Adaptive Opening Structure for Variable External Device Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing adaptive structures for external devices face compatibility issues due to diverse and non-standardized connection interfaces, leading to inefficiencies in design, manufacturing, and marketing, as well as unresolved incompatibility problems despite a full range of adaptive structures.
Innovation Solution
A movable adaptive structure with a main body and a movable element, featuring an adapting window, terminal, and positioning portions, allowing for adjustable dimensions to accommodate various external devices by sliding movement and guided alignment, ensuring compatibility with different interface dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple dedicated adaptive structures with different dimensions are developed for various connection interfaces, then compatibility with different external devices is improved, but design complexity, manufacturing complexity, and warehouse management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single adaptive structure body that can accommodate multiple types of connection interfaces (USB, 3.5mm, P-CIE, etc.) through a standardized base design. The main body includes a universal adapting terminal that can interface with different connection types, eliminating the need to develop separate dedicated structures for each interface standard.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by introducing a movable element that can shift position within the adaptive structure. This movable element allows the opening dimensions to be dynamically adjusted based on the specific external device being connected, transforming a static structure into an adaptable one that responds to different connection interface requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a full stock of adaptive structures with different dimensions is maintained, then compatibility coverage is improved, but warehouse management complexity and cost efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The universal adaptive structure design allows a single product type to serve multiple connection interface standards, reducing the variety of SKUs that need to be managed in warehouse inventory. Instead of stocking multiple dedicated structures, distributors can maintain inventory of this single universal type that adapts to various interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable element enables one adaptive structure unit to dynamically configure itself for different device dimensions, replacing the need for multiple static inventory variants. This dynamic adaptability consolidates inventory requirements while maintaining comprehensive compatibility coverage.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional adaptive structures with fixed dimensions are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but compatibility with variable dimension external devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a movable element that can be positioned at different locations within the adaptive structure, allowing the opening dimensions to be adjusted dynamically. This dynamic mechanism is integrated into an otherwise simple manufacturing design, adding adaptability without significantly complicating the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The adaptive structure is segmented into a main body and a movable element that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured using simple processes, while their combination creates the adaptable final product with adjustable dimensions.
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AI summary
A movable adaptive structure for external devices has a main body and a movable element. The main body has an adapting window, an adapting terminal and a stationary portion. The adapting window is disposed on one side of the main body. The adapting terminal is disposed in the main body. The adapting terminal corresponds in position to the adapting window and thus is in communication with the outside, to adapt to an external device. The stationary portion is positioned proximate to the adapting window. The movable element has at least two positioning portions spaced apart and moves relative to the adapting window such that any one of the positioning portions is positioned at the stationary portion to change area of the adapting window. Therefore, the adaptive structure operates flexibly enough to adapt to the external device of variable dimensions.