Ceiling Fan Canopy Hook-and-Groove Mount for Easy Disassembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ceiling fan canopy disassembly is inefficient due to the need for precise alignment and visibility issues with inward protrusions and grooves, making maintenance cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A canopy installing structure featuring a hanging mount with a hanging hook segment and a canopy with an engaging groove segment, allowing for easier assembly and disassembly by visible alignment, and facilitating production with an annular wall design that simplifies the formation of engaging grooves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the canopy is fixed on the hanging mount by screws fastened from the outer side, then the canopy can be securely fixed, but the screws must be loosened to disassemble the canopy and hanging mount, which leads to inconvenience and low efficiency of maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing mechanism is segmented into a hanging hook segment on the hanging mount and an engaging groove segment on the canopy. This segmentation allows the canopy to be securely fixed while enabling easy disassembly by simply pulling the canopy upward, eliminating the need to loosen screws.
2Ease of operation
If the hanging protrusions are located in the inner side of the canopy protruding inward, then the canopy can be assembled with the hanging mount, but the user cannot see the positions of the hanging protrusions, which makes the aligning step difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of having the engaging feature protrude inward from the canopy (making it invisible), the design inverts the approach by placing the hanging hook segment on the hanging mount and the engaging groove segment on the canopy. This inversion makes the alignment features visible and accessible from the outside, greatly facilitating the aligning step.
3Shape
If both the inner circle annular surface of the canopy and the outer circle annular surface of the hanging mount are circular and basically fit, then the canopy can cover the hanging mount, but the user has to precisely align the surfaces to completely cover the hanging mount, which leads to inconvenience of assembling
Solution Approach 1:
The circular surfaces are segmented with specific engaging features (hanging hook segment and engaging groove segment) that guide the alignment process. This segmentation eliminates the need for precise manual alignment of the entire circular surfaces, as the engaging features naturally guide the canopy into the correct position.
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AI summary
A canopy installing structure has a hanging mount and a canopy. The hanging mount has an upper mounting unit, at least one hanging hook segment mounted on the upper mounting unit, and a hanging mount main body. The hanging mount main body is fixed on a ceiling through the upper mounting unit. The canopy has an annular wall and at least one engaging groove segment. The annular wall is mounted around a side wall of the upper mounting unit. The at least one engaging groove segment is formed on an inner side of the annular wall. The at least one hanging hook segment protrudes toward the annular wall and each engaging with a respective one of the at least one engaging groove segment. The canopy installing structure improves the disassembling efficiency and facilitates ease in assembling.