Exterior Mounting for Interior Component Vibration Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity of machine components in machinery like front wheel loaders and excavators leads to crowded interior spaces, necessitating efficient mounting solutions that isolate components from harmful transient forces without compromising component size or requiring significant design changes.
Innovation Solution
A mounting apparatus with a planar mounting plate secured to one side of a machine frame wall, using isolation mounts affixed to the exterior wall to secure the component, featuring support flanges and elastomer spacers for resilient attachment, effectively isolating the component from vibrations and other forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If component size is reduced to accommodate crowded interior spaces, then space utilization improves, but component functionality and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus relocates the isolation mounting mechanism from the interior space to the exterior of the machine frame. The isolation mount is positioned outside the frame with its mounting plate extending through the frame wall to secure the component internally, effectively using external space to solve internal space constraints while maintaining component size and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
An isolation mount serving as an intermediary element is introduced between the machine frame and the component. This isolation mount includes a mounting plate that extends through the frame wall and resiliently engages the component, providing vibration isolation while enabling secure mounting without compromising component integrity
2Reliability
If isolation mounts are positioned inside the machine frame, then component isolation from vibrations improves, but available interior space for component placement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The isolation mounting system is repositioned from the interior dimension to the exterior dimension of the machine frame. The isolation mount body is located outside the frame while its mounting plate extends through the frame wall to provide internal component securing, effectively eliminating interior space consumption by the isolation mechanism itself
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple support flanges and isolation mounts are used to secure the mounting plate, then mounting stability and vibration isolation improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus integrates multiple functions into a unified structure. The isolation mount combines the mounting bracket, isolation element, and securing mechanism into a single integrated component that attaches to the frame exterior while providing stable, vibration-isolated support through its extended mounting plate
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 solution allows for secure and vibration-isolated mounting of machine components within tight spaces, enhancing reliability and flexibility in machine design while maintaining component size and reducing the risk of operational failure due to transient forces.
Implementation Method 1
an isolation mount having hard and soft mount supports positioned on an exterior machine wall having an aperture. The apparatus may further include a mounting plate positioned closely adjacent the interior machine wall, and the mounting plate may include a support flange extending through the aperture and adapted for interconnection of the mounting plate with the isolation mount.
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AI summary
A load isolation mounting apparatus may be secured to one side of a machine frame wall to support a machine component in a position closely adjacent the opposite side of the wall. The mounting apparatus may include a mounting plate having a generally planar body to which the machine component may be secured. An aperture in the machine frame wall may accommodate a support flange that may be affixed to the mounting plate and extend through the aperture for securement of the mounting plate to the isolation mount apparatus affixed to the other side of the wall. As such, the isolation mounting apparatus may be affixed to an exterior machine frame wall for protecting an interiorly positioned mounting plate, and particularly a machine component secured thereto, from potentially harmful forces, including vibrations.