of the male member is pushed in the normal direction of the mounting hole for attachment, then the component can be mounted on the mount-base member, but the shaft portion protrudes out of the back side of the mounting hole, increasing the protruding amount
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of pushing the mounting-subject member in the normal direction (perpendicular to the front surface) as in conventional structures, the invention inverts the approach by sliding the mounting-subject member substantially parallel to the front surface of the mount-base member. This inverted mounting direction allows the engagement portion to engage the latching portion without the shaft protruding from the back side, thereby reducing the protruding amount while maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the mounting direction from the normal direction (one-dimensional perpendicular approach) to a direction substantially parallel to the front surface (introducing a second dimension). This dimensional change in the mounting approach allows the component to be attached while minimizing protrusion on the back side, effectively solving the contradiction between ease of operation and protruding amount
2Ease of operation
If the component is designed with a conventional push-in mechanism, then the mounting operation is straightforward, but the protruding amount on the back side occupies space and limits design flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The invention inverts the conventional push-in mechanism by using a sliding mechanism parallel to the front surface. This inversion allows the latching portion to engage the back rim of the mounting hole effectively, reducing protrusion and thereby increasing design flexibility for space-constrained applications while maintaining operational simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The component is segmented into distinct functional portions: a base portion on the front side, a latching portion that engages the back rim, and a receiving portion for the mounting-subject member. This segmentation allows each portion to be optimized independently, enhancing design flexibility while maintaining ease of operation through the sliding mounting mechanism
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AI summary
One embodiment provides a mounting structure including a hook member to be mounted on a mount member, and a mounting member. A base part of the hook member protrudes from the front side of the mount member. In the mounted state, a locking part of the hook member locks with a back rim of a mounting hole. An operation part of the mounting member is operated during the mounting on the mount member. An engaging part of the mounting member can engage with the locking part at the back side of the mount member. The mounted state is achieved by sliding, via an operation applied to the operation part, the mounting member substantially parallel to a front surface or a back surface of the mounting hole, such that the engaging part engages with the locking part.