Integrated Aroma Diffuser Housing and Holder for Capsule Replacement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing aroma diffusers face issues with essential oil leakage, inconvenient and costly assembly, and thermal damage to electronic components due to separate materials and labor-intensive assembly steps.

Innovation Solution

An aroma diffuser design with a hollow housing and holder member made in one piece, featuring a heat conduction device and heating element, allowing for easy replacement of disposable aroma capsules and preventing thermal transfer to electronic components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If the holder member is made as a separate component from the hollow housing, then the assembly allows for modular replacement and maintenance, but the assembly cost increases and structural stability decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemodular replacementVSAvoidassembly cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The holder member is integrally formed with the hollow housing as a single unified structure, eliminating the need for separate assembly steps and reducing overall component count. This integration maintains structural stability while reducing assembly costs and complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of manufacture

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemodular replacementVSAvoidstructural stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the hollow housing and holder member are made from different materials, then the design allows for optimized material properties for different functions, but the assembly process becomes more complex and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematerial optimizationVSAvoidassembly process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The hollow housing and holder member are made from the same material and formed as a single integrated structure, eliminating the need for complex multi-material assembly processes while maintaining manufacturing efficiency and structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #33Homogeneity

4Volume of moving object

If the aroma capsule is placed in a narrow inside space, then the device compactness is improved, but the ease of insertion and removal by fingers deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice compactnessVSAvoidease of insertion

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The holder member provides a vertically extended insertion path from the top opening of the hollow housing, allowing users to insert and remove aroma capsules from the upper direction rather than attempting to access the narrow internal space from the side. This dimensional approach maintains compactness while improving operational ease.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

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

Reduces assembly costs and errors, enhances structural stability, and allows convenient and efficient replacement of aroma capsules while preventing thermal damage to electronic components.

Implementation Method 1

the heating element is mounted at a bottom side of the heat conduction device, and kept in contact with the heat conduction device. Thus, the heating element is electrically connected to a power supply unit for generating heat to heat the heat conduction device

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHeat conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 2

the generated heat energy can be transferred through the heat conduction device to the aroma capsule, causing the aroma capsule to release a fragrant vapor toward the outside of the aroma diffuser

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectEvaporation: Evaporation

Data Source

PatentUS9844609B2Aroma diffuser using an aroma capsule

Publication Date: 2017.12.19 HSIAO MING JEN

AI summary

An aroma diffuser using an aroma capsule is disclosed to include a hollow housing including a first opening on a top side thereof, a second opening on a bottom side thereof and an integrated holder member downwardly inwardly extended from a top side thereof and defining therein a holding chamber facing toward the first opening, a heat conduction device mounted in the holding chamber, and a heating element mounted at a bottom side of the heat conduction device and kept in contact with the heat conduction device. Thus, an aroma capsule can be placed in the holding chamber and heated by the heating element to release fragrant vapor. After the aroma contained in the aroma capsule is used up, the aroma capsule can be replaced conveniently and rapidly.