Door Stop Pin Assembly With Threaded Locking Screw

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Solution Overview

Problem

The construction and assembly of aircraft door stop pins are costly and time-consuming due to the need for precise alignment and the use of additional features like keys, keyways, and locking springs, which do not allow for precise adjustments during installation.

Innovation Solution

A door stop pin assembly featuring an axially-extending body with a base pad and recess, where the base pad is either separate or integrally formed with the body, and includes a gasket or helical gap for spring-like behavior, allowing for precise adjustment and secure locking through threaded engagement with a locking screw.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If additional features like keys, keyways, and locking springs are added to door stop pins to minimize labor and maintain position, then assembly speed is improved, but manufacturing cost and device complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly speedVSAvoiddoor stop pin structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The door stop pin is divided into separate functional components: the pin body with external threads, the base pad as a separate element, and the recess with internal threads. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured independently with standard threading processes, reducing the need for complex integrated features like keys and keyways while maintaining assembly efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The threaded recess acts as an intermediary mechanism between the door stop pin body and the locking screw. Instead of requiring complex locking springs or keyways, the internal threads provide a simple yet effective means of securing the pin in place, reducing device complexity while maintaining positioning accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If additional features like keys, keyways, and locking springs are added to door stop pins to minimize labor and maintain position, then assembly operation is simplified, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly operationVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

By separating the base pad from the pin body and using standard threaded features, each component can be manufactured using conventional machining or forming processes. This eliminates the need for expensive specialized operations required to create keys, keyways, and locking spring assemblies, thereby reducing manufacturing cost while maintaining ease of assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The design uses simple, inexpensive threaded features that can be manufactured cost-effectively compared to complex locking mechanisms. The threaded recess and external threads are standard features that can be produced with minimal tooling investment, making the overall assembly more cost-effective.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Stability of the object's composition

If traditional door stop pin configurations are used with locking springs, then position maintenance is improved, but precise adjustment capability is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposition maintenanceVSAvoidprecise adjustment capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The door stop pin design allows for dynamic adjustment during assembly by threading the pin body into the housing or bushing to the desired position. The threaded recess then provides static locking capability once positioned. This combination enables both precise adjustment and stable position maintenance, overcoming the limitation of fixed-position locking spring designs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The threaded recess serves as an intermediary that enables both adjustment and locking functions. During assembly, the pin can be threaded to the precise position needed, and then the locking screw engages with the threaded recess to maintain that position. This eliminates the need for pre-established fixed positions while maintaining stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Manufacturing precision

If door stop pins require trial and error positioning, then alignment accuracy can be achieved, but assembly time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment accuracyVSAvoidassembly time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The external threads on the pin body and internal threads in the housing or bushing are pre-configured to guide the pin into the correct alignment during assembly. This preliminary threading arrangement eliminates the need for trial and error positioning, as the threaded engagement naturally guides the pin to the proper aligned position, achieving both accuracy and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The threaded connection allows for dynamic positioning during assembly, enabling the pin to be adjusted to the precise alignment required while maintaining a straightforward assembly process. The threading mechanism provides both guidance for alignment and the ability to fine-tune the position, eliminating time-consuming trial and error while ensuring accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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

The solution enables a low-cost, easy-to-assemble door stop pin assembly that allows for precise adjustment and reliable maintenance of position, reducing the complexity and cost associated with traditional assembly methods.

Implementation Method 1

a gasket that separates the base pad from the body, wherein the gasket is configured to push against the base pad to return the base pad to a normal position in response to the base pad being compressed towards the body

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the base pad includes a helical gap configured to reduce the rigidity of the base pad such that the door stop pin may be compressed towards the body, but may return to a normal position in response to the compression

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElastic Recovery: Elastic Recovery

Implementation Method 3

The body of the door stop pin has external threads formed thereon in a first threading direction and the recess has internal threads in a second threading direction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThreaded Fastening: Screw

Data Source

PatentEP2325082B1Door stop pin and related assembly
Publication Date: 2016.04.27 REXNORD IND LLC
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AI summary

A door stop pin (10) and door stop pin assembly for a housing (12) having a through hole (22) is disclosed. The assembly includes a door stop pin (10) having a body (32) with a base pad (30) attached to one end of the body (32) and a recess (42) formed in the other end of the body (32), the body (32) having external threads (40) formed in a first threading direction and internal threads (44) formed in the recess (42) in a second threading direction, and a locking screw (14) having external threads (50) also formed in the second threading direction. The external threads (40) of the door stop pin (10) engage internal threads (24) formed on at least one of the through hole (22) or a bushing (26) inserted into the through hole (22) to position the door stop pin (10) relative to the housing (12). The external threads (50) of the locking screw (14) engage the internal threads (44) of the recess (42) to lock the door stop pin (10) in position. Methods of assembling the same are also disclosed.