Curbstone Electronic Cover With Rotatable Flush Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image-capturing devices mounted to curbstones often create a step difference between the device's upper cover and the curbstone surface, leading to potential injuries, damage, and an unaesthetic appearance due to non-flush mounting.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a rotatable top cover that adjusts to be flush with the curbstone surface, using a housing with a rotatable top cover and adjustable positioning mechanism to ensure alignment and drainage, preventing damage and enhancing aesthetics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the top surface of the curbstone is made oblique for water discharge, then water drainage is improved, but the upper cover of the electronic device cannot be flush with the curbstone surface, creating step differences that cause safety hazards and aesthetic issues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflush alignment between upper cover and curbstone surfaceVSAvoidadaptability to oblique curbstone surfaces for water drainage

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The top cover is designed to be rotatable relative to the housing about an axis, allowing it to dynamically adjust its orientation. This enables the top cover to be positioned at different angles to match both horizontal and oblique curbstone surfaces, resolving the contradiction between maintaining flush alignment and adapting to varying surface orientations for water drainage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic device is divided into separate components: a fixed housing and a rotatable top cover. This segmentation allows the housing to remain stationary while the top cover independently adjusts its angle, enabling the device to adapt to oblique surfaces while maintaining proper alignment with the curbstone

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Object-generated harmful factors

If the electronic device is mounted to accommodate water discharge requirements, then water drainage function is improved, but the appearance becomes unaesthetic and safety hazards increase due to step differences

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewater accumulation preventionVSAvoidstep difference causing injury or device damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-generated harmful factorsVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The rotatable top cover allows the device to dynamically adapt to the oblique curbstone surface angle, maintaining flush alignment that eliminates step differences. This prevents both water accumulation (by matching the drainage-oriented surface) and safety hazards (by eliminating protruding edges)

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The orientation angle of the top cover is changed to match the curbstone surface angle. By adjusting this parameter, the device achieves both proper water drainage alignment and eliminates step differences that cause safety hazards

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250365874A1Electronic device for curbstone

Publication Date: 2025.11.27 LIU CHE-AN

AI summary

An electronic device is adapted for mounting to a curbstone. The curbstone has a top curbstone surface, a front curbstone surface, and a mounting space. The electronic device includes a housing, an electronic unit, and a top cover. The housing is mounted in the mounting space and defines a receiving space. The electronic unit is disposed in the receiving space. The top cover is connected to the housing and has an upper surface. The top cover is rotatable relative to the housing about an axis that is adjacent to a front side of the housing so that at least a portion of the upper surface is adapted to be flush with the top curbstone surface.