Socket Tool Holder Assembly That Resists Lateral Disengagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tool holders are prone to deformation and failure to secure sockets when subjected to lateral outward forces, allowing easy disengagement and theft.
Innovation Solution
A tool holder design featuring a main body with engaging blocks, a positioning member, and rods that securely engage sockets, preventing deformation and disengagement by fixing the positioning member to the main body via fixing members, ensuring the sockets remain securely attached.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional holder with a main body and engaging block is used to connect sockets, then the holder can be hung on the wall and sockets can be connected, but when a lateral outward force is applied to the lateral wall of the main body, the lateral wall is bent and deformed outwardly, causing the socket to disengage from the engaging block
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into multiple structural components: a main body, a positioning member extending from the main body, and multiple engaging blocks (first engaging block on the main body, second engaging block on the positioning member). This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function - the main body provides hanging capability, the positioning member provides lateral support, and the engaging blocks secure the socket at multiple points, preventing lateral deformation and disengagement.
2Device complexity
If a conventional holder with a single engaging block is used, then the structure is simple, but the holder does not have an anti-theft function and may be easily stolen when being put on shelves
Solution Approach 1:
The holder combines multiple functional elements into a unified structure: the main body integrates the hanging portion and first engaging block, while the positioning member integrates the second engaging block. This merging creates a multi-point engagement system where the socket is secured by both the first engaging block (on the main body) and the second engaging block (on the positioning member), providing anti-theft functionality while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity.
3Ease of manufacture
If the positioning member is not fixed to the main body, then the structure is more flexible and easier to assemble, but the positioning member cannot prevent deformation and disengagement under external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning member is pre-fixed to the main body through fixing members before the socket is installed. This preliminary action ensures that the positioning member is firmly attached to the main body, creating a stable lateral support structure that can prevent deformation and disengagement under external forces while still allowing for easy assembly during installation.
Data Source
AI summary
A tool holder includes a main body, a positioning member and at least one rod. The main body includes a hanging portion and an assembling portion protrudingly formed with at least one first engaging block. The positioning member is assembled to the main body and extends toward the assembling portion to form at least one second engaging block. The first and second engaging blocks are for being engaged with two ends of one socket respectively, and two opposite ends of the positioning member are respectively fixed to the main body via a first fixing member. The rod has a first end and a second end, the first end is disposed on one said first engaging block, each rod is disposed through one socket, and the second end and one said second engaging block are fixed to each other via a second fixing member.