Desktop Receptacle Mounting Plate for Stable Quick Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing desktop receptacles require additional support to maintain stability on a work surface, making them difficult to attach and detach.
Innovation Solution
A desktop receptacle assembly with fingers on its bottom surface that can slide in and out of corresponding openings on a mounting plate, allowing for easy attachment and detachment, and enabling the mounting plate to support different receptacle boxes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If additional support structures are added to the desktop receptacle to maintain stability on the work surface, then the stability is improved, but the difficulty of attachment and detachment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into separate fingers that can be independently inserted into slots on the mounting plate. This segmentation allows the receptacle to be easily attached and detached while still providing stable support when mounted.
Solution Approach 2:
The fingers are designed to be movable relative to the mounting plate slots, allowing for easy insertion and removal. When attached, the fingers provide rigid support; when detached, they can be easily removed by sliding out of the slots.
2Reliability
If a mounting plate with support structures is used to keep the desktop receptacle attached to the work surface, then the receptacle stability is improved, but the complexity of the attachment mechanism increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting mechanism is segmented into discrete fingers and corresponding slots, eliminating the need for complex fasteners or adhesives. Each finger independently engages with a slot, simplifying the overall attachment mechanism while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate with standardized slots can support different receptacle configurations by simply changing the finger arrangement, making the attachment mechanism universal and adaptable to various receptacle designs without increasing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If removable desktop receptacles are used instead of built-in receptacles, then the adaptability and replaceability are improved, but the additional support structures required increase the device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacle is designed with separable components - the box body and the mounting fingers - that can be independently configured. This allows different receptacle types to be easily swapped while using the same simple finger-based mounting mechanism, maintaining low complexity while achieving high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The removable design allows the receptacle to transition between mounted and unmounted states dynamically. The simple finger-slot mechanism enables quick replacement of receptacles to match different workspace needs without complex reconfiguration.
Data Source
AI summary
A desktop receptacle assembly includes a box having a bottom surface, an electrical connection assembly held within the box, a first finger connected to the bottom surface that has a first portion connected to the bottom surface and a second portion connected to the first portion, the first portion having a first width and the second portion having a second width that is greater than the first width, and a mounting plate associated with the bottom surface that includes at least one bracket and a first finger opening associated with the first finger. The first finger opening has a first opening width corresponding to the first width of the first finger and a second opening width corresponding to the second width of the first finger.