Segmented Snowboard Binding Plate for Flexibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing snowboard binding plates are too rigid, impairing the flexibility of snowboards and bindings, which hinders the demonstration of their intended flexibility and gliding performance.
Innovation Solution
A flexible snowboard binding plate with a circular bottom, inclined side face, and a flange with curved outer edges and slits, featuring serrated teeth that mesh with the binding's teeth, and ribs for efficient force transmission, made from materials like pure titanium or stainless steel, to enhance flexibility and maintain structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a disk-like hard plate with predetermined thickness is used to attach the binding to the snowboard, then the binding can be securely attached to the snowboard, but the flexibility of the plate is impaired and the binding and snowboard cannot demonstrate adequate flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The plate is divided into multiple radial segments that can rotate relative to each other, allowing the plate to flex and adapt while maintaining attachment strength. The segmentation enables the plate to demonstrate flexibility in radial directions without compromising the secure attachment of the binding to the snowboard.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate transitions from a static rigid structure to a dynamic flexible structure. The radial segments are designed to rotate and adjust during snowboarding activities, enabling the plate to adapt to various forces and movements while maintaining secure attachment.
2Stability of the object's composition
If screws are used to secure the plate to the snowboard, then the plate can be firmly fixed, but the flexibility of the binding and snowboard is further restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The screw fixation system is designed to allow controlled movement and rotation of the radial segments. The screws provide stable fixation while permitting the plate to flex and adapt during use, maintaining both stability and flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate design allows for adjustment of flexibility parameters while maintaining fixation stability. The radial segments can rotate within controlled ranges, enabling the system to adapt to different loading conditions while remaining securely attached.
3Strength
If the plate is made hard and thick to ensure binding attachment, then structural integrity is maintained, but the plate cannot flex during snowboarding
Solution Approach 1:
The plate is segmented into radial sections that maintain overall structural integrity while allowing localized flexing. Each segment retains sufficient strength while the collective arrangement enables flexibility during snowboarding gliding.
Solution Approach 2:
The plate utilizes composite construction combining rigid and flexible elements. The radial segments are designed with material properties that provide both structural strength and flexibility, allowing the plate to maintain integrity while adapting during use.
Data Source
AI summary
A plate body is configured from a bottom part, a side surface part, and a flange part, and is formed in a concave shape, whereby the thickness of the bottom part of the plate body is reduced and the flexibility of a plate is increased. Reducing the thickness of the bottom part of the plate body reduces the length of screws for attaching a snowboard and prevents the screws from inhibiting the flexibility of the plate.