Portable Device Case with Concentric Ring Openings for Impact Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable computing devices face challenges in balancing weight, structural integrity, and heat dissipation while protecting against impact, as existing cases struggle to effectively absorb and diffuse force efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A protective case with a unique frame structure featuring concentric rings of openings around corners and edges, arranged in a staggered or in-line manner to adhere to the curvature, facilitating impact absorption and heat ventilation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a protective case uses traditional solid structures to ensure structural integrity, then strength is improved, but weight increases and heat dissipation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The case structure is segmented into multiple concentric rings with openings arranged in patterns around corners and edges. This segmentation allows the case to maintain structural integrity through the ring framework while reducing weight by creating open spaces that allow material removal without compromising the protective function.
Solution Approach 2:
The openings are strategically positioned at corner and edge regions where impact forces are most likely to occur. This local quality approach concentrates the protective structure where needed while leaving other areas lighter, optimizing the balance between strength and weight reduction.
2Strength
If a protective case uses traditional solid structures to ensure structural integrity, then strength is improved, but heat dissipation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The solid case structure is segmented into concentric rings with multiple openings, creating thermal pathways that allow heat to dissipate from the device. The ring structure maintains mechanical strength while the openings provide channels for heat transfer, simultaneously addressing both structural and thermal management requirements.
3Device complexity
If a protective case uses simple single-ring configurations, then device complexity is reduced, but impact absorption capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple concentric rings of openings are nested within each other, creating a layered protective structure. This nested configuration increases the case's ability to absorb and diffuse impact forces through multiple levels of deformation while maintaining a relatively simple overall pattern that can be manufactured efficiently.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective structure transitions from a simple single-ring configuration to multiple concentric rings arranged in different dimensions around the corners and edges. This dimensional expansion creates additional pathways for impact force dissipation without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If a protective case uses multiple concentric rings of openings to increase impact absorption, then protection is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex multi-ring opening pattern is segmented into modular units that can be independently designed and manufactured. Each ring can be produced as a separate component or integrated into the molding process as a standardized pattern, reducing the overall manufacturing precision requirements compared to creating a single complex structure.
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 case significantly increases deformation and displacement, effectively dissipating impact force, thereby enhancing protection and heat dissipation, with at least two rings of openings providing a 45% increase in protection compared to single-ring configurations.
Implementation Method 1
The case significantly increases deformation and displacement, effectively dissipating impact force
Implementation Method 2
configured to effectively absorb and to diffuse force from impact
Implementation Method 3
facilitate ventilation of heat generated by the device
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a protective case for portable computing devices. More specifically, the present specification discloses a case with structural patterns around corners and edges to effectively absorb and to defuse force from impact and thus to better protect the device in which it encases.