Support component, housing structure, and equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing support components for equipment installation, such as multifunction devices and heavy appliances, require welding of nuts for height adjustment, increasing component costs and complicating the maintenance of supporting strength without welding nuts, which is difficult to achieve.
Innovation Solution
A support component design featuring a leg component with a male thread portion and a pedestal portion, combined with a receiving component having an extruded portion and a through-hole, allowing for height adjustment without the need for welding nuts, ensuring stable support and easy assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a welding nut is used to receive the leg component, then the supporting strength is maintained, but the component cost and manufacturing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving component merges multiple functions: it provides the through-hole for rod passage, the extruded portion with internal thread for securing the leg component, and the flange for structural support. This integration eliminates the need for separate welding nuts while maintaining supporting strength
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving component serves multiple purposes: it acts as a mounting bracket, a fastening mechanism (via internal thread), and a structural support element (via flange). This multi-functionality replaces the specialized welding nut, reducing component complexity while preserving load-bearing capacity
2Strength
If a welding nut is used to receive the leg component, then the supporting strength is maintained, but the component cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving component combines what would otherwise be separate parts (mounting bracket, fastening mechanism, and support element) into a single integrated piece, reducing the total component count and associated manufacturing costs while maintaining structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The design extracts the essential function of the welding nut (securing the leg component) and integrates it directly into the receiving component through the extruded portion with internal thread, eliminating the need for additional fastening hardware and reducing overall component cost
3Adaptability or versatility
If the rod is inserted through the extruded portion and through-hole, then height adjustment is enabled, but the risk of tilting or falling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The male thread portion on the rod is pre-configured to engage with the internal thread of the extruded portion. This preliminary threading arrangement ensures that when the rod is inserted, it automatically secures in place through threading, preventing tilting or falling while maintaining height adjustability
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving component uses a composite structure combining the flange (for broad support), the extruded portion with internal thread (for secure engagement), and the through-hole (for rod passage). This composite design provides both the adaptability for height adjustment and the reliability to prevent tilting through the integrated threading and support geometry
Data Source
AI summary
A support component includes a leg component having a male thread portion that is provided on at least an upper side of a rod extending in a height direction, and a pedestal portion that is provided larger than the rod and provided at a lower end portion of the rod, and a receiving component having a extruded portion that is provided, in a frame material including two vertically separated plate materials constituting a housing bottom portion of an equipment, in the plate material located on an upper side of the frame material and into which the male thread portion of the rod is screwed, and a through-hole that is provided in the plate material located on a lower side of the frame material and through which the rod passes, in which the support component enables height adjustment in a state in which the rod of the leg component is inserted through the extruded portion and the through-hole of the receiving component.