Perpendicular Mounting Base for Wear Member
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mounting systems for wear members on earth-working machines are inefficient in addressing wear on non-parallel surfaces, requiring multiple mounting bases and increasing installation and replacement complexities.
Innovation Solution
A mounting base design with a planar first base portion and a perpendicular second base portion, featuring a notch-shaped and rectangle-shaped opening configuration, allows for easy attachment and replacement of wear members on tools with perpendicular surfaces, using a retainer and plug system for secure positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a single mounting base is used to protect multiple non-parallel surfaces, then the quantity of mounting bases is reduced, but the structural complexity of the mounting base increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple mounting base functions into a single integrated structure. The mounting base includes a first base portion with a first inward surface for attaching to a first surface of the tool, and a second base portion with a second inward surface for attaching to a second surface of the tool, where the first and second surfaces are non-parallel. This merging reduces the quantity of mounting bases needed while accepting increased structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting base is designed as a multi-functional component that can attach to multiple non-parallel surfaces of the tool simultaneously. The single mounting base structure serves multiple protective functions by providing attachment points for wear members on different surfaces, making it a universal solution for protecting various tool surfaces with a single component type.
2Reliability
If multiple mounting bases are used for non-parallel surfaces, then each surface can be protected independently, but the installation and replacement complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple mounting base functions into a single integrated structure, the patent reduces the number of separate components that need to be installed and replaced. The single mounting base with multiple base portions allows wear members on different surfaces to be serviced as a unified assembly, simplifying installation and replacement operations while maintaining comprehensive protection coverage.
3Quantity of substance
If wear members are designed for multiple surfaces, then the quantity of wear members is reduced, but the adaptability requirement for the mounting system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting base is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate wear members for multiple non-parallel surfaces. The first base portion and second base portion are both configured to attach to different surfaces of the tool, creating an adaptable mounting system that reduces the quantity of different wear member types needed while maintaining high adaptability to various tool geometries.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting base for removably coupling a wear member to a tool may have a generally planar first base portion, which may have an inward surface configured to be attached to the tool. The mounting base may also have a generally planar second base portion extending from the first base portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the first base portion. The second base portion may have an inward surface configured to be attached to the tool. The first base portion may define an opening including a notch-shaped portion and a rectangle-shaped portion.