Plastic Connection Console for Stamping Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tamping devices with connection consoles are costly to manufacture and assemble due to numerous components, and are prone to damage from mechanical loads during transportation and operation.
Innovation Solution
A one-piece connection console integrating a frame, guide element bearing, drive element bearing, and air filter connection, which combines essential functions such as guiding combustion air, connecting guide and drive elements, and serving as an air filter housing, made from plastic with a ribbed structure for enhanced stability and durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If multiple separate components (mounting plates, baffles, current-carrying plates) are used to construct the console, then the console can be assembled with individual parts, but the manufacturing cost increases and assembly becomes lengthy and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (mounting plates, baffles, current-carrying plates, guide element bearings, drive element bearings) into a single integrated connection console made of plastic. This merging eliminates the need for numerous individual parts and reduces assembly complexity while lowering manufacturing costs through one-piece production.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection console serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support, guides combustion air flow, bears guide elements and drive elements, and houses air filter connections. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate components into a single universal part.
2Reliability
If a conventional console construction with multiple components is used, then assembly is possible with individual parts, but the console is prone to damage from mechanical loads during transportation and operation
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating all functional elements into a single one-piece connection console, the patent eliminates multiple connection points and joints that would be vulnerable to mechanical damage. The unified structure distributes and withstands mechanical loads more effectively during transportation and operation.
3Ease of manufacture
If separate metal sheets are used to protect the console and its attachments, then the console is protected, but the construction becomes expensive and assembly lengthy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the protective metal sheet construction with an integrated plastic connection console that inherently provides protection for its internal components. The plastic material itself serves as both the structural element and the protective housing, eliminating the need for additional protective metal sheets.
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AI summary
The bracket (1) has a guide device for guiding combustion air and integrally formed with the bracket, where the bracket is made of plastic. The guide device comprises an air filter connection i.e. air filter base. A frame (2) partially bounds a receptacle space, where the air filter connection is arranged within the space. The frame forms a part of an air cleaner housing (18) and is partially lockable with a lid (20) i.e. plastic lid. The frame comprises a protective wall (22) that comprises two wall parts, and an air circulation device discharges the filtered air. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) an injection mold for manufacturing a connection console (2) a method for manufacturing a connection console (3) a method for assembling a ramming device.