Dual Mobile Device Coupling with Rotating Magnetic Mounts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dual wielding mobile device solutions fail to efficiently couple multiple mobile devices for easy portability while maintaining full functionality, particularly camera and flashlight usage, and do not effectively prevent device loss or misplacement.
Innovation Solution
A dual wielding mobile device apparatus featuring horizontally adjustable clamping frames with integral mounting magnets of opposite polarity, allowing for secure coupling and rotation of mobile devices, along with a patch connector assembly for enhanced functionality and ease of use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple mobile devices are carried separately, then each device can be accessed individually, but the user must carry multiple separate devices which increases portability burden and risk of loss
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple mobile devices into a single integrated apparatus by providing a common housing structure with multiple display screens arranged in different orientations. This merging allows users to access multiple devices simultaneously without carrying separate physical devices, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of portability and the quantity of devices needed.
2Ease of operation
If mobile devices are coupled together for portability, then transportation becomes easier, but camera and flashlight functionality may be obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent arranges display screens and functional components in three-dimensional space with different orientations (horizontal, vertical, angled). This spatial dimensionality allows camera lenses and flashlights on different screens to be positioned at angles that prevent mutual obstruction while maintaining portability, as each screen's optical components face different directions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs asymmetric arrangement of screens and components where each display is positioned at different angles and orientations rather than symmetrically. This asymmetry ensures that camera and flashlight components on one screen do not directly block the view or function of components on other screens, maintaining full functionality while achieving compact portability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If mobile devices are secured in a fixed position, then they remain stable during transport, but the user cannot rotate or reposition them for optimal usage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates adjustable and rotatable mounting mechanisms that allow screens and functional components to be dynamically repositioned between fixed stable positions and rotated orientations. This dynamic capability enables the apparatus to maintain stability during transport when in fixed positions while allowing rotation and repositioning during usage to optimize viewing angles and component functionality.
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
Enables comfortable and efficient simultaneous use and transportation of multiple mobile devices, ensuring full functionality, including camera and flashlight usage, while reducing the risk of loss or misplacement, and is cost-effective.
Implementation Method 1
a first horizontally adjustable clamping frame having both a bottom plate with integral mounting magnets, and a second horizontally adjustable clamping frame having a bottom plate with integral mounting magnets. Wherein the magnets of the first clamping frame and the second clamping frame are of opposite polarity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for a dual wielding mobile device apparatus including a patch connector assembly is disclosed. The patch connector assembly includes a first patch connector and a second patch connector. Each of the first patch connector and second patch connector are mounted to a rear of mobile devices. First patch connector includes a male member that is received by with a female member of the second patch connector. Thereby allowing for the first patch connector and second patch connector to be secured together along the mobile devices. Each of the first patch connector and second patch connector include magnet portions that extend about an entire perimeter thereof. Received within each of the magnet portions are magnets. The magnets are unaligned and rotated to allow for rotation of the mobile devices to expose the cameras and flashlights on the rear of the mobile devices for usage without obstructions.