Satellite Dish Pole Mount With Movable Tab for Dual Configurations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pole mounts for satellite dishes require two separate designs for mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations, leading to increased overhead and costs due to the need for multiple products in inventory and production.
Innovation Solution
A single apparatus with a movable tab member and U-bolts allows for both mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations, utilizing a curved plate and adjustable bolts for secure attachment to the pole, enabling a single SKU for both configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If two separate pole mount designs are used for mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations, then each configuration can be optimized for its specific mounting location, but inventory overhead and production costs increase due to maintaining multiple products
Solution Approach 1:
The pole mount apparatus is designed with a universal mounting plate that can accommodate both mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations through a single product design. The mounting plate includes multiple mounting configurations that allow it to function in different pole mounting scenarios, eliminating the need for separate dedicated products for each configuration type.
Solution Approach 2:
The pole mount incorporates adjustable and movable components including elevation adjustment bolts, azimuth adjustment bolts, and a movable tab member that can be repositioned. These dynamic elements allow the same apparatus to adapt to different mounting configurations (mid-pole or pole-end) by adjusting the position and orientation of components, providing versatility without requiring multiple static designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If two separate pole mount designs are used for mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations, then each configuration can be optimized for its specific mounting location, but production complexity and costs increase due to manufacturing multiple products
Solution Approach 1:
The pole mount apparatus is designed with a universal mounting plate that can accommodate both mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations through a single product design. The mounting plate includes multiple mounting configurations that allow it to function in different pole mounting scenarios, eliminating the need for separate dedicated products for each configuration type.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the functionality of two separate pole mount designs (mid-pole and pole-end) into a single integrated apparatus. The mounting plate combines multiple mounting configurations and adjustment mechanisms in one structure, consolidating what would have been separate products into a unified design that reduces production complexity.
3Quantity of substance
If a single apparatus is used for both mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations, then inventory and production costs are reduced, but the apparatus must accommodate multiple mounting configurations which increases design complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The pole mount apparatus is designed with a universal mounting plate that can accommodate both mid-pole and pole-end mounting configurations through a single product design. The mounting plate includes multiple mounting configurations that allow it to function in different pole mounting scenarios, eliminating the need for separate dedicated products for each configuration type.
Solution Approach 2:
The pole mount incorporates adjustable and movable components including elevation adjustment bolts, azimuth adjustment bolts, and a movable tab member that can be repositioned. These dynamic elements allow the same apparatus to adapt to different mounting configurations (mid-pole or pole-end) by adjusting the position and orientation of components, providing versatility without requiring multiple static designs.
Data Source
AI summary
In one example an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing for coupling a satellite dish, an elevation adjustment bolt to perform an elevation adjustment on the satellite dish, an azimuth adjustment bolt to perform an azimuth adjustment on the satellite dish, a plate for coupling one or more U-bolts coupled to the housing, the plate comprising a curved portion that sits flush along a perimeter of a pole and a movable tab member coupled to the plate to allow for a plurality of different pole mounting configurations.