Slide Protector Hooking Section Integral Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing slide protectors face reliability issues due to resistance forces from wire harnesses, leading to potential detachment of hooking sections from slide supports, especially when the resistance force increases, which complicates the attachment structure and requires additional components for fixation.
Innovation Solution
A slide protector with a hooking section integrally formed with the harness holder, featuring arms extending in the sliding direction and hooking protrusions that engage with recess-shaped receiving portions on the slide support, along with a contacting portion for stable attachment and resistance management, ensuring the hooking section remains attached even under high resistance forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the hooking section is separately mounted on the slide protector, then it can be easily attached to the slide support, but it may come off when resistance force from the wire harness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hooking section is integrally formed with the harness holder as a single piece structure. This merging eliminates the separate mounting process while ensuring the hooking section cannot detach under resistance forces from the wire harness, simultaneously achieving easy attachment and high reliability
2Reliability
If fixing members are used to firmly fix the hooking section to the slide protector, then attachment reliability improves, but the number of components and man-hours for fixing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hooking section and harness holder are formed as a single integrated component through integral forming. This eliminates the need for separate fixing members such as screws or clips, reducing both the number of components and assembly steps while maintaining firm attachment under resistance forces
3Reliability
If fixing members are used to firmly fix the hooking section to the slide protector, then attachment reliability improves, but man-hours for fixing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integral forming of the hooking section with the harness holder creates a unified structure that requires no separate assembly steps. This eliminates the time-consuming process of installing fixing members while ensuring the hooking section remains firmly attached during operation
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the reliability of the attachment structure by preventing detachment of the hooking section from the slide support, allows easy attachment, and maintains stability during sliding operations, even with large resistance forces, ensuring the slide protector follows the slide support effectively.
Implementation Method 1
a hooking section integrally formed with the harness holder and configured to be capable of hooking the slide support... a hooking protrusion protruding from the arm in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction and configured to be capable of hooking a recess-shaped receiving portion formed on the slide support
Implementation Method 2
the wire harness that the slide protector holds has a corrugate tube and a resistance force may work because of the elasticity of the corrugate tube when the slide protector is pulled
Data Source
AI summary
A slide protector slidably engaged with a slide rail together with a slide support has a harness holder holding a wire harness and a hooking section capable of hooking the slide support with the harness holder and the hooking section formed integrally. Though the wire harness causes a resistance force when the slide support slides rearward in the sliding direction and the slide protector is pulled rearward, reliability of the attachment structure of the slide protector to the slide support can be enhanced since the hooking section and the harness holder holding the wire harness are formed integrally.