Final Year Product Design

New hinge mount mechanism

So this week, I have been working on the MK8 mount design, which uses a hinge style design.

The original design had a very thin body, which immediately snapped under the strain of tightening it to the frame… THe newer designs employ a far thicker body, which makes sure it wont snap. TO make sure the screw fitting could be used easily, I employed a barrel system with a tightening nut. The barrel allows the thumb screw to move through approximately 60 degrees to meet the opposite side of the hinge, no matter what position it is in.