Socket Holding Frame With Indexed Sliding-Rotating Mounts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional socket holding frames lack a fixing structure, causing positioning mounts to move or rotate unexpectedly, making it inconvenient for users to read size or model number marks on sockets due to frequent misalignment.
Innovation Solution
A socket holding frame with a track base and positioning mounts featuring sliding seats and extending elements, where the sliding seats engage with first and second engaging segments on the track base, allowing for secure positioning and easy rotation of sockets to align markings with the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If no fixing structure is provided on the track base, then the positioning mounts can be easily moved or rotated, but the positioning mounts become unstable and require frequent reorientation
Solution Approach 1:
The track base is divided into multiple engaging segments (first engaging segments) that can selectively engage with corresponding segments on the positioning mounts. This segmentation allows the system to provide both movement capability and stable positioning when engaged.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning mounts are designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing users to move them along the track base when needed, while the engaging segments provide dynamic locking capability to hold them securely in desired positions during use.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the positioning mounts are freely movable, then they can be adjusted to different positions, but they may move due to impact causing inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The engaging segments are designed to proactively counteract impact forces before they can cause unwanted movement. When the positioning mounts are in use, the engaged segments provide preemptive resistance against external impacts, preventing displacement.
3Reliability
If fixing structures are added to the track base, then the positioning mounts become stable, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing function is merged into the existing track base structure through engaging segments that are integrated with the bottom panel. This combination eliminates the need for separate, complex fixing mechanisms while providing stable positioning capability.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of providing continuous fixing along the entire track base, the engaging segments are strategically positioned at specific locations where positioning is needed. This localized approach provides stability only where required, reducing overall structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A socket holding frame has a track base and at least one positioning mount. The track base has a bottom panel and a slide rail. The bottom panel has at least one first engaging segment formed on a top surface of the bottom panel. The at least one positioning mount is slidably and rotatably mounted on the track base, and each one of the at least one positioning mount has a sliding seat and an extending element. The sliding seat is slidably and rotatably mounted in the slide rail and has multiple second engaging segments. The multiple second engaging segments selectively engage with the at least one first engaging segment on the bottom panel. The extending element is formed on the sliding seat and extends out of the slide rail.