Pivoting Cover Element for Cable Routing Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for receiving elongated objects, such as electrical and fluid lines, are often designed for specific mounting environments and lack variability, making them unsuitable for different installation settings without encountering unwanted disadvantages.
Innovation Solution
A device with a pivoting cover element and multiple cover sections connected by center hinges, allowing for various closure positions and distances from the bottom wall, along with an inhibiting system using ribs to stabilize the cover element against loads, and angled side border segments for enhanced stability and ease of production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a device is designed for a specific mounting environment, then it can securely hold and guide elongated objects, but it cannot be used in different mounting environments without unwanted disadvantages
Solution Approach 1:
The cover element is designed with multiple cover sections (at least three) that can be pivoted relative to each other through center hinges, allowing the cover element to dynamically adjust its position and the device's receiving capacity. The closure system provides multiple closure positions corresponding to different center hinge configurations, enabling the device to adapt to various mounting environments while maintaining secure holding capability through the border hinge and closure system
Solution Approach 2:
The cover element is segmented into multiple cover sections connected by center hinges, allowing independent movement and positioning of each section. This segmentation enables the device to achieve different receiving capacities and installation heights by pivoting individual sections, thereby adapting to diverse mounting environments while preserving the secure holding function through the fixed border hinge connection
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cover element is designed to pivot with multiple cover sections, then the device can accommodate different line receiving capacities and installation heights, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The multiple cover sections are nested within each other through the center hinge connections, allowing them to pivot and adjust relative positions while remaining part of a unified cover element structure. This nesting approach enables complex adaptability functions without proportionally increasing overall structural complexity, as the sections share common hinge points and can be manufactured as integrated components
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cover sections are allowed to move freely relative to each other, then the device can adjust to different positions, but the cover element becomes unstable against loads
Solution Approach 1:
The inhibiting system with ribs is pre-configured on the cover sections to prevent unwanted movement and stabilize the cover element against loads acting in the direction toward the bottom wall. The ribs are positioned to engage with corresponding features on adjacent cover sections, providing preliminary stabilization that counteracts potential instability while allowing the intended pivoting motion through the center hinges
Data Source
AI summary
The device for receiving oblong objects comprises a bottom wall (2) and a receiving element (1) having two bordering walls (3, 4) facing each other. A cover element (16) is mounted on the receiving element (1) so as to be pivoted by means of a border hinge (15) and can be linked with the receiving element (1) by means of a closure system (23, 24, 25, 26) facing the border hinge (15). The cover element (16) has at least three cover sections (17, 19, 21). Between adjacent cover sections (17, 19, 21), a center hinge (18, 20) is configured. The closure system (23, 24, 25, 26) allows for a number of closure positions that corresponds to the number of center hinges (18, 20) and in which the cover sections (17, 19, 21) are spaced apart from the bottom wall at different distances. The same design of the inventive device can therefore be used in different environments of assembly.