Carrier Tray Pickup Groove Layout for Easy Device Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing carrier trays for electronic devices are difficult to use due to the grooves hindering the direct placement and removal of electronic devices, consuming user time and effort.
Innovation Solution
A carrier tray design with support ribs and pickup grooves on both sides of accommodating portions, allowing easy access for fingers or mechanical devices to insert or remove electronic devices without obstruction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the carrier tray has grooves for accommodating electronic devices, then the electronic devices can be spaced apart and prevented from being vibrated and damaged during transport, but the grooves hinder fingers from directly picking up or placing electronic devices, consuming user time
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier tray is segmented into distinct functional zones: accommodating portions with grooves for secure device placement and pickup grooves for finger insertion. This segmentation allows the grooves to maintain their protective function while the separate pickup grooves enable easy device transfer without direct finger contact with the groove structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The pickup grooves act as intermediary structures between the user's fingers and the accommodating portions. These intermediate grooves receive the electronic devices and facilitate their transfer to or from the accommodating portions, eliminating the need for fingers to directly interact with the groove structures of the accommodating portions.
2Ease of manufacture
If the carrier tray uses a simple groove structure for accommodation, then the manufacturing process is simple and the structure is straightforward, but the simple structure makes it difficult to pick up or transfer electronic devices directly
Solution Approach 1:
The tray structure is segmented into multiple functional grooves: accommodating portions for device placement and pickup grooves for finger insertion. This segmentation can be achieved through standard molding techniques by incorporating multiple groove sets into the mold, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while adding functional complexity for easier device transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier tray structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: the grooves provide device accommodation and vibration protection, while the pickup grooves enable easy device transfer. This multi-functionality is achieved through a single integrated tray structure that incorporates both accommodating and pickup grooves, avoiding the need for separate components.
3Reliability
If the carrier tray has grooves that tightly fit electronic devices, then the electronic devices are securely held and prevented from moving during transport, but the tight fit makes it difficult to insert or remove electronic devices
Solution Approach 1:
The holding function is segmented into two distinct groove systems: accommodating portions with grooves that tightly fit the electronic devices for secure holding during transport, and pickup grooves that provide a separate interface for finger insertion and device transfer. This segmentation allows tight fitting without direct finger contact with the tight-fit grooves.
Solution Approach 2:
The pickup grooves serve as intermediary structures that mediate between the user's fingers and the tightly-fitting accommodating portions. Users can insert their fingers into the pickup grooves to grasp and transfer devices without their fingers directly contacting the tight-fit groove structures, thus maintaining secure holding while enabling easy transfer.
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AI summary
An electronic device carrier tray, comprising a tray body, wherein the tray body has a plurality of support ribs, and the plurality of support ribs are spaced apart and parallel; a restriction direction is defined on the tray body, and the restriction direction is perpendicular to the plurality of support ribs; the tray body has a plurality of accommodating portions between any two adjacent support ribs of the plurality of support ribs, and the tray body has a plurality of pickup grooves between any two adjacent support ribs of the plurality of support ribs; two sides of each accommodating portion respectively communicate with two pickup grooves of the plurality of pickup grooves, and a maximum aperture of each pickup groove in the restriction direction is greater than a maximum length of each accommodating portion in the restriction direction.