Bracket for securing a device to a container

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing retaining straps for devices in containers often slip off during mode transitions and can damage devices with glass edges, leading to premature failure.

Innovation Solution

A bracket formed from a metal wire, coated with a soft material to prevent damage, featuring a strap holding portion and retention portions that allow secure attachment and easy detachment of the strap to the device, preventing slipping and abrasion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a retaining strap is used to secure a device to a container, then the device can be held in place during transport and mode transitions, but the strap may slip off during mode transitions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestrap retentionVSAvoidmode transition

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a bracket as an intermediary component between the strap and the device. The bracket has a body that receives the strap and a protrusion that engages with the device, allowing the strap to secure the device without directly contacting it. This mediator prevents the strap from slipping off during mode transitions while maintaining secure retention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a retaining strap is used to secure a device to a container, then the device can be held in place, but the strap can damage devices with glass edges leading to premature failure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestrap retentionVSAvoiddevice damage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket serves as a protective intermediary between the strap and the device with glass edges. The strap contacts the bracket body rather than directly contacting the device, preventing abrasion and damage to glass edges while maintaining secure retention through the bracket's engagement features.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The bracket changes the contact parameters between the strap and device. Instead of the strap directly contacting the device surface (causing abrasion), the bracket provides a different contact interface through its body and protrusion geometry, reducing harmful friction and stress concentration on glass edges.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Strength

If a bracket is formed from metal wire, then it provides structural strength, but the metal wire can damage devices with glass edges

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebracket strengthVSAvoiddevice damage

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket applies different material properties to different parts of its structure. The main body is formed from strong metal wire to provide structural strength, while the protrusion that contacts the device is coated with a soft material to prevent damage to glass edges. This local differentiation of material quality resolves the contradiction between strength and device protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The bracket combines metal wire material with a soft coating material to create a composite structure. The metal wire provides the necessary structural strength for the bracket body, while the soft coating on the protrusion provides device protection, creating a multi-material solution that satisfies both requirements simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

Data Source

PatentUS12084237B1Bracket for securing a device to a container

Publication Date: 2024.09.10 GREENE STANLEY EWING

AI summary

Embodiments describe a bracket for securing a device or other object to a container using one or more straps.