Charging Station Gateway for Cloud-Connected Power Tool Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing power tool systems lack efficient data interaction capabilities among tools and cloud servers, necessitating improved communication and management solutions.
Innovation Solution
A charging station and wheeled power tools equipped with a gateway device for wired and wireless data interaction, enabling communication between power tools, charging stations, and cloud servers through USB Type-C, Bluetooth, cellular, and local area network connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If power tools are equipped with data interaction capabilities, then communication between tools and cloud servers is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary component that handles data interaction between power tools and cloud servers. The gateway device includes communication modules for wireless and wired connections, and it manages the complexity of network protocols and data transmission, allowing power tools to gain data interaction capabilities without directly incorporating complex communication hardware and software.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication protocols are integrated, then communication versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device is designed with multi-functional communication modules that support multiple protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular, wired connections) within a single device. This universal design allows the gateway to handle diverse communication requirements across different power tools and cloud server connections, providing protocol versatility without requiring separate communication modules for each protocol in every power tool.
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AI summary
Provided are a charging station, a wheeled power tool, and a gateway device. The charging station includes a charging station body including a housing and a bus interface disposed on the housing. The charging station further includes a gateway device with a wired connection and/or a wireless connection to the charging station body. The charging station performs data interaction with a power tool through the gateway device and/or the bus interface; and the charging station performs data interaction with a cloud server through the gateway device.