Carrying Vessel With Embedded Electrical Conduits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing carrying vessels with character features lack enhanced entertainment value beyond manual facial feature changes.
Innovation Solution
A carrying vessel with a main body featuring an animate character on its outer surface, powered by an actuator driven by a battery through an electrical conduit, allowing for dynamic movement of character features like a tail, eyelids, and ears, creating a more engaging and interactive experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual facial features are detachably connected to provide entertainment value, then the carrying vessel has basic interactivity, but the entertainment value is limited and lacks dynamic movement capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical system with an automated electromechanical system. Electrical conduits are embedded within the layered material structure to power actuators that automatically move character features, eliminating the need for manual detachment and reattachment while enhancing entertainment value through dynamic movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms static detachable features into dynamic movable features. By embedding electrical conduits within the layered material and connecting them to actuators, the character features can move automatically, providing continuous dynamic entertainment rather than requiring manual intervention for basic movement.
2Ease of manufacture
If electrical conduits are embedded within layered material, then the structure provides integrated power delivery, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies nesting by embedding electrical conduits within the layered material structure. The conduits are nested between layers, allowing power delivery to be integrated within the material itself rather than added as a separate external component, which simplifies overall integration despite the layered complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the electrical conduit system with the layered material structure. Rather than keeping the power delivery system separate, the conduits are combined with the material layers, creating an integrated structure that delivers power while maintaining the aesthetic and structural integrity of the carrying vessel.
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
The solution enhances the entertainment value by providing a purse-like vessel that appears alive, with responsive character features that can change expressions and movements, offering a more engaging user interaction.
Implementation Method 1
a battery and an electrical conduit. The actuator is contained within the main body, and which is operatively connected to the animate character feature... The electrical conduit operatively connects the battery to the actuator for driving operation of the actuator
Implementation Method 2
The actuator is contained within the main body, and which is operatively connected to the animate character feature, and is operable to move the animate character feature
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AI summary
In an aspect, a carrying vessel (1) is provided and includes a main body (10) that defines a storage chamber (S), an actuator (3), a battery (4) and an electrical conduit (5). The main (10) body has an outer surface having an animate character feature (2) thereon that is representative of a feature on a character. The actuator (3) is contained within the main body (10), and which is operatively connected to the animate character feature (2), and is operable to move the animate character feature (2). The electrical conduit (5) operatively connects the battery (4) to the actuator (3) for driving operation of the actuator (3) to move the animate character feature (2). The main body (10) includes a plurality of layers (17) of material. At least a portion of the electrical conduit (5) extends between the plurality of the layers (17).