Aircraft Yoke Tablet Holder Using Snap-Fit Hook and Slider
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tablet holders for aircraft cockpits are cumbersome and bulky, making them difficult to use, especially for renter pilots who need a secure and easily removable mounting solution during critical phases of flight.
Innovation Solution
A personal computer holder with a snap-fitted hook attached to the aircraft yoke's control rod, featuring a slider for adjusting the viewing angle and a detachable design for quick attachment and detachment, ensuring minimal distraction during emergencies and critical phases of flight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a tablet holder is built into the aircraft panel, then the mounting is secure and stable, but the device becomes bulky and takes up excessive panel space
Solution Approach 1:
The tablet holder is divided into separate components: a yoke-mounted base unit and a detachable tablet cradle. This segmentation allows the holder to be secure when attached while taking up minimal panel space when detached, resolving the contradiction between mounting security and space occupation.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder utilizes the vertical dimension by mounting to the yoke assembly, which extends into the three-dimensional space above the panel rather than occupying horizontal panel space. This dimensional transition allows secure mounting without excessive panel space occupation.
2Ease of operation
If a tablet holder is strapped to the knee or hung on the window, then the device is easily removable, but the mounting becomes clumsy and distracting
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is segmented into a permanent yoke-mounted base and a removable tablet cradle. This allows the cradle to be easily detached for quick removal without the clumsiness of knee straps or window mounts, eliminating distractions during critical phases while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The yoke assembly serves as an intermediary mounting structure that provides a stable, non-distracting platform. By using the existing yoke as the mounting point rather than ad-hoc solutions like knee straps, the system achieves both ease of removal and reduced cockpit distraction.
3Reliability
If a tablet holder clamps onto the control yoke, then the mounting is secure, but the device cannot be easily removed in flight
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is segmented into a permanently mounted base unit that provides secure attachment to the yoke, and a separately removable tablet cradle. This segmentation allows the secure mounting function to be permanently established while enabling easy removal of the tablet component during flight operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder incorporates dynamic characteristics with the ability to transition between locked and unlocked states. The quick-release mechanism allows the tablet cradle to be securely mounted when needed and easily removed when not needed, providing both mounting security and removal ease through a dynamically controllable system.
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AI summary
A personal computer holder for attachment to an aircraft yoke assembly having a control rod and a yoke. The personal computer holder has a hook that is snap-fitted to the control rod. A slider is slidingly connected to the hook. A personal computer holder is pivotally connected to the hook and a personal computer is attached to the personal computer holder. The slider is pushed and pulled to adjust the viewing angle of the personal computer. In a preferred embodiment the personal computer is a touch screen tablet.