Rotating Mounting Lock Base for Perpendicular Load Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for holding objects are limited to supporting objects in the direction of gravity and fail when objects are aligned perpendicularly, leading to damage due to gravitational forces and torques.
Innovation Solution
A device with a circular support section and a rectangular holding plate, featuring a flexible pin that engages with arc-shaped cutouts in the receiving opening, providing stable support and preventing slipping or twisting, allowing objects to be securely held at various angles without damaging the locking base.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If objects are oriented perpendicular to the direction of gravity, then the locking base is damaged or destroyed by gravitational forces and torques, but the device cannot support such orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The locking base is divided into two functional parts: a support section that contacts the support frame for load bearing, and a retaining plate for positioning. This segmentation allows the support section to handle gravitational forces while the retaining plate provides rotational constraint, enabling perpendicular orientation without damaging the entire locking base.
Solution Approach 2:
The pin is extended in a new dimension (perpendicular to the rotation axis) and engages with arc-shaped recesses in the support frame. This creates a mechanical constraint that prevents rotation under gravitational torque, allowing the locking base to support objects oriented perpendicular to gravity without failure.
2Ease of operation
If the holding body is quickly inserted and locked into the support frame, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability of support against gravity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The pin has an asymmetric design where one end is rounded and the other is pointed, matching the asymmetric arc-shaped recesses in the support frame. This allows the pin to be inserted easily in one direction while being locked securely in the engaged position, providing both quick assembly and reliable gravitational support.
Solution Approach 2:
The pin acts as an intermediary element between the locking base and the support frame. It transfers and constrains rotational movement while allowing straightforward insertion, mediating between the ease of operation requirement and the reliability requirement for gravitational support.
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AI summary
Device (1) for holding objects (2) comprising a plate-shaped support frame (4) with rectangular receiving openings (5), a holding body (6) with an integrally formed locking base (7) which can be inserted into one of the receiving openings (5) and rotated in it, and a base (8) arranged between the holding body (6) and the locking base (7), wherein a circular support section (11) and a rectangular retaining plate (12) are provided immediately adjacent to the base (8) as components of the locking base (7), a flexible pin (15) is attached or machined onto the base (8) which runs parallel to and spaced apart from the outer wall (16) of the support section (11), and one or two arcuate recesses (17) are incorporated into each of the receiving openings (5).are, which run in the long side (10) of the receiving opening (5) and in its central axis of symmetry (21), and wherein the pin (15) in the end position of the holding body (6) engages in one of the recesses (17) and is released or jammed in it.