Ice Skateboard Integral Mounting Bracket Stress Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ice skateboards with ice blades experience high stress on mounting brackets due to unequal pressures, leading to potential damage and instability, especially when used on snow and ice.
Innovation Solution
An ice skateboard with an integral, unitary mounting bracket and ice blades attached as a single unit, providing a robust and durable construction, where the ice blades extend outwardly from a mounting plate, and the skateboard has a curved shape with a stopping block and roughened surface for enhanced control and traction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate mounting brackets are used to attach ice blades to the skateboard, then the ice blades can be individually mounted and adjusted, but high stress concentrates on the individual mounting brackets when unequal pressures are applied, leading to potential damage and instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate mounting brackets into a single integral mounting bracket that supports multiple ice blades. This unified structure distributes unequal pressures across the entire bracket rather than concentrating stress on individual mounting points, thereby improving reliability while still allowing individual blade attachment and adjustment capabilities
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate mounting brackets are used for ice blades, then each blade can be attached independently, but the overall construction becomes less robust and more susceptible to damage under adverse conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate mounting brackets into one integral mounting bracket structure that provides unified support for multiple ice blades. This consolidated design creates a more robust overall construction that can better withstand adverse conditions while preserving the ability to independently attach and adjust individual blades
3Device complexity
If stress is concentrated on individual mounting brackets, then the structure is simpler, but the reliability and durability of the ice skateboard decreases under unequal pressures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple separate mounting brackets into a single integral mounting bracket that provides unified support for multiple ice blades. This approach maintains structural simplicity while significantly improving reliability by distributing unequal pressures across the entire bracket rather than concentrating stress at individual mounting points
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AI summary
. An ice skateboard comprising a skateboard having a top surface, a bottom surface, side edges, and a front and back section, said ice skateboard having an ice blade assembly attached to the bottom surface, said ice blade assembly comprising a mounting plate having at least one integral ice blade that extends outwardly at substantially right angles from said mounting plate.