Flexible Pipe Fixation with Integrated Bending and Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pipe fixation systems for computer cooling, using linear rigid pipes and angled connectors, are inefficient and costly due to the time-consuming assembly and need for various pipe lengths, leading to high manufacturing and installation costs.
Innovation Solution
A pipe fixation apparatus with a main body featuring receiving and fixation portions, a bending portion to form angles, and attachment portions for securing flexible pipes, allowing for easy assembly and neat arrangement, reducing the need for multiple pipe lengths and connectors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If linear rigid pipes and angled connectors are used to form inlet and outlet pipe assemblies, then the pipes can be securely fixed, but the assembly time increases significantly and multiple pipe lengths are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (linear rigid pipes and angled connectors) into a single integrated L-shaped pipe structure. This merging eliminates the need for separate connectors and reduces the number of assembly steps, directly addressing the time-consuming assembly issue while maintaining secure fixation through the unified structure's inherent stability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the pipe assembly into standardized L-shaped units with fixed dimensions, allowing these pre-configured modules to be rapidly deployed without requiring custom cutting or assembly of multiple pieces. This segmentation into standardized units reduces assembly complexity and time while ensuring reliable fixation through consistent geometric design
2Adaptability or versatility
If various types of linear rigid pipes of different lengths are purchased and manufactured, then the pipe assembly can accommodate different computer configurations, but the manufacturing and installation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The L-shaped pipe structure serves multiple functions: it provides both horizontal and vertical connectivity, acts as both a connector and a structural support, and can be configured in various orientations. This multi-functionality allows a single standardized component type to replace multiple specialized pipe and connector combinations, reducing manufacturing variety and cost while maintaining adaptability to different computer configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent achieves adaptability not through varying pipe lengths and types, but through changing the orientation and positioning parameters of standardized L-shaped units. By modifying how these fixed-dimension components are arranged and oriented in space rather than changing the components themselves, the system accommodates different computer configurations without requiring diverse pipe inventories
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple linear rigid pipes and connectors are assembled, then the pipe assembly can be customized for different configurations, but the appearance becomes less neat and the process more complex
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the pipe and connector functions into a single L-shaped component, the patent eliminates the complexity of assembling multiple separate parts. The unified structure reduces the number of connection points, alignment requirements, and fastening operations needed, thereby simplifying the overall assembly process while maintaining configuration flexibility through strategic placement of these integrated units
Data Source
AI summary
A pipe fixation apparatus includes a main body and a first receiving portion, a second receiving portion, a bending portion, a first fixation portion, a second fixation portion and an attachment portion formed on the main body. During the use the pipe fixation apparatus, the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion of the main body are able to receive a pipe having a flexible portion in order to use the first fixation portion and the second fixation portion for securing the pipe. In addition, the bending portion allows the flexible portion of the pipe to form a bending shape. The attachment portion can be used to allow more than two main bodies to be attached onto each other. Accordingly, the pipe fixation apparatus of the present invention is convenient to use and is able to achieve a neat and appealing arrangement of pipes.