X-ray Detector Holder with Key-Lock Strap Mount
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Solution Overview
Problem
X-ray image detectors in commercial applications are prone to damage from shock, heat, and rough handling due to inadequate securing methods, which can lead to misalignment, shifting, or damage to the sensitive electronics, resulting in imperfect images or detector destruction.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a detector holder with peripheral slots and a pipe strap part that can be magnetically or strap-attached to the structure, ensuring the detector remains orthogonal and secure, using a key-lock mechanism and adjustable sizes to accommodate various surfaces, and optionally employing suction cups for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If straps are used to tie the detector in place, then the detector can be secured to the structure, but the detector may be bent by excessive strapping force or shifted position
Solution Approach 1:
A rigid holder frame is introduced as an intermediary between the detector and the strapping system. The frame absorbs and distributes the mechanical forces from straps, preventing direct transmission of excessive force to the detector. The holder acts as a mediator that secures the detector while protecting it from damaging stresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder frame is designed with rigid structural support that preemptively protects the detector from bending forces before they can damage the detector. The frame's stiffness provides beforehand cushioning against excessive strapping force, ensuring the detector maintains its structural integrity during securing operations.
2Reliability
If the detector is placed directly on the structure surface, then it can be securely positioned, but the sensitive electronics can be damaged by heat from hot surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The holder frame serves as a thermal intermediary between the detector and the structure surface. It provides physical separation that interrupts direct thermal contact, protecting sensitive electronics from heat damage while maintaining positioning stability. The frame mediates the interaction between detector and hot surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct functional components: the holder frame that contacts the structure and the detector that remains elevated. This segmentation separates the thermal exposure zone (frame) from the sensitive electronics zone (detector), allowing the structure to be hot without transferring heat directly to the detector.
3Adaptability or versatility
If makeshift securing methods are used, then the detector can be attached to various structures, but the detector is subjected to damaging stresses or may fall loose
Solution Approach 1:
The holder frame is designed as a universal mounting system that can accommodate various structure types (pipes, beams, flat surfaces) through different attachment methods. The same holder design works across multiple applications, providing both adaptability and reliable security without requiring makeshift solutions.
Solution Approach 2:
The securing system allows dynamic adaptation to different mounting scenarios. The holder can be secured using straps for cylindrical structures, magnets for metal surfaces, or suction cups for smooth surfaces, enabling the system to dynamically adjust its attachment method while maintaining reliable detector security.
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 secures x-ray image detectors on commercial structures, preventing damage from handling and heat exposure, ensuring accurate and reliable image capture by maintaining the detector's position and orientation.
Implementation Method 1
a structure contact part constructed to be strapped or magnetically attached to the structure to be x-rayed
Data Source
AI summary
A device for attaching an x-ray image detector holder to a commercial structure such as a pipe so that the modern digital image detector can be used in analysis and inspection. The x-ray image detector holder attach device is constructed to be attached to a structure and can include a flat image detector holder part, the image detector holder part having at least one peripheral slot; a structure contact part constructed to be strapped to a structure to be x-rayed, the structure contact part having a key sized to mate with the peripheral slot, the key having a lock constructed to hold the key in the peripheral slot; the structure contact part can be a means to attach it to the structure to be x-rayed such as a strap or suction cups.