Hose Clamp Clip Element Peripheral Mobility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hose clamps often misalign when clamped due to the pulling-in movement of the clamp band, leading to incorrect positioning and failure in retaining and sealing functions, especially when multiple clip elements are used at different positions.
Innovation Solution
The clip element is designed to be movable in the peripheral direction relative to the clamp band, ensuring secure assembly by engaging positively around the clamp band without misalignment, allowing the clamp band to move through the clip element during tightening, and featuring retention flaps or notched flaps for secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the clamp band is pulled into the clamping device during tightening, then the hose clamp can be securely clamped to the hose, but the clip elements become misaligned and incorrectly positioned
Solution Approach 1:
The clip element is designed with mobility relative to the clamp band, allowing it to move in the peripheral direction. This dynamic capability enables the clip element to remain stationary relative to the hose while the clamp band moves through it during tightening, preventing misalignment while maintaining secure clamping.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between the clip element and clamp band is segmented into two independent functional aspects: radial/axial fixation (for secure clamping) and peripheral mobility (for preventing misalignment). This segmentation allows each function to be optimized independently without compromising the other.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple clip elements are arranged at different positions on the clamp band, then the hose clamp can be prefixed to the hose at multiple locations, but the pulling-in movement causes incorrect clamping of clip elements
Solution Approach 1:
Each clip element is designed to move independently in the peripheral direction relative to the clamp band. This allows multiple clip elements at different positions to remain correctly aligned with the hose during the tightening process, preventing incorrect clamping while maintaining multi-location prefixing capability.
3Length of moving object
If the clamp band is displaced in the peripheral direction during clamping, then the diameter of the hose clamp is reduced, but the clip elements become tilted or jammed
Solution Approach 1:
The clip element's peripheral mobility allows it to accommodate the clamp band's displacement during clamping without becoming tilted or jammed. The clip element remains stable in its radial and axial positions while moving peripherally to maintain alignment, ensuring correct positioning throughout the clamping process.
Data Source
AI summary
A hose clamp comprising a clamping strip extending in a circumferential direction (L) and a tensioning device for tensioning the clamping strip. The clamping strip is provided with at least one clip element, by means of which the hose clamp can be secured on a hose at an axially determinable distance from a hose end. In order to prevent the clip element from canting during the tensioning of the hose clamp, the clip element is held on the clamping strip so that said element can move in the circumferential direction (L).