Pivoting Cable Holder for Compact Appliance Cable Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complex assembly process and bulkiness of pre-profiled cable holders with angled guide sections make cable installation in domestic appliances cumbersome and space-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A cable holder with pivotally disposed guide sections that can align to 180°, connected via an articulated joint, allowing for simple cable fitting and compact storage, with snap-lock elements for secure installation without tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pre-profiled rigid cable holders with angled guide sections are used, then cables can be guided round edges of the electrical component, but the assembly operation becomes complex and the cable holder becomes bulky
Solution Approach 1:
The cable holder employs a flexible, elastically resilient design that allows the guide sections to be deformed during assembly and then spring back to their predetermined angled configuration. This dynamic flexibility eliminates complex assembly operations while maintaining the functional angled guide sections for cable routing.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable holder changes its physical state from a deformed assembly configuration to a predetermined angled operational configuration through elastic deformation. The guide sections are temporarily deformed to fit together, then spring back to their functional angled positions, transforming the assembly process from complex to simple.
2Ease of operation
If pre-profiled rigid cable holders with angled guide sections are used, then cables can be guided round edges of the electrical component, but the cable holder requires space-intensive storage and packaging
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible cable holder can be dynamically deformed into a compact linear configuration for storage and packaging, then spring back to its functional angled configuration during use. This dynamic transformation reduces storage volume requirements while maintaining cable routing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide sections of the flexible cable holder can be folded or nested together in a compact linear arrangement for storage, similar to how the nested doll principle works. The angled guide sections are collapsed into a compact form that minimizes storage space, then expanded to their functional configuration during assembly.
3Volume of moving object
If the guide sections are made flexible and elastically resilient, then the cable holder can be compactly packaged, but the guide sections must be precisely engineered to maintain their predetermined angle
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible guide sections utilize their own elastic properties to automatically return to the predetermined angled configuration after assembly. The material's inherent elasticity serves the function of maintaining geometric precision, eliminating the need for complex mechanical angle-maintaining mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide sections undergo controlled elastic deformation during assembly, temporarily changing their shape to fit together, then spring back to their predetermined angled configuration. This parameter change (deformation and recovery) enables both compact packaging and precise angle maintenance.
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AI summary
A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable.