Sleeve Bracket Assembly With Rotatable Secure Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sleeve bracket assemblies either allow sleeves to rotate but lack secure positioning, or they securely position sleeves but cannot be rotated relative to the track-base, leading to inconvenient adjustments when hit by objects.
Innovation Solution
A sleeve bracket assembly with a track-base, an elastic positioning-board, and positioning-mounts that have sliding-engaging seats with engaging-teeth and inserting-buttons, allowing sleeves to be both securely positioned and rotated relative to the assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If round inserting-buttons are used to allow sleeves to rotate, then the sleeves can be rotated to enable numbers or signs to face the user, but the inserting-buttons lack positioning structures and cannot securely hold the sleeves, causing positions and angles to change easily
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented from the rotating function. The slide-rail provides the rotating capability while the positioning-board with positioning-rack and engaging-teeth provides the positioning function. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in one function, resolving the contradiction between rotation ease and positioning stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning-board acts as an intermediary component between the slide-rail and the positioning-mounts. It translates the rotating motion into discrete positioning steps through the engagement between engaging-teeth and positioning-rack, providing both rotation capability and stable positioning.
2Ease of operation
If round slide seats are used to allow rotation, then sleeves can be rotated relative to the slide-rail, but the round slide seats lack positioning structures and cannot be securely mounted in the slide-rail, causing positions and angles to change easily
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented from the mounting function. The slide-rail provides the mounting structure while the positioning-board with positioning-rack provides the positioning capability. This segmentation allows the round slide seats to maintain rotation capability while the positioning-board ensures secure mounting through engaging-teeth engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning-board serves as an intermediary that connects the slide-rail to the positioning-mounts securely. The engaging-teeth on the positioning-board engage with the positioning-rack, providing secure mounting while allowing the round slide seats to rotate freely for positioning adjustments.
3Reliability
If positioning structures are added to inserting-buttons to secure sleeves, then sleeves can be held firmly, but the sleeves cannot be rotated relative to the inserting-buttons, requiring users to rotate round slide seats instead
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning function is segmented from the rotating function. Positioning structures are added to the positioning-board and positioning-mounts rather than the inserting-buttons. This allows the inserting-buttons to remain simple rotation axes while the positioning-board provides secure positioning through engaging-teeth and positioning-rack engagement.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables sleeves to be securely positioned and rotated without needing frequent adjustments, maintaining the orientation of numbers or signs even when hit by other objects, enhancing user convenience.
Implementation Method 1
The positioning-board is elastic, is mounted in the connecting track and has two rail-bars and a positioning-rack
Data Source
AI summary
A sleeve bracket assembly has a track-base, a positioning-board and multiple positioning-mounts. The track-base has a bottom panel, a slide-rail and a connecting track. The slide-rail and the connecting track are respectively formed on a top surface of the bottom panel and a bottom surface of the bottom panel. The positioning-board is elastic, is mounted in the connecting track and has two rail-bars and a positioning-rack. The positioning-mounts are movably and rotatably mounted on the track-base, engage the positioning-board and each one of the positioning-mounts has a sliding-engaging seat and an inserting-button. The sliding-engaging seat is movably mounted in the slide-rail, engages the positioning-board and has at least three engaging-teeth selectively engaging the positioning-rack. The inserting-button is formed on the sliding-engaging seat.