Mounting Plate with Locking Grippers for Brick Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for attaching bricks to a wall structure require tiles with recesses and tight dimensional tolerances, making the installation process inefficient and prone to misalignment.
Innovation Solution
A mounting plate with support surfaces and locking grippers that securely attach bricks by using a hanger and compressive locking grippers to prevent movement, allowing for even spacing and secure locking of bricks to the wall structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tiles are attached using supporting grooves and overlapping portions, then the tile wall structure can be assembled, but the tiles require recesses and tight dimensional tolerances which complicates manufacturing and reduces ease of installation
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of forming grooves in the tiles to receive support, the invention inverts the approach by providing protruding support portions on the mounting plate that insert into recesses formed in the bricks. This reversal simplifies tile manufacturing while maintaining secure attachment, as the support portions are formed on the mounting plate rather than requiring precise groove formation in each tile.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an intermediary mounting plate with support portions that mediate between the wall structure and the bricks. This mounting plate acts as a mediator that provides the necessary support and positioning, eliminating the need for complex groove formations in the bricks themselves while ensuring reliable attachment.
2Reliability
If tiles are attached using supporting grooves with tight dimensional tolerances, then secure attachment is achieved, but the installation process becomes time-consuming and prone to misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is pre-formed with support portions at specific positions and orientations before installation. This preliminary preparation of the mounting plate with predetermined support locations enables rapid brick installation without requiring precise measurement and alignment during the installation process, thereby increasing productivity while maintaining attachment security.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves as an intermediary that pre-establishes the correct positioning and support structure, allowing bricks to be quickly attached without requiring tight dimensional tolerances or complex alignment procedures during installation, thus improving installation speed while maintaining reliability.
3Ease of operation
If bricks are attached without locking mechanisms, then the assembly process is simpler, but the bricks can move along the support surface causing misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate incorporates locking grippers at specific locations where bricks may tend to move, rather than providing continuous restraint across the entire support surface. These localized locking features are positioned to prevent movement in critical areas while maintaining assembly simplicity, thus achieving positioning stability without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking grippers change the mechanical parameters of the brick-mounting plate interface by providing localized friction and normal forces that prevent sliding. This parameter change at specific contact points ensures brick positioning stability while maintaining overall assembly simplicity, as the locking action is activated only where needed rather than requiring continuous complex restraint mechanisms.
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AI summary
A mounting plate for attaching bricks to a wall structure. The mounting plate includes a first mounting area for a first brick; a second mounting area for a second brick; locking grippers arranged on a gripping area between the first mounting area and the second mounting area and separating the first mounting area and the second mounting area from each other. The first mounting area including a first support surface arranged to support the first brick, and a hanger arranged to hang the first brick from a recess behind the first brick, the second mounting area including a second support surface arranged to support the second brick.