Cover Assembling Structure with Sliding Elastic Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Networked attached storage (NAS) equipment designs that aim for easy tool-free disassembly compromise safety by allowing unintended cover removal, posing risks like electric shock or scald, while designs requiring tools hinder maintenance convenience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a cover that can be conveniently disassembled using a sliding component and elastic positioning structures, where the cover is secured by elastic forces and can be separated by simultaneous pressing of specific portions, preventing unintended disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the cover is designed to be easily disassembled without using any tool, then maintenance convenience is improved, but safety deteriorates as the cover may be unexpectedly disassembled causing electric shock or scald
Solution Approach 1:
The cover assembly structure transitions from a static fixed state to a dynamic controllable state. The sliding components can move between a first position (locked state where positioning structures engage with positioning holes) and a second position (unlocked state where positioning structures disengage), allowing the system to dynamically switch between secure attachment and easy removal based on operational needs
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic components automatically reset the sliding components to the locked position after manual actuation. When the user releases the pressing portions, the elastic force self-service mechanism returns the sliding components to their original position, re-engaging the positioning structures with the positioning holes without requiring additional user action or tools
2Reliability
If the NAS equipment is designed to be disassembled by using tools in order to avoid unexpected disassembly, then safety is improved, but maintenance convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding components serve as an intermediary mechanism between the user's manual input (pressing the pressing portions) and the cover's attachment/detachment state. This intermediary structure translates simple pressing actions into controlled movement of positioning structures, eliminating the need for tools while maintaining secure attachment during normal operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the state parameter of the positioning structures from engaged to disengaged through controlled movement of sliding components. By altering the position parameter of sliding components along the sliding direction, the system transitions between locked and unlocked states, enabling tool-free operation while maintaining safety
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables safe and convenient disassembly of the cover while preventing accidental separation, thus enhancing safety and maintenance accessibility without compromising equipment design.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the second positioning structures is positioned at the corresponding first positioning structure by an elastic force of the corresponding elastic component, so as to stop the cover separating from the main body
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AI summary
An electronic device including a main body, a cover and an assembling structure is provided. The main body has two first positioning structures. The assembling structure includes two sliding components, two second positioning components and two elastic components. Each sliding component is slidably disposed on the cover and has a pressing portion. The second positioning structures are connected to the sliding components respectively and aligned to the first positioning components respectively. The elastic components are connected to the cover and connected to the sliding components respectively. Each second positioning component is positioned at the corresponding first positioning component by elastic force of the corresponding elastic component, so as to stop the cover separating from the main body. When the pressing portions receive forces at the same time to drive the second positioning structures to move away from the first positioning structures respectively, the cover is separated from the main body.