Length-Adjustable Storage Device Base Board Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage devices lack flexibility in accommodating various standard lengths, requiring multiple product developments and increasing production costs, while existing solutions do not efficiently allow for adjustable lengths without compromising electrical functionality and stability.
Innovation Solution
A storage device design featuring a base board with multiple receivers and conductive patterns, allowing the board to be cut to different standard lengths, with the memory component remaining functional and securely attached to the host device through a fastener system, ensuring stability and compatibility with multiple standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple product developments are created to accommodate various standard lengths, then compatibility with different standards is improved, but production costs and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base board is designed with universal features including multiple receivers (first receiver, second receiver) and conductive patterns that can accommodate different standard lengths (first standard length, second standard length). A single base board design serves multiple functions by supporting various cutting positions and configurations, eliminating the need for separate product developments for each standard length.
Solution Approach 2:
The base board is segmented into removable portions that can be cut away to create different standard lengths. The board includes engagement features that allow it to be securely attached at different positions, enabling a single base board design to be divided into multiple configurations to suit different standards.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the base board is cut to different standard lengths, then adaptability to various standards is improved, but electrical functionality and stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The base board is pre-designed with multiple receivers and conductive patterns positioned at specific locations before cutting. The conductive patterns are预先 arranged to maintain electrical connectivity regardless of which portion is removed, ensuring that the essential electrical functionality is preserved in advance for all possible standard lengths.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the base board have different local qualities - the essential portion contains the memory component and critical electrical connections, while other portions can be removed. The conductive patterns are strategically placed to maintain electrical stability in the essential portion regardless of which non-essential portions are cut away.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple product variants are produced to meet different length requirements, then customer options are improved, but manufacturing complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal base board design is manufactured that can serve multiple customer needs for different standard lengths. The base board includes all necessary receivers, conductive patterns, and engagement features in one standardized configuration, allowing customers to receive the appropriate length by removing portions rather than requiring separate manufacturing lines for each variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The base board is designed with dynamic configurability through removable portions. Instead of producing static variants for each standard length, the system allows the base board to be dynamically adjusted by cutting away non-essential portions, enabling a single manufactured item to adapt to different customer requirements.
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AI summary
A storage device includes a base board and a memory chip package. The base board includes, on a first edge, a connector that is connectable to a host device and through which the storage device communicates with the host device, on a second edge that is opposite to the first edge, a first engaging portion by which the base board is fixable to the host device, and in an intermediate portion that is located between the first edge and the second edge, a second engaging portion by which the base board is fixable to the host device when an end portion of the base board between the second edge and the intermediate portion is removed. The memory chip package is disposed on a surface of the base board and between the first edge and the intermediate portion.