Vibration Control Pad with Embedded Support Protrusions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vibration control pads face issues with support bodies detaching from the gel elastic body during removal from packaging, leading to ineffective seismic isolation due to improper hardness and contact area adjustments, which compromises the pad's ability to absorb vibrations and support heavy objects.
Innovation Solution
The vibration control pad incorporates protrusions on the gel elastic body's surfaces to securely embed and retain support bodies, preventing detachment during removal and ensuring proper load distribution and vibration absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the support body is made harder and larger to prevent crushing, then the load-bearing capacity is improved, but the support body easily detaches from the gel elastic body during removal
Solution Approach 1:
The support body is segmented into multiple smaller support bodies arranged in a specific pattern rather than one large support body. This segmentation reduces the contact area with the tray while maintaining load-bearing capacity through distributed support, thereby preventing detachment during removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The support body's properties are optimized locally - made harder for load bearing but configured with reduced contact area to the tray. The dual concentric circle pattern creates local quality variations where the inner and outer support bodies provide different levels of support while collectively preventing detachment.
2Reliability
If anchor bolts are used to secure heavy objects, then the anti-toppling capability is improved, but the installation process becomes complex requiring drilling and hole making
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the securing function from the anchor bolt system and transfers it to the vibration control pad assembly. The pad's structure itself provides the securing capability through friction and normal force, eliminating the need for drilling and hole-making operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The vibration control pad serves multiple functions: it provides vibration absorption through the gel elastic body, load bearing through the support bodies, and anti-toppling capability through friction. This multi-functionality replaces the single-function anchor bolt system, simplifying installation.
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 solution effectively prevents support body detachment and maintains the integrity of the vibration control pad, ensuring reliable seismic isolation and vibration absorption without compromising the pad's structural integrity.
Implementation Method 1
a gel elastic body 70 made, for example, of silicon rubber having elastic viscosity that absorbs the vibration of the equipment 1
Implementation Method 2
a support body 80 made, for example, of high-damping rubber that bears or supports the load of the equipment 1
Data Source
AI summary
A vibration control pad (5) comprises a gel elastic body (7) made of an elastic-viscous material and heavy-object support members (8) embedded in the gel elastic body (7). A protrusion (11) is formed only on either the top or bottom surface of the gel elastic body (7) or formed on each of the top and bottom surfaces of the gel elastic body (7) in such a manner as to cover part of the support bodies (8). The protrusion (11) securely contains the support bodies (8) in the gel elastic body (7) to prevent the support bodies (8) from being detached or separated from the gel elastic body (7) when the vibration control pad (5) is taken out of its packaging member for use.