Right Angle Adapter for Bearing Race Drivers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bearing race and seal drivers are not suited for hard-to-reach applications due to the need for large spaces to strike the tool and lack of structural stability in confined spaces.
Innovation Solution
A right-angle adapter for bearing race and seal drivers that allows coupling of the handle and driver at an angle, featuring connection points on angled faces and a pocket to resist rotational movement, enabling use in tight spaces with improved stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional bearing race and seal drivers are used, then the tool can be operated with standard handling, but it requires large spaces to strike the tool and cannot be used properly in confined spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter introduces a right angle configuration between the handle and driver, changing the spatial arrangement from a linear alignment to a perpendicular orientation. This dimensional change allows the tool to operate in confined spaces where the handle can be positioned at a right angle to the driver, eliminating the need for large striking spaces while maintaining operational effectiveness.
2Device complexity
If the handle and driver are directly coupled, then the connection is simple, but the structural stability at the connection point is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter serves as an intermediary component between the handle and driver, providing a stable right angle connection. Instead of directly coupling the handle and driver, the adapter mediates this connection, ensuring proper alignment and structural stability while maintaining relative simplicity in the overall assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system is segmented into separate components: the handle, the adapter, and the driver. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, with the adapter specifically designed to provide stable right angle connections, while keeping the overall device relatively simple and easy to manufacture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the adapter allows angled coupling, then the tool can be used in hard to reach places, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter is designed as a universal component that provides right angle coupling for both bearing race installation and seal installation operations. This multi-functionality allows a single adapter design to handle various applications in hard-to-reach places, increasing adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
An adapter for a bearing race and seal driver tool that allows the tool to be used in hard to reach applications. The adapter connects to a driver and a handle at a non-zero angle, for example a right angle, to allow the adapter to be struck at a face of the adapter rather than the handle to be struck at an end of the handle. A pocket is included at one or more connection points between the adapter and the handle or driver to resist rotational movement of the handle or driver.