Hydraulic Cylinder Bracket with Radial Gap for Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing device mounting structures for auxiliary devices on fluid pressure cylinders face challenges with positional deviations between the device ports and pipes, leading to imperfect connections and oil leakage, which complicates the mounting process due to the need for multiple brackets and increased adjustment locations.
Innovation Solution
A device mounting structure featuring a single coupling portion with a screw hole on the fluid pressure cylinder and a bracket with elongated holes that allows for rotational and translational movement, enabling precise alignment of the auxiliary device with the pipe by leaving a gap in the radial direction, thus simplifying the mounting process and preventing oil leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple brackets are combined to enable positioning adjustment, then the alignment between auxiliary device and pipe is improved, but the device complexity and number of components increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple brackets into a single integrated bracket structure that incorporates multiple elongated holes for positioning adjustment. This single bracket performs the function of what would otherwise require multiple separate brackets, reducing component count while maintaining the ability to adjust alignment in multiple directions.
Solution Approach 2:
The single bracket is segmented with multiple elongated holes that allow independent adjustment in different directions. Each elongated hole provides adjustment capability along its length, enabling precise positioning without requiring multiple separate brackets for each degree of freedom.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple brackets with elongated holes are used for adjustment, then the positional alignment is improved, but the number of adjustment locations and mounting processes increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple adjustment functions are merged into a single bracket structure, reducing the number of separate mounting operations. The single bracket can be installed in one location while providing multiple adjustment degrees of freedom through its elongated holes, simplifying the overall mounting process.
Solution Approach 2:
The elongated holes provide dynamic adjustment capability during the mounting process, allowing the auxiliary device to be positioned precisely before final tightening. This dynamic adjustment feature is built into the single bracket structure, eliminating the need for multiple separate adjustment mechanisms.
3Device complexity
If a single bracket with elongated holes is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the positioning adjustment capability may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The single bracket is segmented with multiple elongated holes oriented in different directions, providing multi-directional adjustment capability. This segmentation of the bracket structure with strategically placed elongated holes enables versatile positioning while maintaining a simple single-component design.
Solution Approach 2:
The single bracket is designed as a universal mounting structure that can accommodate various positioning requirements through its multiple elongated holes. This multi-functional design allows the same bracket to provide adjustment in multiple directions and planes, making it adaptable to different mounting scenarios without requiring multiple specialized brackets.
Data Source
AI summary
A device mounting structure for mounting a load maintaining mechanism on a hydraulic cylinder, a pipe for suppling and discharging working oil to and from the hydraulic cylinder being connected to the load maintaining mechanism such that the working oil is led thereto, includes a single coupling portion that includes a screw hole and is provided on the hydraulic cylinder, and a bracket to which the load maintaining mechanism is fixed, the bracket being coupled to the coupling portion via a first screw member that is screwed into the screw hole, wherein the bracket includes a first through hole through which the first screw member is passed so as to leave a gap in a radial direction.