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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing covering devices inadequately address ventilation and insulation issues across varying ambient temperatures, leading to overheating or cooling of the body.
Innovation Solution
A covering device with multiple interconnected covering portions, featuring varying spacings and connections between cross-sectional ends, allowing for adjustable insulation and ventilation based on ambient temperature, utilizing insulating and ventilating elements to adapt to different conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If ventilation openings are provided in the cover to improve ventilation, then ventilation is improved, but heat loss increases in low ambient temperatures and the body cools down
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into multiple covering portions (first, second, third covering portions) with different connecting region configurations. Each covering portion has specific connecting regions at different positions (first connecting region at first cross-sectional end, second connecting region spaced from second cross-sectional end), creating segmented zones that allow controlled ventilation while maintaining insulation in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the cover have different properties: some areas have connecting regions that allow ventilation (second connecting region spaced from cross-sectional end), while other areas have direct connections for insulation (first connecting region at cross-sectional end). This local differentiation enables the cover to provide both ventilation and insulation simultaneously in different zones.
2Ease of operation
If ventilation openings are provided in the cover to improve ventilation, then ventilation is improved, but in high ambient temperatures the ventilation openings are inadequate for heat removal and the body overheats
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into multiple covering portions (first, second, third covering portions) with different connecting region configurations. Each covering portion has specific connecting regions at different positions (first connecting region at first cross-sectional end, second connecting region spaced from second cross-sectional end), creating segmented zones that allow controlled ventilation while maintaining insulation in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the cover have different properties: some areas have connecting regions that allow ventilation (second connecting region spaced from cross-sectional end), while other areas have direct connections for insulation (first connecting region at cross-sectional end). This local differentiation enables the cover to provide both ventilation and insulation simultaneously in different zones.
3Ease of operation
If the second connecting region is arranged spaced apart from the second cross-sectional end to allow ventilation, then ventilation is improved, but insulation is reduced and the body cools down in low temperatures
Solution Approach 1:
The cover is divided into multiple covering portions (first, second, third covering portions) with different connecting region configurations. Each covering portion has specific connecting regions at different positions (first connecting region at first cross-sectional end, second connecting region spaced from second cross-sectional end), creating segmented zones that allow controlled ventilation while maintaining insulation in other areas.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the cover have different properties: some areas have connecting regions that allow ventilation (second connecting region spaced from cross-sectional end), while other areas have direct connections for insulation (first connecting region at cross-sectional end). This local differentiation enables the cover to provide both ventilation and insulation simultaneously in different zones.
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 device provides effective insulation and ventilation adjustments, ensuring comfort across a wide range of temperatures by optimizing insulating and ventilating actions through geometric configurations and material choices.
Implementation Method 1
in the case of low ambient temperatures the heat of the body is dissipated to the environment via the ventilation openings, i.e. an inadequate insulation is provided
Implementation Method 2
the heat of the body is dissipated to the environment via the ventilation openings
Data Source
AI summary
A covering device has at least three covering portions. In a cross section of the covering device, a first of the covering portions is arranged on a second of the covering portions by means of a first connecting region which is configured by a first cross-sectional end of the first covering portion. The first covering portion has a second cross-sectional end which opposes the first cross-sectional end and has a second connecting region by which the first covering portion is arranged on a third covering portion. The second connecting region of the first covering portion in cross section spaced apart from the second cross-sectional end of the first covering portion. The first covering portion is arranged by the second connecting region on a cross-sectional end of the third covering portion which is equal to the first cross-sectional end of the first covering portion.