Tie Wrap Anchor Assembly With Rotatable Tie Block
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tie wrap anchor assemblies lack the ability for self-alignment and stable assembly, making pre-assembly of components and modular assemblies difficult, and they do not offer sufficient versatility in installation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A tie wrap anchor assembly design featuring a rotatable tie block with a passageway and holding structures, combined with a fastener element and insert, allowing for secure positioning while enabling axial and rotational movement, and incorporating features like flanges and wrenching surfaces for easier handling and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the tie block is securely positioned between the insert and fastener element, then assembly stability is improved, but the tie block loses rotational freedom
Solution Approach 1:
The tie block is designed with a cylindrical passageway that receives the insert, allowing the tie block to rotate freely around the insert while maintaining axial positioning. This dynamic configuration enables the tie block to self-align during installation while remaining securely positioned along the axis between the insert and fastener element.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the tie block allows rotational movement, then self-alignment capability is improved, but assembly stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The tie block is designed with a cylindrical passageway that receives the insert, allowing the tie block to rotate freely around the insert while maintaining axial positioning. This dynamic configuration enables the tie block to self-align during installation while remaining securely positioned along the axis between the insert and fastener element.
Solution Approach 2:
The assembly is divided into distinct functional components: the insert provides axial positioning and rotational freedom, the tie block provides the anchoring function with self-alignment capability, and the fastener element provides secure mounting. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function without compromising overall assembly stability.
3Ease of operation
If the tie block is freely rotatable, then ease of installation is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cylindrical passageway is designed with intentional clearance relative to the insert diameter, allowing for reasonable manufacturing tolerances while maintaining functional performance. This parameter optimization balances ease of assembly with manufacturability, avoiding overly tight tolerances that would increase manufacturing complexity.
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AI summary
A tie wrap anchor assembly and methods of assembly include a body member having an internal passageway and an outwardly extending structure. A fastener element includes a first threaded end portion, a second end portion and a flange member between the first and second end portions. A cylindrical member is configured to extend within the internal passageway and receive at one end the fastener element for positioning the body member between the flange member on the fastener element and a laterally extending element on the cylindrical member. In one configuration, the body member is freely pivotable relative to the cylindrical member, and in one configuration the cylindrical member has a head with a plurality of surfaces that can be used to turn the cylindrical member. A tie wrap anchor assembly can be assembled by positioning a body member over a cylindrical member and inserting a fastener element into an opening in the cylindrical member to position the body member between the fastener element and a surface on the cylindrical member to limit axial movement of the body member.