Prefabricated Dinosaur Model with Detachable Outer Skin
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional prefabricated dinosaur models require a large number of assembly parts, leading to high manufacturing costs and limiting their ability to depict anatomical structures accurately, making mass production impractical and expensive.
Innovation Solution
A prefabricated dinosaur model with a simplified skeleton frame and detachable outer skin, featuring a reduced number of parts that allows for movement similar to an actual dinosaur, eliminating the need for a separate connecting member between the skeleton and outer skin.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a large number of assembly parts are used to accurately depict anatomical structures, then the anatomical accuracy is improved, but the manufacturing cost increases and mass production becomes impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The dinosaur model is divided into functional modules (skeleton frame, outer skin, joint connection parts) rather than anatomical segments. This segmentation by function rather than anatomy reduces the total number of parts while maintaining manufacturing feasibility for mass production.
Solution Approach 2:
The outer skin is designed to be directly coupled to the skeleton frame without separate connecting members. This merging of components eliminates unnecessary intermediate parts, reducing assembly complexity and manufacturing cost while maintaining structural integrity.
2Manufacturing precision
If a large number of assembly parts are used, then the anatomical structure detail is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The model is segmented into three main functional components (skeleton frame, joint connection parts, outer skin) rather than numerous anatomical bones and tissues. This functional segmentation maintains structural clarity while reducing part count and assembly complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple anatomical elements are merged into simplified functional representations. The outer skin encompasses multiple anatomical regions, and the skeleton frame represents the structural framework, eliminating the need for separate parts for each anatomical feature.
3Strength
If separate connecting members are used to connect the outer skin to the skeleton, then the connection strength is improved, but the number of parts increases and production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The outer skin and skeleton frame are directly coupled together without separate connecting members. The coupling structure is integrated into the design of the outer skin itself, which directly engages with the skeleton frame, eliminating the need for additional fasteners or connectors while maintaining adequate connection strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The outer skin serves multiple functions: it provides the external appearance, protects the internal skeleton structure, and directly connects to the skeleton frame for structural support. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate connecting members that would otherwise be required.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a prefabricated dinosaur model capable of minimizing the number of parts within a range that allows movement similar to an actual dinosaur while being free from an anatomical structure of a dinosaur, and at the same time capable of commercializing at a low price by simplifying the shape of the parts, the prefabricated dinosaur model comprising a skeleton frame which includes a head bone part, a neck bone part, a trunk bone part, a tail bone part, and a leg bone part and forms a skeleton corresponding to an external shape of the dinosaur when assembled; a joint connection part provided at a connection part of the skeleton frame to enable movement of the skeleton frame; and an outer skin which includes an outer skin of the head, an outer skin of the neck, an outer skin of the trunk, an outer skin of the tail, and an outer skin of the leg individually corresponding to the skeleton frame, and directly coupled to corresponding parts of the skeleton frame individually in a detachable manner.