Docking Device Connector Angle Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional docking devices struggle to connect smoothly and correctly with various types of portable information devices due to differences in chassis dimensions, limiting their versatility and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A docking device with a device mounting part that adjusts the connector's angle based on the mounting angle of the portable information device, ensuring proper alignment and connection with different types of devices through an angle adjustment mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the connector is fixed at a specific angle, then the connection structure is simple, but it cannot connect smoothly with portable information devices having different chassis dimensions
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed with rotational capability around a rotation axis, allowing its angle to change dynamically. The angle adjustment part enables the connector to rotate to different angular positions based on the mounting angle of the portable information device, transforming a static fixed-angle structure into a dynamic adjustable one.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting angle of the portable information device is detected by the detector, and based on this detected parameter, the angle adjustment part rotates the connector to a corresponding angular position. This changes the connector's angular parameter to match the device's mounting angle, enabling smooth connection.
2Manufacturing precision
If the connector angle is fixed, then the device structure is simple, but connection accuracy with various device types deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The detector detects the mounting angle of the mounted portable information device and provides this information as feedback to the angle adjustment part. Based on this feedback, the angle adjustment part automatically rotates the connector to the correct angular position, ensuring accurate alignment between the connector and connection terminal.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts the connector angle based on the detected mounting angle without requiring manual intervention. The detector and angle adjustment part work together to self-correct the connector's angular position, ensuring precise connection alignment adaptively.
Data Source
AI summary
A docking device is provided. The docking device includes a device mounting part for mounting a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that the portable information device comes in contact with the face for use at a front end and is supported by the device mounting part at a rear end; a connection part opposed to a lateral face of the portable information device when the portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part; a connector being connectable to a connection terminal at the lateral face of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; a detector for detecting a mounting angle of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; and an angle adjustment part to rotate the connector according to the mounting angle detected by the detector.