Elastic Clamping Packaging for Stable Product Positioning
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging arrangements fail to securely position products with flat, rounded, or smooth surfaces due to movement caused by surface properties or geometry, leading to instability and manufacturing challenges.
Innovation Solution
The packaging arrangement employs an elastic clamping mechanism where the product is held between a receiving base and a plastically deformable deformation region, generating a prestressing force to ensure a stable, form-fitting engagement, using a blister-shaped second packaging element and a closing element with sealable materials for secure fixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a known packaging arrangement with a deformation region is used to secure the product, then the product positioning stability is improved for certain geometries, but products with flat, rounded, or smooth surfaces still experience movement and instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by transforming the rigid plastic deformation process into an elastic deformation process. The receiving base is designed to elastically deform during product insertion and then restore to its original shape, creating a clamping force that adapts to various product surface properties. This elastic parameter change enables reliable positioning across diverse product geometries including flat, rounded, and smooth surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by introducing a movable receiving base that can deform elastically during the packaging process. The receiving base moves from an initial position to a deformed position during product insertion, then restores to create a clamping force. This dynamic behavior allows the packaging arrangement to adapt to different product characteristics while maintaining stable positioning.
2Strength
If the receiving base is made rigid to maintain structural stability, then the packaging structure strength is improved, but the ability to create elastic prestress for securing products is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the mechanical properties of different parts of the packaging structure. The peripheral wall is designed with high rigidity and strength to maintain structural integrity, while the receiving base is designed with elastic deformability to generate prestress. This local differentiation allows each component to fulfill its specific function optimally.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the packaging structure into functionally distinct components: the peripheral wall for structural support and the receiving base for elastic deformation and product securing. This segmentation allows the receiving base to be optimized for elastic prestress generation without compromising the overall structural strength provided by the peripheral wall.
3Manufacturing precision
If a complex manufacturing process is used to ensure secure product positioning, then the product positioning accuracy is improved, but the manufacturing cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by designing a system where the receiving base automatically secures the product through elastic restoration. During insertion, the receiving base deforms elastically and then restores to its original shape, automatically creating a clamping force that secures the product without requiring additional fastening mechanisms or complex assembly steps. This self-securing mechanism simplifies manufacturing while ensuring accurate positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses elastic deformation as an intermediary mechanism to transfer the insertion motion into a securing force. The receiving base acts as an intermediary that converts the simple act of product insertion into effective product securing through elastic restoration, eliminating the need for complex positioning mechanisms.
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
This solution provides a cost-effective and simple method to maintain products in a stable position within the packaging, even with flat or rounded geometries and smooth surfaces, allowing for automated manufacturing and easy opening, while ensuring airtight sealing and protection against external influences.
Implementation Method 1
the receiving base is preferably elastically deformed and, as a result of the restoring forces generated thereby, is elastically prestressed against the product
Implementation Method 2
the deformation region is plastically deformed at least in sections complementarily to the surface of the product
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging with a packaging arrangement and at least one product received therein, such as in particular a medical product, and a method for manufacturing the packaging are disclosed. The packaging arrangement has a first packaging element, which has a trough-shaped receiving space for receiving the product, wherein the receiving space is delimited by a receiving base and a peripheral wall, which is connected with the receiving base. The packaging arrangement has a second packaging element inserted into the receiving space, which element has a plastically deformable deformation region and a plug-in region which extends peripherally around the deformation region and spans the same, wherein the product is arranged between the deformation region and the receiving base and the deformation region is at least plastically deformed in sections complementarily to the product, by contacting the same. The product is elastically clamped between the receiving base and the deformation region.