Loudspeaker Bracket Assembly for Single-Person Pan and Tilt Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mounting loudspeakers to a wall or vertical support surface is challenging due to the need for two people to assemble the brackets and adjust the loudspeaker's directivity in tilt and pan directions.
Innovation Solution
A bracket assembly comprising a L-shaped wall bracket with an adjustment plate and mounting flange, a U-shaped speaker bracket, and a U-shaped intermediate bracket that allows for pan and tilt adjustments, enabling a single person to mount and adjust the loudspeaker.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional wall mounting brackets are used, then the loudspeaker can be mounted to the wall, but two people are needed to assemble and adjust the brackets
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly is divided into multiple separable components: a wall bracket with mounting flange, a speaker bracket with central plate, and an intermediate bracket. This segmentation allows each component to be independently handled and assembled, enabling a single person to mount the loudspeaker by attaching components in sequence without requiring assistance to hold the entire assembly together.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate bracket is designed to be rotatable about a vertical axis, providing dynamic adjustability for pan orientation. The wall bracket includes a slot that allows the intermediate bracket to be positioned at different tilt angles. These dynamic features enable single-person adjustment of the loudspeaker's directivity after mounting by simply loosening and repositioning fasteners.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the loudspeaker is mounted to the wall, then floor space is freed and sound interference is reduced, but adjustment of directivity becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediate bracket is designed to be rotatable about a vertical axis, providing dynamic adjustability for pan orientation. The wall bracket includes a slot that allows the intermediate bracket to be positioned at different tilt angles. These dynamic features enable single-person adjustment of the loudspeaker's directivity after mounting by simply loosening and repositioning fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate bracket acts as a mediator between the fixed wall bracket and the speaker bracket. It provides a rotatable connection that allows pan adjustment, while the slot in the wall bracket allows tilt adjustment. This intermediary component decouples the mounting function from the adjustment function, enabling easy post-installation directivity control.
3Productivity
If a single person needs to mount the loudspeaker, then assembly time is reduced, but the mounting mechanism must be simplified
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly is divided into multiple separable components: a wall bracket with mounting flange, a speaker bracket with central plate, and an intermediate bracket. This segmentation allows each component to be independently handled and assembled, enabling a single person to mount the loudspeaker by attaching components in sequence without requiring assistance to hold the entire assembly together.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate bracket acts as a mediator between the fixed wall bracket and the speaker bracket. It provides a rotatable connection that allows pan adjustment, while the slot in the wall bracket allows tilt adjustment. This intermediary component decouples the mounting function from the adjustment function, enabling easy post-installation directivity control.
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AI summary
A bracket assembly for mounting a loudspeaker to a support surface includes a generally L-shaped wall bracket including an adjustment plate including a slot and a mounting flange mountable to the support surface. The bracket assembly includes a generally U-shaped speaker bracket including a central plate mountable to the loudspeaker, a top arm, and a bottom arm. The bracket assembly includes a generally U-shaped intermediate bracket having a joining plate including a first aperture, an upper flange, and a lower flange. The intermediate bracket is coupled to the speaker bracket and rotatable about an axis defined between the top arm and the bottom arm for providing pan adjustability of the loudspeaker. The wall bracket is connectable to the intermediate bracket via a first fastener received through the slot and the first aperture, a position of the first fastener movable along the slot for providing tilt adjustability of the loudspeaker.