Socket Holding Frame for Sliding Mounts and Stable Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional socket holding frames lack a fixing structure to securely position socket holding mounts, leading to instability and poor positioning due to external impacts.
Innovation Solution
A socket holding frame design with a track base featuring a positioning panel and side racks, incorporating locking holes and a positioning protrusion on the socket holding mount, allowing for secure sliding and rotational adjustment of sockets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If socket holding mounts are made slidable and rotatable without fixing structures, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to poor positioning under external impacts
Solution Approach 1:
The socket holding mount is designed with a flange that can slide along the sliding channel and rotate around the positioning protrusion, transitioning between movable and fixed states. The positioning protrusion engages with locking holes to provide dynamic locking at specific positions while maintaining overall adjustability.
Solution Approach 2:
The track base is divided into multiple locking holes arranged at different positions, allowing the socket holding mount to be secured at discrete locations. This segmentation enables the mount to maintain position stability while still allowing adjustment to different positions.
2Device complexity
If no fixing structure is provided between track base and socket holding mounts, then device complexity is reduced, but positioning precision deteriorates due to unintended movement
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning protrusion and locking holes create a dynamic fixing mechanism that engages only when needed. The flange can slide freely along the channel until positioned, then locks into place through the protrusion-hole engagement, providing precision without continuous complex fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning protrusion acts as an intermediary element between the socket holding mount and track base. This simple protrusion structure mediates the connection, providing accurate positioning without requiring complex fixing mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A socket holding frame has a track base and a socket holding mount. The track base has a positioning panel having multiple round locking holes arranged at spaced interval and aligned in a straight line and two side racks respectively located at two opposite sides of the positioning panel. Each side rack has a sliding channel. The socket holding mount has a round flange extending into the sliding channels of the two side racks, a holding portion formed from a top of the flange, and a positioning protrusion extending out of a bottom surface of the flange and being coaxial with the flange. The positioning protrusion is selectively mounted into one of the locking holes. The socket holding mount is rotatable relative to the track base around the positioning protrusion.