Double-Buckle Fan Mounting for Quick Clamp-and-Rotate Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional fans are difficult to quickly and randomly install due to the need for aligning buckles with holes, lack of a spring for resetting, and inability to rotate after clamping, making the installation and disassembly process time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A fan design featuring double easy-installing buckles with a sliding track, positioning grooves, pressing blocks, and a compression spring, allowing for direct clamping and rotation, facilitating quick and flexible installation and disassembly through interlocking grooves and spring-assisted mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional fans use fixed buckles requiring alignment with holes, then the structure is simple, but the installation time and labor are excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The buckle mechanism is transformed from a static fixed-position design to a dynamic one where the buckles can move along sliding tracks and be positioned at multiple locations using positioning grooves. This dynamic capability allows the buckles to adapt to different installation positions without requiring precise pre-alignment, thereby reducing installation time and labor while managing complexity through controlled movement paths.
Solution Approach 2:
The buckle mechanism is divided into independent movable components that can be positioned separately along sliding tracks. Each buckle can be independently adjusted to different positions using positioning grooves, allowing flexible installation without requiring the entire assembly to be precisely aligned at once, thus reducing installation time and complexity.
2Ease of operation
If traditional fans lack a spring mechanism, then the structure is simple, but the resetting capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The spring mechanism is designed to automatically reset the buckles to their initial positions after installation or adjustment. The elastic deformation and recovery of the spring provide self-service functionality, eliminating the need for manual resetting operations and improving ease of operation while adding only minimal structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The spring mechanism utilizes elastic deformation as a key parameter change to enable resetting. By storing and releasing elastic potential energy, the spring automatically returns the buckles to their original positions, providing convenient resetting functionality with simple mechanical structure.
3Ease of operation
If traditional fans clamp firmly without rotation capability, then the clamping strength is high, but the disassembly convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping mechanism is designed with dynamic characteristics that allow it to maintain strong clamping force during normal operation while enabling rotation for disassembly. The positioning grooves and sliding tracks work together to permit controlled rotation movements, making disassembly convenient without sacrificing clamping strength when the fan is properly installed.
4Loss of time
If traditional fans require precise alignment of buckles with holes, then the positioning accuracy is high, but the installation complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented between the sliding tracks (which guide the movement) and the positioning grooves (which provide discrete positioning points). This segmentation allows the buckles to be easily guided into position without requiring high manufacturing precision for alignment, as the positioning grooves provide tolerance for positional variations and automatically guide the buckles to the correct locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning grooves act as an intermediary element between the buckles and the sliding tracks. They provide a mechanical interface that automatically aligns the buckles with the correct positions on the fan shell, eliminating the need for precise manual alignment and reducing installation time while maintaining positioning accuracy.
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 design enables faster, more convenient installation and disassembly by allowing direct clamping and rotation, reducing the need for precise alignment and enhancing overall usability with a spring-assisted mechanism for resetting.
Implementation Method 1
there is a spring in the middle of the double buckle, the use of double buckles could be more convenient by using springs for resetting
Data Source
AI summary
A fan with double easy-installing buckles, includes a fan, a fan shell, an installation base, a base shell, and a middle partition plate. One end of the fan is sleeved with the double buckle, and the end of the double buckle away from the fan is sleeved with the supporting bracket; the top of the fan shell is provided with the fan top inner cavity, and the top inner cavity of the fan top is equipped with the sliding track and the positioning groove; the bottom surface of the installation base is thread connected to the fixing bottom plate. Firstly, the present invention can effectively avoid the situation to align the buckle with the hole during installation for traditional fan, making the overall installation process more time-saving and labor-saving.