Mounting Plate for Lifting Column with Segmented Motor Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing of lifting columns is complex and lacks flexibility due to the conventional integration of drive motors and support components, which are typically aligned with guide tube segments, limiting the ability to construct lifting columns independently and requiring specific configurations for different applications.
Innovation Solution
A mounting plate with a motor-accommodating structure and a separate accommodating structure for the support component, allowing for a rotationally fixed connection and flexible attachment to guide tube segments, enabling independent construction of lifting columns and their components, and allowing the drive motor and support component to be mounted on either side, simplifying assembly and enhancing load-bearing capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If drive motors and support components are integrated with guide tube segments in conventional configurations, then structural stability is improved, but manufacturing flexibility and ease of assembly are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is divided into functionally independent structures: a motor-accommodating structure for the drive motor and a separate accommodating structure for the support component. This segmentation allows each component to be independently positioned and assembled, providing manufacturing flexibility while maintaining structural stability through dedicated mounting locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves multiple functions: it accommodates the drive motor, supports the support component, and provides a stable mounting base. By integrating these functions into a single multi-functional component, the invention achieves both structural stability and manufacturing flexibility without requiring separate specialized parts.
2Strength
If drive motors and support components are fixed in specific positions relative to guide tube segments, then load-bearing capacity is improved, but assembly complexity and manufacturing time are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The motor-accommodating structure and the accommodating structure for the support component are merged into a single mounting plate. This combination maintains the load-bearing capacity of separate structures while simplifying assembly by reducing the number of components and mounting steps required.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate acts as an intermediary component between the drive motor, support component, and guide tube segments. It provides standardized interfaces and mounting locations that simplify the connection process while ensuring proper load distribution and structural integrity.
3Productivity
If lifting units are assembled with guide tube segments in early manufacturing stages, then production efficiency is improved, but adaptability for different applications is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting column is segmented into independently manufacturable components: guide tube segments and mounting plates with lifting units. These segmented components can be manufactured separately and assembled in different configurations to meet various application requirements, maintaining both production efficiency and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate design allows for dynamic configuration options: the motor-accommodating structure and accommodating structure can be positioned differently on the mounting plate to create various lifting column configurations. This dynamic adaptability enables the same basic components to serve different applications without requiring complete redesign.
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AI summary
A mounting plate for mounting a lifting unit in a lifting column which lifting column includes at least two guide tube segments that are insertable substantially concentrically one-into-another and that are movable with respect to one another along their direction of extension in order to change the length of the lifting column. The mounting plate includes a motor-accommodating structure for a drive motor of the lifting unit and an accommodating structure, different from the motor-accommodating structure, for a support component of the lifting unit that is connectable in a rotationally fixed manner to mounting plate. The support component is disposed on a side of the lifting unit remote from or facing away from the drive motor. Also, a lifting column including the mounting plate.