Sliding Accessory Mount for Strapping Strip Position Locking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods struggle to efficiently mount accessories like sensors on strapping strips around objects without interfering with the clamping process and allowing for easy positioning and sliding, especially in environments with temperature or pressure variations.

Innovation Solution

A mounting device with a support strip that slides along the strapping strip, featuring a fixing area, a slide system, and a locking mechanism, allowing the support strip to be positioned and locked in place without interfering with the clamping, and includes sliding lugs and locking members to facilitate easy installation and adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the accessory is mounted directly on the strapping strip, then the mounting is secure, but the clamping process is interfered with and positioning is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemounting easeVSAvoidclamping interference

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A support strip is introduced as an intermediary component between the accessory and the strapping strip. The support strip carries the accessory and slides along the strapping strip, allowing the accessory to be mounted without directly interfering with the clamping process while maintaining secure attachment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting system is segmented into distinct functional components: the strapping strip for clamping, the support strip for carrying the accessory, and the locking mechanism for positioning. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function without interfering with others

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Manufacturing precision

If the support strip is fixed in position, then the accessory positioning is precise, but the adaptability to different positions is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccessory positioning precisionVSAvoidpositioning flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The support strip transitions from a static fixed position to a dynamic system that can slide along the strapping strip. The locking mechanism allows the support strip to be positioned at different locations and then secured, providing both movement capability and positional stability when needed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Volume of moving object

If the support strip is placed inside the strapping strip, then the structure is compact, but the accessory mounting is difficult and interferes with clamping

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural compactnessVSAvoidaccessory mounting ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of placing the support strip inside the strapping strip, the invention inverts the arrangement by positioning the support strip outside the strapping strip. This allows the accessory to be mounted on the support strip without interfering with the clamping function of the strapping strip while maintaining a compact overall structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS20250207721A1Mounting device for mounting an accessory on a strapping strip and assembly of such a device and of a strapping strip

Publication Date: 2025.06.26 CAILLAU

AI summary

The mounting device for mounting an accessory on a strapping strip comprises a support strip comprising a fixing area for an accessory, a slide system for retaining the support strip relative to the strapping strip while allowing the support strip to slide along the strapping strip and a locking system for blocking this sliding in a given position of the support strip relative to the strapping strip.