Pivoting Suspension Mount for Versatile Ceiling Device Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional suspension mounts are unable to adapt to various types of ceiling structures, making it difficult to install electronic devices like wireless routers on different metal supporters.
Innovation Solution
A suspension mount design featuring a first member and a second member with restriction units that pivot relative to each other, allowing the mount to clip onto ceiling structures of varying sizes and types, forming an X-shaped structure and using hooks and abutting portions to secure the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional suspension mount uses a fixed rigid structure, then it provides stable support, but it cannot adapt to different types and widths of ceiling metal supporters
Solution Approach 1:
The suspension mount employs a dynamic structure where the first and second members can pivot relative to each other about a pivot shaft, allowing the mount to adjust its configuration to fit different ceiling structures. This dynamic capability enables adaptation to various metal supporter types and widths without requiring multiple fixed designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The suspension mount is divided into separate functional segments: a first member with first and second restriction units, and a second member with third and fourth restriction units. These segments can move independently relative to each other, allowing each restriction unit to engage with different parts of various ceiling structures while maintaining overall structural integrity.
2Reliability
If a single suspension mount design is used for all ceiling structures, then device complexity is reduced, but installation reliability fails on many ceiling types
Solution Approach 1:
The suspension mount is designed as a universal device that can securely install electronic devices on multiple ceiling structure types including T-shaped beams, flat bars, and recessed structures. The combination of pivotable members and multiple restriction units enables a single mount design to perform the function of securing devices across diverse ceiling configurations reliably.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the restriction units are fixed in position, then the structure is simpler, but the mount cannot accommodate ceiling structures of different widths
Solution Approach 1:
The restriction units are positioned on pivotable members that can rotate about a pivot shaft, allowing the distance between restriction units to dynamically adjust. This enables the mount to accommodate ceiling structures of varying widths while maintaining a relatively simple restriction unit configuration compared to having multiple fixed-position units.
Data Source
AI summary
A suspension mount is provided, which is capable of selectively hanging an electronic device onto different ceiling structures. The suspension mount includes a first member, a pivot shaft and a second member. The first member includes a first restriction unit and a second restriction unit. The second member pivots on the first member by the pivot shaft. The second member includes a third restriction unit and a fourth restriction unit. The first restriction unit corresponds to the third restriction unit. The second restriction unit corresponds to the fourth restriction unit. When the suspension mount is connected to the first ceiling structure, the first restriction unit and the fourth restriction unit abut a side of the first ceiling structure, and the second restriction unit and the third restriction unit abut the other side of the first ceiling structure.