Tool-Free Latching Mounting Structure for Cover Body Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting structures for external components, such as display screens, require screws or additional tools for assembly, which complicates the process and leaves room for improvement.
Innovation Solution
A mounting structure featuring a latching member, limiting member, and positioning member that allows for tool-free assembly and disassembly, utilizing a latching mechanism with positioning and releasing slots to securely attach and detach the cover body from an external component without the need for extra tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If screws or additional tools are used for mounting, then the mounting structure achieves secure attachment, but the assembly process becomes complicated and requires additional tools
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure enables self-service assembly through a tool-free latching mechanism. The latch member automatically engages with the mounting surface when the cover body is positioned, eliminating the need for external tools or screws. The user simply needs to press the cover body against the mounting surface, and the latching mechanism secures it automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts and eliminates the need for screws and additional mounting tools from the assembly process. By integrating the latching function directly into the cover body structure through the latch member and positioning member, the design removes external fastening elements, achieving both simplicity and secure attachment.
2Ease of operation
If a latching mechanism is used for tool-free assembly, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional components
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple functions into integrated components. The latch member combines the functions of engagement, positioning, and securing. The positioning member integrates guide features and positioning slots into a single element. This functional integration reduces the number of separate parts while maintaining the tool-free assembly capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The latch member serves multiple functions: it provides the latching action to secure the cover body, guides the assembly process through its interaction with the positioning member, and enables tool-free operation through its spring-loaded design. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components for each function.
3Ease of operation
If a latching mechanism with positioning member is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning member is segmented into distinct functional zones: positioning slots for alignment, engagement features for securing the latch member, and releasing features for disassembly. This segmentation allows each zone to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall mechanism while enabling tool-free operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The latching mechanism incorporates dynamic elements including a spring-loaded latch member that can move between engaged and disengaged states, and positioning slots that guide the movement. This dynamic design enables easy tool-free assembly and disassembly while maintaining structural integrity during operation.
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AI summary
A mounting structure for removably mounting a cover body to an external component of the cover body includes a limiting member, a latching member, and a positioning member. The limiting member is coupled to the cover body. The latching member is coupled to the limiting member and configured to latch with the external component. The positioning member defines a positioning slot and a releasing slot continuous with the positioning slot. The latching member is received in the positioning slot or the releasing slot. The latching member is movably coupled to the positioning member. When the latching member is received within the positioning slot, the latching member is locked by the positioning member and latched with the external component. When the latching member is received within the releasing slot, the latching member is released by the positioning member and released from latching with the external component.