Horizontal Support Rod With Wedge Bracket for Stable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing elongated horizontal support systems face issues with durability, stability, and complexity, leading to high manufacturing costs and cumbersome designs.
Innovation Solution
A general-purpose, elongated horizontal support system featuring a hollow rod with longitudinal corrugations and a wedge-shaped attaching mechanism that securely engages with vertically oriented surfaces, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly, and incorporating a sleeve flange with complementary wedging elements for firm interengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If adhesive attachment is used for wall mounting, then installation simplicity is improved, but durability and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a wall-mounted bracket and a rod holder that attaches to the bracket. This segmentation allows the wall attachment to use simple adhesive mounting while the rod holder provides structural support through a standardized interface, combining installation simplicity with durability.
2Reliability
If complicated structural configurations are used, then durability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rod holder is designed as a universal component that can be attached to any standard bracket through a standardized interface. This multi-functionality allows the same rod holder design to work with different bracket types and mounting methods, providing durable support without requiring complex custom structures for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The rod holder features a self-aligning design with a recess that automatically positions the rod correctly when inserted. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for complex adjustment mechanisms or precise manual alignment, simplifying the overall structure while ensuring proper installation and durable support.
3Ease of operation
If standardized interfaces are used, then ease of assembly and disassembly is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The interface between the rod holder and bracket uses an asymmetric recess shape that is easy to manufacture but provides unique directional insertion. This asymmetric design ensures the rod can only be inserted in the correct orientation, providing foolproof assembly without requiring high-precision machining, as the asymmetric geometry naturally guides proper alignment.
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
The system enhances durability, stability, and maneuverability, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs while ensuring secure attachment and easy handling.
Implementation Method 1
The bracket means for attaching is provided with means for wedging, while the sleeve flange means for interengaging is provided with complementary means for wedging, so that the former and the latter, when assembled together for use, are firmly interengaged.
Data Source
AI summary
The system comprises a rod subassembly for suspending articles, supported at extremities by a holding subassembly. The former includes a hollow rod having along its length an upper recessed zone similar to a circular segment and incorporates at each lateral extremity a continuous, capturing recess extending towards an interior of the rod. A protection insert is placed on the zone and retained by the recesses. The rod is covered with longitudinal corrugations. The holding subassembly includes a bracket for attaching to an external recipient and a sleeve flange for supporting the rod and for interengaging with the bracket. The bracket includes a wedge-shaped element, while the sleeve flange has a flange with a recess complimentary to the foregoing element. By inserting the wedge-shaped element into the complementary recess, an interengagement between those parts which incorporate the former and the latter occurs.