Elastic Buckle Structure for Memory Circuit Board Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional memory circuit board assembly requires multiple screws and screw holes, leading to issues with mismatched dimensions, unstable assembly, and increased production costs due to manual labor and inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

An assembling buckle structure featuring elastic lateral plates with buckle parts and a tail plate, along with a cover that uses oblique guide plates and concave grooves for secure attachment without screws, allowing the memory circuit board, base, and cover to be stably combined in any direction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple screws and screw holes are used to assemble the memory circuit board, base, and cover, then the assembly can be secured, but the production efficiency decreases and production costs increase due to manual labor and mismatched dimensions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly stabilityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the screws and screw holes from the assembly system, extracting the fastening function from traditional mechanical fasteners. Instead, the invention uses elastic lateral plates with buckle parts that directly engage with the memory circuit board corners, eliminating the need for separate fastening components and manual assembly operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The elastic lateral plates with buckle parts perform both the structural support and fastening functions simultaneously. The buckle parts automatically engage with the memory circuit board corners through elastic deformation, allowing the structure to assemble itself without external fastening operations or matched dimensional precision requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If multiple screws and screw holes are used to assemble the memory circuit board, base, and cover, then the assembly can be secured, but the production cost increases due to manual labor and dimension matching requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly stabilityVSAvoidproduction cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the screws and screw holes from the assembly system, extracting the fastening function from traditional mechanical fasteners. Instead, the invention uses elastic lateral plates with buckle parts that directly engage with the memory circuit board corners, eliminating the need for separate fastening components and manual assembly operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the dimensional parameters from precise matched dimensions required for screw holes to elastic deformation-based engagement. The buckle parts utilize elastic lateral plates that can deform to accommodate variations in component dimensions, eliminating the need for tight dimensional tolerances and reducing manufacturing costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If conventional assembly methods with screws are used, then fastening can be achieved, but the assembly process becomes complex and time-consuming due to multiple components and manual operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefastening capabilityVSAvoidassembly process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the structural support function and fastening function into a single integrated system. The elastic lateral plates with buckle parts simultaneously provide the structural framework and the fastening mechanism, eliminating the need for separate screws, screw holes, and associated alignment features.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent removes the screws and screw holes from the assembly system, extracting the fastening function from traditional mechanical fasteners. Instead, the invention uses elastic lateral plates with buckle parts that directly engage with the memory circuit board corners, eliminating the need for separate fastening components and manual assembly operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Productivity

If elastic lateral plates with buckle parts are used instead of screws, then assembly simplicity and efficiency improve, but the structural complexity of the base increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly efficiencyVSAvoidbase structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces dynamic elastic deformation into the static base structure. The lateral plates are designed to elastically deform during assembly to accommodate the memory circuit board, then return to their original shape to provide continuous fastening force. This dynamic behavior simplifies assembly while the elastic material properties manage the structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

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

Eliminates gaps between the memory circuit board and base, enables secure attachment without screws, and simplifies assembly, reducing production costs and improving efficiency by ensuring stable and unified assembly.

Implementation Method 1

two sides and the rear end of a memory circuit board are enabled to be respectively mounted in buckle parts respectively formed on elastic lateral plates of a base

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElastic deformation: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS10346735B1Assembling buckle structure for memory circuit board
Publication Date: 2019.07.09 LEE WEN YI
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AI summary

An assembling buckle structure for memory circuit board includes: a base, two sides thereof are respectively formed with an elastic lateral plate having at least a buckle part, two ends of the lateral plate is formed with at least an outer mounting convex and a fasten post, the rear end of the base is formed with a tail plate having at least a buckle part; a memory circuit board disposed in the base, the front end thereof is formed with a connection seat; and a cover, covered and engaged with the base, the front end thereof is formed with a penetrated hole, two inner ends thereof are formed with at least an inner mounting concave; accordingly, the memory circuit board, the base and the cover are able to be stably buckled and combined in any direction without using any screw.