Pivoting Cover Slides Sensor onto Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensor mounting systems require adaptation to customer-specific vehicle sensor mounting brackets, which can be cumbersome and inefficient, especially when mounting sensors like defogging systems that need precise placement on vehicle windshields.
Innovation Solution
A sensor mounting system that includes a sensing device capable of sliding onto a customer-made sensor mounting bracket and a cover that pivots to lock into place, ensuring secure attachment and air circulation, allowing for easy and secure mounting on vehicle windshields with minimal disengagement risk.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a customer-specific sensor mounting bracket is used, then the sensor can be securely mounted on the vehicle windshield, but the mounting system requires adaptation to different customer specifications which increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor mounting system is designed with a universal mounting mechanism that can accommodate different customer-specific brackets through a standardized interface. The mounting bracket includes a universal base structure with adjustable mounting elements that can adapt to various bracket configurations, eliminating the need for custom adaptation for each customer while maintaining secure mounting reliability
2Stability of the object's composition
If the sensor is firmly fixed to the mounting bracket, then mounting stability is improved, but disengagement or accidental removal becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system employs a dynamic locking mechanism that transitions between locked and unlocked states. The cover is pivotally connected to the sensor module and includes a cam-shaped engagement feature that, when pivoted into a locked position, creates firm fixation. The same mechanism can be easily reversed to disengage, providing both stable mounting and ease of operation through a simple pivoting action
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the cover is designed to protect the sensor completely, then sensor protection is improved, but air circulation for sensor function may be restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is designed with differentiated local qualities: solid enclosure in most areas for protection, but with strategically placed air circulation openings in specific regions where sensor functionality requires airflow. The cover includes transparent or translucent portions in areas where visual monitoring is needed, while maintaining protective coverage over sensitive components. This localized differentiation allows simultaneous achievement of sensor protection and air circulation
Data Source
AI summary
A sensor mounting system for mounting onto a sensor mounting bracket a sensing device and a cover that covers the sensing device. The sensing device is mounted onto the sensor mounting bracket by sliding from a sensing device delivery position to a sensing device mounted position. The cover pivots relative to the sensing device from a cover delivery position to a cover locked position. When the sensing device is mounted onto the sensor mounting bracket, the cover is in the cover delivery position and contacts the sensor mounting bracket such that by pivoting the cover towards the cover locked position, the cover causes sliding of the sensing device into the sensing device mounted position.