Flush-Mounted Wall Socket Assembly for Flexible Safe Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional flush mounted wall sockets suffer from low integration, low flexibility, low safety performance, laborious installation, difficult maintenance, and aesthetic shortcomings.
Innovation Solution
A flush mounted wall socket design incorporating an American standard ordinary junction box, pre-embedded bracket, connection assembly with spacers and springs, socket box, and socket cover, allowing for adaptable installation and maintenance, enhanced safety, and improved aesthetics through magnet adsorption or direct mounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional socket installation methods are used, then sockets can be installed on the wall, but the wall structure is damaged and safety hazards occur
Solution Approach 1:
The socket system is divided into multiple components: a socket body, a mounting plate, and a wall plate. The mounting plate is embedded in the wall surface while the socket body attaches to it, eliminating the need to drill holes through the entire wall structure. This segmentation allows electrical functionality while preserving wall integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate is pre-installed and embedded in the wall surface before the socket body is attached. This preliminary action creates a secure base that eliminates the need for subsequent drilling operations, thereby preventing wall structure damage while ensuring safe socket installation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If flush mounted wall sockets are designed with multiple components, then functionality is improved, but integration and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate integrates multiple functions: it serves as the structural support for the socket body, the embedding element in the wall, and the base for electrical connections. By merging these functions into a single component, the design achieves high flexibility without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate is designed as a universal component that can accommodate different socket types and configurations. Its multi-functional design allows it to serve structural, electrical, and aesthetic purposes simultaneously, enhancing adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the connection assembly is made movable between bracket and socket box, then flexibility is improved, but safety hazards due to movement increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connection assembly incorporates movable elements that allow dynamic adjustment between the mounting bracket and socket box. This enables the socket to adapt to slight variations in installation conditions while maintaining secure connection through spring-loaded contacts that automatically engage and maintain electrical connectivity.
4Ease of repair
If conventional socket covers are used, then manufacturing is simple, but maintenance and repair are difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The socket cover is segmented with a removable access panel that provides direct access to internal components. This segmentation allows maintenance personnel to service the socket without removing the entire cover assembly, significantly easing maintenance while the remaining cover structure remains simple and easy to manufacture.
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 achieves high integration, flexibility, safety, ease of installation, and maintenance, with standardized processes and reduced structural damage, enhancing overall performance and usability.
Implementation Method 1
the connection assembly is provided with spacers and springs, so the stability and durability of the connection assembly can be increased
Implementation Method 2
connection between the socket box and the socket cover is magnet adsorption or direct mounting
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a flush mounted wall socket, comprising an American standard ordinary junction box, a pre-embedded bracket, a connection assembly, a socket box, screws, a socket cover. The American standard ordinary junction box is movably provided with the pre-embedded bracket, the connection assembly is movably arranged between the pre-embedded bracket and the socket box, and the socket cover and the socket box are connected by the screws. The pre-embedded bracket is provided in different styles and sizes. The connection assembly is provided with a large spacer, small spacers and springs. The large spacer is provided with one, numbers of the small spacers, the springs and the screws are not limited, and the numbers of the small spacers, the springs and the screws are consistent. The socket cover is fixedly provided with an access hole in the middle in addition to conventional holes.