Sliding Bike Saddle Assembly for Adjustable and Secure Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing seat cushions or saddles for carriers are typically fixed, failing to meet user comfort and operational needs for adjustability, safety, robustness, and durability.
Innovation Solution
A saddle assembly that provides a forward and backward slidable saddle assembly 100, which includes a bottom board 3, a slidable plate 4, a securing assembly 5, and a saddle body 6, allowing for easy adjustment of the saddle's position relative to the carrier plate 2, ensuring secure mounting and durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed seat cushion structure is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot meet user comfort needs and lacks position adjustability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the fixed seat cushion into a dynamic adjustable structure by incorporating a sliding mechanism. The seat cushion can move forward and backward along the longitudinal axis within a guide groove, allowing users to adjust the position according to their comfort needs while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The seat cushion assembly is divided into separate functional components: the seat cushion body, the sliding plate, the guide groove structure, and the limiting mechanism. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while enabling position adjustment through their coordinated interaction.
2Ease of operation
If a position adjustable seat cushion is designed, then user comfort and adaptability are improved, but the structure becomes more complex and may compromise safety and robustness
Solution Approach 1:
The seat cushion utilizes the user's own body weight and pressing force during normal sitting as the driving force for adjustment. When the user presses forward on the seat cushion, it automatically slides forward along the guide groove; when pressure is released, the limiting mechanism allows easy repositioning. This eliminates the need for additional motors, actuators, or complex control systems, maintaining structural simplicity and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates a dynamic limiting mechanism that allows the seat cushion to move within a controlled range. The guide groove provides directional guidance while the limiting structure prevents excessive movement, ensuring the adjustment remains safe and reliable without compromising structural integrity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a sliding mechanism is added for position adjustment, then adaptability is improved, but the structural robustness and durability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding mechanism is designed with a guide groove that provides rigid directional guidance, and a limiting mechanism that maintains structural boundaries. The seat cushion slides within this controlled pathway, ensuring that the adjustment function is achieved without compromising the overall structural robustness of the carrier.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding functionality is isolated to a specific component (the sliding plate within the guide groove), separating the adjustment function from the main structural framework. This segmentation allows the positioning mechanism to be optimized for adjustability while the main carrier structure maintains its strength and robustness independently.
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AI summary
A forward and backward slidable saddle assembly includes a bottom board adapted to be mounted on a carrier of a bike; a slidable plate slidably mounted on the bottom board, formed with a pair of parallel channels spaced from each other by a distance in a front-rear extension direction; a securing assembly including a plurality of screw rods and a plurality of fixing pins; and a saddle body mounted on the slidable plate. When the saddle body is moved in the front-rear extension direction, the slidable plate is constrained by the securing assembly from detaching from the bottom board in an upward/downward direction while allowing the pair of parallel channels of the slidable plate to move relative to the plurality of fixing pins in the front-rear extension direction to have the slidable plate together with the saddle body moving relative to the bottom board in the front-rear extension direction.