Electronic Device Stand With Edge Engagement for Curved Housings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with curved surfaces face challenges in stabilizing their posture while maintaining aesthetic appeal, as they often require a flat bottom surface for support.
Innovation Solution
A stand with a stand main body located inside the outer circumferential edge of the electronic device's curved surface, featuring a first supporting surface and an arm with engagement sections to securely attach to the device, allowing for both horizontal and vertical postures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a flat bottom surface is provided on the electronic device to stabilize its posture, then the stability is improved, but the degree of freedom in appearance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support function is segmented from the electronic device body and transferred to a separate stand. The stand has a first supporting surface that contacts the curved surface and a second supporting surface that contacts the installation surface, dividing the support task between two independent components. This allows the electronic device to maintain its curved appearance while the stand provides the necessary stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The stand acts as an intermediary component between the electronic device with curved surface and the installation surface. It mediates the support function by providing appropriate contact surfaces - the first supporting surface adapts to the curved device surface while the second supporting surface provides stable installation surface contact, eliminating the need for the device itself to have a flat bottom.
2Shape
If the stand main body is located inside the outer circumferential edge of the curved surface, then the appearance freedom is improved, but the support stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The stand utilizes the vertical dimension by extending an arm from the stand main body (located inside the circumferential edge) toward the outer edge. The arm has engagement sections that contact the exterior member at different heights, creating a stable support structure that doesn't compromise the curved appearance while providing adequate stability through multi-point contact in three-dimensional space.
Solution Approach 2:
The first supporting surface is designed with curvature that matches the curved exterior surface of the electronic device. This curved contact surface allows the stand to adapt to the device's appearance while maintaining stable contact, and when combined with the arm extending to engagement sections, provides sufficient support stability without requiring the device to have flat surfaces.
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AI summary
Provided is a stand capable of supporting an electronic device and improving the degree of freedom in appearance of the electronic device. A stand (1) is a stand for supporting an electronic device (90) having a lower exterior panel (92B) with a curved lower surface. The stand (1) has a stand main body (B) that is located, in plan view, inside an outer circumferential edge of the lower exterior panel (92B) and that has supporting surfaces (11a and 11b) to make contact with the lower surface. Also, the stand (1) has an arm (27) that extends from the stand main body (B) toward the outer circumferential edge of the lower exterior panel (92B) of the electronic device (90) and that has engagement sections (27A and 27B) to engage with an exterior member of the electronic device (90).