Snap-Fit Detaching Structure for Tool-Free Reliable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing detachable connection structures for large-sized objects require tools for disassembly and assembly, making the process cumbersome and time-consuming, especially for frequently detached components.
Innovation Solution
A fast-detaching structure featuring a mounting member with a bottom wall, positioning walls, and a limiting wall, and a first connection member with abutting ends and a deforming end, allowing for tool-free, quick assembly and disassembly through a snapping mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If bolt fastening or threading is used to connect supported object and supporting object, then reliability of support is ensured, but tool is needed and disassembling or connecting process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure is divided into separate components: a mounting member with positioning walls and a connection member with abutting ends. This segmentation allows the connection to be made through simple insertion and snapping actions rather than requiring threaded fastening, thereby reducing assembly time while maintaining reliability through the interlocking geometry of the segmented parts
Solution Approach 2:
The connection member features abutting ends that automatically engage with the positioning walls of the mounting member through elastic deformation and snapping action. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for external tools to secure the connection, allowing reliable attachment through the inherent elastic properties and geometric configuration of the components themselves
2Reliability
If bolt fastening or threading is used to connect supported object and supporting object, then reliability of support is ensured, but operation becomes cumbersome requiring tools
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic connection member automatically engages with the mounting member through its own elastic deformation, without requiring external tools. The abutting ends snap into place against the positioning walls through the elastic recovery force, making the operation simple and tool-free while ensuring reliable support
Solution Approach 2:
The traditional mechanical fastening system (bolts, threads, wrenches) is replaced with an elastic snapping mechanism. The elastic deformation and recovery of the connection member substitutes for the complex mechanical fastening system, providing both ease of operation and reliable support through purely elastic-mechanical interaction
3Reliability
If traditional detachable structure is used for frequently detached components, then connection is achieved, but process is inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into a mounting member and a separate connection member that can be quickly inserted and removed. This segmentation enables frequent re-mounting operations to be performed rapidly through simple insertion and extraction actions, improving productivity while maintaining connection reliability through the interlocking design
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic connection member performs the fastening function automatically through its elastic deformation and recovery, without requiring external tools or complex operations. This self-service mechanism makes frequent re-mounting operations convenient and rapid, directly improving productivity for components that need to be frequently detached and reattached
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
Enables reliable, stable, and efficient connection and disconnection of components without tools, facilitating frequent re-mounting and reducing assembly time.
Implementation Method 1
a deforming end connected between the two abutting ends, the deforming end being arranged with a snapping tab protruding toward the bottom wall of the mounting slot and a drive portion; the drive portion is configured to drive the deforming end to be elastically deformed
Data Source
AI summary
A fast-detaching structure, including a mounting member and a first connection member. The mounting member includes: a bottom wall, two positioning walls and a limiting wall. The limiting wall is disposed between the two positioning walls; the bottom wall is connected to the two the positioning walls and the limiting wall; the bottom wall, the two positioning walls and the limiting wall cooperatively define a mounting slot; the limiting wall is arranged with a connection part, a wire channel is defined in the connection part. The first connection member is detachably mounted in the mounting slot. The first connection member includes two abutting ends and a front abutting end connected between the two abutting ends; the two abutting ends are disposed corresponding to the two positioning walls; the front abutting end correspondingly defines a receiving opening; the connection part is received in the receiving opening.