Loudspeaker Enclosure Mounting System with Form-Fit and Locking Pin
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting systems for enclosures, such as loudspeaker enclosures, lack a rapid and secure assembly method that allows for easy suspension to superimposed structures like cross members, often requiring complex handling and risking accidental disengagement.
Innovation Solution
A mounting system featuring a support with form-fit elements and a locking pin that securely attaches to the enclosure, allowing for easy assembly and suspension by engaging form-fit elements along the X-axis, with a locking pin that blocks movement and ensures stability, and a retaining device for attachment to superimposed structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a mounting system uses form-fit elements for rapid assembly, then assembly speed is improved, but the risk of accidental disengagement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: form-fit elements for rapid connection and a locking pin for security. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally - the form-fit elements enable quick assembly while the locking pin provides reliable prevention of disengagement
Solution Approach 2:
The form-fit elements are pre-configured on the support and enclosure before assembly. During assembly, these pre-positioned elements automatically engage when the support is moved relative to the enclosure along the X-axis, enabling rapid connection without requiring complex alignment procedures
2Ease of operation
If a mounting system uses simple form-fit connection, then ease of operation is improved, but the strength of connection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges two connection mechanisms - the form-fit elements provide simple geometric interlocking for ease of assembly, while the locking pin adds mechanical constraint strength. The combination of these two mechanisms achieves both operational simplicity and connection strength
3Reliability
If the locking pin blocks movement along X-axis, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The locking function is extracted as a separate, simple pin component rather than being integrated into the form-fit elements. This extraction allows the locking mechanism to be added without complicating the basic form-fit connection design, maintaining simplicity while improving reliability
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a mounting system (1), preferably for a loudspeaker enclosure, with an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis being defined that are respectively perpendicular to each other, comprising a support (2) having a first form-fit element (4) and a locking pin (6), and an enclosure (12) to be suspended with a second form-fit element (16) and a pin recess (18), wherein the two form-fit elements (4, 16) are insertable into each other along the X-axis for a locking state, and wherein the locking pin (6) engages in the pin recess (18) in the locking state, to block a relative movement between the support (2) and the enclosure (12) along the X-axis.