Universal Pipe Mounting Bracket for Multi-Diameter Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting brackets for auxiliary devices on pipes require customization due to varying surface geometries and bolt patterns, leading to resource-intensive inventory management and spatial constraints.
Innovation Solution
A universal mounting bracket design with separate sets of contact surfaces adapted to engage different pipe sizes and orientations, featuring channel structures for secure attachment using straps, allowing flexible installation on cylindrical piping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional mounting brackets are customized for each pipe size and orientation, then secure attachment is achieved, but inventory management complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is designed with multiple contact surfaces (first and second sets of contact surfaces with different contact profile spacings) and multiple channel structures (first and second channel structures in different orientations) that enable a single bracket to accommodate various pipe diameters and orientations, replacing the need for multiple customized brackets
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple customized mounting brackets are maintained for different pipe sizes, then proper fit for each pipe size is achieved, but spatial requirements and storage needs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single mounting bracket incorporates both first and second sets of contact surfaces with different contact profile spacings, allowing the same bracket to properly fit different pipe diameters (first diameter and second diameter) without requiring separate storage for multiple bracket types
3Ease of operation
If separate mounting brackets are used for different orientations, then optimal mounting position is achieved, but device complexity and selection difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket includes both first channel structures and second channel structures in different orientations, enabling the same bracket to be properly mounted in various orientations (first orientation and second orientation) without requiring separate bracket designs for each orientation
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting bracket to secure an object to a pipe can include a bracket body with sets of contact surfaces arranged to engage pipes having different diameters. Mounting blocks can secure an objects to the bracket body. Channel structures can receive straps to secure the bracket body to the pipes.