Securing device for a furniture fitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing securing devices for furniture fittings lack a compact and secure solution that allows for symmetrical assembly on both sides of a furniture carcass without the need for separate design configurations, leading to potential loss of connecting elements during assembly and installation.
Innovation Solution
A securing device featuring a connecting element with a moveable abutment element that can be releasably secured, ensuring the element remains attached and providing a pre-assembled structural unit for secure and aesthetically pleasing installation, using a thread or press fit for force-locking and positively locking connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a connecting element is used to secure the furniture fitting to the furniture carcass, then the furniture fitting can be secured to both left-hand and right-hand sides, but the connecting element may be lost during assembly and installation
Solution Approach 1:
The abutment element is integrated into the connecting element as a pre-assembled structural unit. The abutment element is received in a through-opening of the securing body and is limitedly moveable along the longitudinal axis of the connecting element, ensuring it remains attached during assembly and installation while maintaining symmetrical assembly capability.
2Device complexity
If the securing device is made compact, then the assembly process is simplified, but the connection strength may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The abutment element is nested within the through-opening of the securing body, with the connecting element extending substantially completely through the through-opening. This nested configuration maintains a compact securing device while ensuring the connecting element provides sufficient connection strength through force-locking and/or positively locking engagement with the furniture carcass.
3Ease of manufacture
If the connecting element extends completely through the securing body, then the assembly is simplified, but the connecting element may project laterally beyond the securing device affecting aesthetics
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting element is configured with different local characteristics: it extends substantially completely through the through-opening to facilitate simplified assembly, but in the assembled state it is received on one side sunk in the through-opening of the securing body, preventing lateral projection and maintaining aesthetic appearance.
4Reliability
If the abutment element is fixed to the connecting element, then the connecting element cannot be lost, but the assembly flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The abutment element is made limitedly moveable relative to the connecting element along the longitudinal axis, rather than being completely fixed. This dynamic configuration allows the abutment element to move during assembly for flexibility, while still being retained on the connecting element to prevent loss, achieving both reliability and ease of operation.
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AI summary
A securing device for securing a furniture fitting to a piece of furniture is provided. The furniture fitting can be selectively secured to the piece of furniture by a left furniture fitting face or a right furniture fitting face using the securing device. The securing device includes a connecting element having two connecting element regions for securing the furniture fitting to the piece of furniture, and a securing body with a through-opening. The connecting element is at least partly in the through-opening and can be moved relative to the securing body, the connecting element having at least one stop element which can be moved to a limited degree relative to the connecting element.