Supporting Apparatus for Bend Body Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing supporting apparatuses for units with bend bodies face challenges in accurately positioning drive and driven members, leading to inefficiencies in linear movement and bending operations.
Innovation Solution
A supporting apparatus with a drive member that rotates around a rotational axis, a transmission member, a driven member for bending, and a coupling member, along with supporting members that ensure accurate alignment and engagement, allowing precise movement and bending of the bend body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a single supporting member is used to support the drive member and driven member, then the device complexity is reduced, but the positioning accuracy and alignment between the drive member and driven member deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting apparatus is divided into a first supporting member and a second supporting member, each independently supporting the drive member and driven member respectively. This segmentation allows precise positioning of each member while maintaining overall structural simplicity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The first and second supporting members are configured with corresponding shapes and structures, allowing them to perform similar supporting functions simultaneously. This universality enables standardized manufacturing while achieving precise alignment through their coordinated arrangement.
2Productivity
If the drive member and driven member are not accurately aligned, then the device complexity is reduced, but the linear movement precision and bending operation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the support functions into two distinct supporting members with corresponding structures, the system ensures accurate alignment between drive and driven members during linear movement and bending operations, thereby improving operational efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting members act as intermediaries that precisely position the drive member and driven member relative to each other, ensuring accurate alignment without requiring complex direct coupling mechanisms.
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 accurate positioning and stable operation of the drive and driven members, enhancing the precision and efficiency of linear movement and bending processes.
Implementation Method 1
a drive member configured to rotate around a rotational axis, a transmission member coupled to the drive member and configured to be moved in a direction of the rotational axis by rotation of the drive member
Implementation Method 2
a transmission member coupled to the drive member and configured to be moved in a direction of the rotational axis by rotation of the drive member, a driven member for bending the bend body, the driven member being coupled to the transmission member and configured to be moved in the direction of the rotational axis by movement of the transmission member
Data Source
AI summary
A supporting apparatus configured to support a unit including a bend body includes (i) a drive member configured to rotate around a rotational axis, (ii) a transmission member configured to be moved in a direction of the rotational axis by rotation of the drive member, and (iii) a driven member for bending the bend body, the driven member being configured to be moved in the direction of the rotational axis by movement of the transmission member. The drive member and the driven member are supported by a first supporting member and a second supporting member having the same shape as the first supporting member. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are engaged with a coupling member.