Movable Clipping Plate for Stable Attachment on Curved Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clips fail to ensure effective clipping on special-shaped objects such as automobile hoods, curved panels, or profiles, leading to unstable positioning of products like lamps, surface damage, or excessive force application.
Innovation Solution
A clip design featuring a first and second clip body connected through a pin with an elastic member, and a movable clipping plate with an inwardly curved surface, allowing for adjustable clipping based on the object's shape, ensuring stable and firm attachment without surface damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional clip with rigid clipping portions is used, then the clipping force is sufficient to hold products, but the clipping force cannot be adjusted to match different surface shapes, causing either ineffective clipping or surface damage
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping plate is designed to be movable relative to the clip bodies, allowing it to rotate and adjust its orientation. This dynamic structure enables the clipping plate to adapt to different surface shapes (flat, curved, inclined) while maintaining reliable clipping force through the elastic member's continuous urging action.
Solution Approach 2:
The clipping plate can change its angular position and orientation parameters to match the curvature and shape of different surfaces. By adjusting these geometric parameters, the clipping plate maintains optimal contact with various surface shapes, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and clipping reliability.
2Reliability
If the clipping force is increased to ensure stable positioning, then the product positioning is more secure, but the clipped object surface may be crushed or damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping plate distributes the clipping force across a larger contact area with its curved surface, while the elastic member provides localized adjustable force. This local quality distribution prevents concentration of force on a single point, reducing surface damage risk while maintaining positioning stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable clipping plate with its curved surface acts as a cushioning element that distributes and softens the clipping force before it contacts the clipped object. This beforehand cushioning effect prevents sudden high-force impact that could damage the object surface, while still ensuring stable positioning.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the clipping plate is made fixed to ensure consistent clipping force, then the clipping mechanism is simple, but it cannot adapt to special-shaped objects like curved panels or automobile hoods
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping plate is connected to the clip bodies through hinges, creating a dynamic structure that can rotate and adjust. This adds minimal complexity while providing the adaptability needed to handle special-shaped objects such as curved panels and automobile hoods effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The clip is divided into separate functional components: clip bodies, elastic members, and a movable clipping plate. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, with the clipping plate specifically responsible for shape adaptation, thereby managing overall device complexity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the clipping plate rotates freely to adapt to any shape, then the adaptability is maximized, but the clipping force may be insufficient on certain surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic member provides continuous feedback force on the clipping plate, ensuring that regardless of the plate's rotational position or the surface shape, sufficient clipping force is always applied. This feedback mechanism maintains the balance between adaptability and force magnitude.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinged connection allows the clipping plate to rotate dynamically in response to surface shape while the elastic member's urging force dynamically adjusts to maintain optimal clipping force. This dynamic balance enables both wide shape adaptation and sufficient clipping force.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The clip achieves a smooth and stable clipping effect on various surfaces, including irregularly shaped objects, by automatically adjusting to the object's shape, preventing surface damage and ensuring the product is positioned securely.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member acting on the first and second clip bodies, wherein either the first clipping portion or the second clipping portion is hinged to the middle portion of the movable clipping plate
Implementation Method 2
the movable clipping plate has an inwardly curved clipping surface cooperating with the first clipping portion or the second clipping portion which is not hinged to the middle portion of the movable clipping plate
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AI summary
A clip has a first clip body, a second clip body rotatably connected to the first clip body through a pin, an elastic member, a movable clipping plate; wherein, the first clip body has a first clipping portion and a first operating portion respectively located on opposite sides of the pin, the second clip body has a second clipping portion and a second operating portion; the elastic member urges the first clipping portion against the second clipping portion; either the first clipping portion or the second clipping portion is hinged to a middle portion of the movable clipping plate, and the movable clipping plate has an inwardly curved clipping surface. A lamp can be equipped with the clip. Under such design, the movable clipping plate clips a surface of a clipped object and achieve a smooth clipping effect.