Flush-Mounting Box With Adjustable Spacer Elements

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing flush-mounting boxes for touch-screen devices lack precise adjustment capabilities, leading to difficulties in coupling and mounting due to approximate recess depth construction, causing installation challenges and compatibility issues.

Innovation Solution

A flush-mounting box with removably coupled spacer elements that define multiple support planes, allowing for adjustable recess depth and easy installation of touch-screen devices, combined with clip elements for snap engagement and progressive adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the box is flush-mounted at a determined distance from the bottom wall, then the touch-screen device can be easily coupled to or uncoupled from the bracket, but the adjustment of the recess depth is very approximate and not precise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of couplingVSAvoidrecess depth precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure is segmented into multiple adjustable support elements that can be individually positioned at different depths. This allows the recess depth to be precisely adjusted by selecting appropriate support element lengths, resolving the contradiction between ease of coupling and manufacturing precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the parameter of support element length to adjust the recess depth. By providing support elements with different lengths or adjustable length settings, the system achieves precise depth control while maintaining ease of coupling operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If an error of a few millimetres occurs in the construction of the housing seat, then the touch-screen device becomes difficult to couple or not coupable with the bracket, but increasing precision increases complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehousing seat precisionVSAvoidinstallation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The support elements are designed to be adjustable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adaptation to housing seat variations. This adjustability compensates for manufacturing errors without requiring high-precision construction, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving compatibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

By allowing changes in support element parameters (length, position), the system accommodates variations in housing seat construction without increasing overall device complexity. The adjustable parameters provide tolerance for manufacturing errors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If fixed support elements are used, then the structure is simple, but the adjustment of recess depth is approximate and installation is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebox structure simplicityVSAvoidinstallation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure is divided into multiple independent support elements that can be selectively adjusted. This segmentation maintains relative structural simplicity while enabling precise depth adjustment for easier installation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The support elements transition from fixed to adjustable, providing dynamic adaptability that simplifies installation by allowing precise depth matching without complex overall restructuring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3407443B1Flush-mounting box for touch screen devices and flush-mounting touch screen assembly comprising said box
Publication Date: 2021.04.28 BTICINO
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a flush-mounting box for touch-screen devices and a touch-screen assembly, wherein the flush-mounting box (30) for touch-screen devices is adapted to be flush-mounted in a wall and it has a bottom wall (31) and lateral walls (32) which define a box volume, the bottom wall (31) having a plurality of support elements (33, 43) which extend cantilevered with respect to the bottom wall (31) internally to the box volume, the support elements (33, 43) defining a first support plane for a bracket (40) for the installation of a touch-screen device, the flush-mounting box (30) being characterised in that it comprises a plurality of spacer elements (34) coupled removably to the flush-mounting box (30) and arranged to be grasped and subsequently reversibly coupled above respective support elements (33, 43) defining a second support plane parallel with and placed at a predetermined distance from the first support plane.