Panel Clipping Assembly With External Nut and Resilient Clamp
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clipping devices for attaching panels lack a compact and easy-to-use design that effectively utilizes resiliency for clamping, often requiring complex structures and limited stability.
Innovation Solution
A clipping device with a resilient clamping element between its legs, where the nut part is externally positioned, allowing for a compact design and enhanced clamping force through the element's deformation, using a self-tapping screw for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the nut part is positioned inside the space between the legs, then the clamping mechanism can be compact, but the structure becomes complex and manufacturing becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The nut part is extracted from the internal space between the legs and repositioned to the external surface of one leg. This extraction simplifies the internal structure, allowing the clamping element to be a simple beam without internal components, while the nut part becomes an externally attached component that is easier to manufacture and assemble.
2Ease of operation
If the clamping element is made resilient, then easy panel insertion is achieved, but structural stability may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The clipping device employs differential rigidity: the clamping element is made resilient (flexible) to enable easy panel insertion and clamping, while the legs and connecting portion are made rigid to provide structural stability. This local differentiation of mechanical properties allows each component to fulfill its specific function optimally.
3Shape
If the clamping element is positioned between the legs, then a compact structure is achieved, but the nut part requires complex internal positioning
Solution Approach 1:
The nut part is extracted from the internal space between the legs and repositioned to the external surface of one leg. This extraction simplifies the internal structure, allowing the clamping element to be a simple beam without internal components, while the nut part becomes an externally attached component that is easier to manufacture and assemble.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a simple, stable, and compact solution for attaching panels with a resilient clamping mechanism that ensures secure panel attachment without complex internal nut positioning, facilitating easy panel insertion and improved structural integrity.
Implementation Method 1
the clamping element being resiliently compressible and arranged between the first and second legs... the panel is clamped between the clamping element and the second leg by means of a resiliency of the clamping element
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AI summary
A clipping device serves for attachment to a panel and comprises a first leg (2) and a second leg (3) connected to one another by means of a connecting portion (4) so as to provide a substantially U-shaped frame, the first and second legs forming a space between them, a clamping element (5) provided within the space formed between the first and second legs and attached to the first leg (2), the clamping element (5) being resiliently compressible and/or expandable in a direction away from or towards the second leg, and a nut part (6) arranged on the first leg (2) or on the second leg (3) and attached to a side (2a, 2b) of the respective leg that faces away from the space formed between the first and second legs.