Reversible Plate Mounting Assembly for Dual Pole Shapes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting assemblies are typically adapted for either poles with a rectangular or circular cross-section, but not both, limiting their adaptability and requiring separate mounting systems for poles with different shapes.
Innovation Solution
A reversible mounting assembly featuring a plate with complementary sliding engagement formations that can engage a housing in two orientations, accommodating both flat and curved surfaces, allowing for interchangeable mounting on poles with either shape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mounting assemblies are designed for rectangular poles, then they provide secure mounting for rectangular poles, but they cannot be used for circular poles
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly is designed with a reversible plate that can engage with housing in two different orientations, allowing the same assembly to mount devices on both rectangular and circular poles. The plate's dual-orientation engagement capability provides universal adaptability across different pole cross-sections without requiring separate mounting systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate is designed to be reversible, allowing it to be engaged in either a forward or reverse orientation. By inverting the plate's orientation, the same mounting assembly can adapt to different pole shapes (rectangular vs. circular), effectively using inversion to achieve versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate mounting assemblies are used for rectangular and circular poles, then each assembly is optimized for its specific pole type, but it requires maintaining multiple mounting systems
Solution Approach 1:
A single mounting assembly design serves multiple functions by accommodating both rectangular and circular poles through the reversible plate mechanism. This eliminates the need to maintain separate mounting assemblies for different pole types, reducing inventory requirements and simplifying maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The functionality of two separate mounting assemblies (one for rectangular poles, one for circular poles) is merged into a single reversible mounting assembly. The plate and housing combination integrates both mounting capabilities into one unified system, reducing the total quantity of mounting assemblies needed.
3Ease of operation
If a mounting assembly uses sliding engagement formations in different planes, then it achieves symmetrical engagement for reversible mounting, but it increases manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding engagement formations are deliberately designed with asymmetrical positioning relative to the plate's geometry. By placing the grooves and ridges in specific asymmetrical locations, the design achieves symmetrical functional engagement when the plate is reversed, allowing the same physical features to engage correctly in both forward and reverse orientations.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting assembly to mount a device onto a pole, has a reversible plate configured to engage a housing in one of two orientations, depending on whether the pole presents a flat surface or a curved surface. The plate has a first or flat surface, a second or curved surface, and opposing side edges, each of the side edges having a first sliding engagement formation. The housing has a main panel, and opposing side panels, the main panel configured for attachment to the device, each of the side panels having a second sliding engagement formation complementary to the first sliding engagement formation.