Hole Carrier Connecting System with Orthogonal Side Openings
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional connecting systems are limited in scalability, versatility, and stability, often requiring specialized components and tools for assembly and disassembly, and fail to provide secure connections that can withstand various applications and industries due to their rigid design and lack of adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A connecting system featuring a hole carrier with side openings aligned in orthogonal orientations, allowing for a nested honeycomb grid pattern that increases connection options, stability, and scalability, using cruciform and round connection elements with dual grooves for secure and rotatable connections without the need for additional tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional connecting systems use standardized component widths and fixed positions, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to different space requirements and individual needs is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The beam is segmented into modular sections with standardized connection points (holes) at regular intervals. This allows the beam to be divided and reconfigured in different lengths and arrangements while maintaining standardized manufacturing of each module. The segmentation enables both ease of manufacture through standardization and adaptability through modular reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from fixed, permanent connections to dynamic, reconfigurable connections. Holes positioned at regular intervals allow beams to be connected at multiple positions along their length, enabling the structure to be dynamically reconfigured for different space requirements and applications without requiring custom-manufactured components.
2Device complexity
If two sides of components have no recesses, then the component design is simplified, but attachment options in the third plane are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The beam design incorporates asymmetric hole positioning where holes are located on multiple faces including end faces and lateral faces at different positions. This asymmetric distribution of connection points provides attachment options in multiple planes and orientations while maintaining relatively simple beam geometry. The asymmetry enables three-dimensional connectivity without requiring complex recesses or cavities in the beam structure.
3Strength
If connection elements are inserted into holes, then components are joined, but the inserted element blocks the hole for further connections
Solution Approach 1:
The beam is designed with multiple discrete holes positioned at regular intervals along its length rather than a single continuous connection point. This segmentation allows multiple independent connections to be made at different locations along the beam without one connection blocking another, enabling both strong individual connections and multiple connection options simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Connection holes are positioned not only along the length of the beam but also on end faces and lateral faces at different orientations. This three-dimensional distribution of holes adds spatial dimensions to connection options, allowing connections to be made in multiple planes without interference, thus maintaining adaptability while achieving strong connections.
4Manufacturing precision
If translation and rotation are accomplished using separate components, then connection precision is improved, but the number of components and assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The beam design integrates multiple functions into a single component type. The same beam with standardized holes serves both translational connection (by positioning holes at different locations along the length) and rotational connection (by positioning holes on end faces and lateral faces at different orientations). This universal design achieves connection precision through standardized hole positioning while avoiding the need for separate specialized components for translation and rotation.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a connecting system 1, comprising at least one hole carrier 2 with a row of side openings 4 made therein in a longitudinal direction, the openings being aligned in a first orientation and in a second orientation orthogonal thereto and being made transverse to the longitudinal direction, wherein the side openings 4 of the first and the second orientation are shifted by one half the distance between two side openings 4. According to the invention, the distance between two side openings 4 is smaller than the clear width of the side openings 4, the side opening 4 of the second orientation being made within this distance and the side openings 4 of the first and the second orientation partially penetrating one another. The invention further relates to a method for building an assembly from a connecting system 1 and to a use of a connecting system 1 having the associated securing and connection elements and the installation sequence.