Rectangular Sensor Mounting Structure With Segmented Guide Walls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for fastening rectangular sensors to support parts are either complex in construction or excessively costly, particularly for large sensors, due to high material expenditure.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring long guide walls and shorter stop parts on a base plate with a rectangular receiving recess, where guide sections and stop sections contact the sensor for secure fastening with reduced material usage, utilizing a combination of guide walls and stop parts with nose sections and positioning sections to facilitate alignment and stabilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If guide walls and stop parts are made longer to ensure stable fastening of large sensors, then fastening reliability is improved, but material expenditure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening structure is divided into functionally distinct segments: guide walls for alignment and positioning, stop parts for limiting insertion depth, and nose sections for engagement. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, using material only where functionally necessary, thereby achieving reliable fastening with reduced overall material expenditure.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the fastening structure have different lengths and geometries tailored to their specific functions. The guide walls extend further to provide alignment, while stop parts are shorter for depth control. This local differentiation ensures material is concentrated where needed for reliability without unnecessary material usage in non-critical areas.
2Reliability
If complex fastening structures with multiple components are used, then fastening stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple fastening functions (guiding, stopping, positioning, and securing) are merged into a single integrated base plate structure. The guide walls, stop parts, and nose sections are all formed as integral features of the base plate, eliminating the need for separate components and reducing assembly complexity while maintaining fastening stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The base plate serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides the mounting surface, contains the guide walls for alignment, incorporates stop parts for depth control, and features nose sections for sensor engagement. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall device construction while ensuring reliable fastening.
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AI summary
A device for fastening a rectangular sensor to a support part has a base plate (2) in which a receiving recess (3) is made. Guide walls (6, 7) are integrally formed on mutually opposite edge sides (4, 5) of the receiving recess (3), said guide walls extending between two corner regions (18, 20; 19, 21) of the receiving recess (3), which corner regions end an edge side (4, 5). Furthermore, stop parts (10, 11) which are shorter than the length of the guide walls (6, 7) are integrally formed on the other edge sides (8, 9), in each case in the central region thereof, the stop parts each having at least one stop section (26) oriented at right angles to the base plate (2), wherein the guide sections (22) and the stop sections (26) bear against a wall of the sensor when the sensor is fitted. As a result, even sensors of relatively large dimensions can be fastened to the support part in a stable and accurately fitting manner with relatively little expenditure on material.