Multi-purpose stud mount for vehicle serviceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stud mount systems for vehicles lack a flexible and detachable solution to securely mount functional components like air intake resonators without requiring redesign of existing vehicle components, making it difficult to service these components while maintaining secure attachment.
Innovation Solution
A multi-purpose stud mounting apparatus with a 'turkey foot' or ball stud mounting feature that allows for detachable and supportive mounting of functional components onto vehicle components, enabling easy installation and removal of components like air filter housings and resonators without altering the vehicle's design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a functional component is hard mounted to a vehicle using existing stud mount systems, then the component is securely attached, but the component becomes difficult to service and requires redesign of vehicle components
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a base member that remains fixed to the vehicle and a functional component that can be detached. This segmentation allows the base member to provide secure attachment while the functional component can be easily removed for servicing without affecting the vehicle structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system transitions from a static permanent installation to a dynamic removable configuration. The base member provides stable mounting while the functional component can be dynamically attached and detached, enabling both secure operation and easy servicing.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a functional component is permanently mounted to a vehicle, then the component is stable and secure, but flexibility for servicing and reinstallation is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the stable base member that remains fixed to the vehicle from the functional component that needs servicing. This allows the base member to maintain mounting stability while the functional component can be detached and reinstalled as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The base member acts as an intermediary between the vehicle and the functional component. It provides a stable mounting interface that remains on the vehicle while allowing functional components to be attached and detached without affecting the vehicle's stability.
3Reliability
If existing vehicle components are redesigned to accommodate functional components, then secure mounting is achieved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base member is designed as a universal mounting solution that can be attached to existing vehicle studs without requiring vehicle redesign. This multi-functional base member can accommodate different functional components while maintaining secure mounting, simplifying manufacturing compared to custom vehicle component modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The base member serves as an intermediary that bridges existing vehicle mounting points and functional components. It provides secure mounting capability without requiring modifications to the vehicle's existing structure, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity and cost.
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-purpose stud mounting apparatus is provided to mountably and detachably couple a threaded mounting stud of a motor vehicle body or internal combustion engine and a functional component, such as an air filter housing air intake duct or air intake resonator so as to releaseably and supportively mount the functional component to the vehicle.