Motorized Electronic Candle Height Adjustment With Nested Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic candles focus primarily on realistic appearance and lighting effects, neglecting improvements in other aspects such as adjustability and functionality.
Innovation Solution
An electronic candle device with an adjustable height mechanism, featuring a motor-driven extendable and retractable apparatus that allows the upper and lower housings to overlap or separate, enabling height adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic candle has a fixed height structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability and versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the fixed height structure into an adjustable one. The upper housing is made movable relative to the lower housing through a motor-driven extending and retracting mechanism, allowing the candle body to change height dynamically. This resolves the contradiction by enabling height adaptability while managing structural complexity through controlled movement rather than multiple fixed configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs the nesting principle by placing the upper housing inside or adjacent to the lower housing, with the flame simulation device nested within the upper housing. The extendable and retractable apparatus allows these nested components to move relative to each other, enabling height adjustment while maintaining a compact overall structure when retracted, thus balancing adaptability with structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic candle structure is simplified, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the functionality and user experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the electronic candle into distinct functional modules: a lower housing containing the power supply and control circuitry, an upper housing containing the flame simulation device, and a motor-driven extending/retracting mechanism. This modular segmentation enables independent manufacturing and assembly of each component, improving ease of manufacture while maintaining enhanced functionality through the adjustable height feature.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user experience by providing adjustability and versatility, allowing for customizable candle height and improved decorative options.
Implementation Method 1
a motor coupled to the extendable and retractable apparatus. Upon driven by the motor, the extendable and retractable apparatus is configured to pull the upper housing and the lower housing together
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AI summary
Methods, systems and devices related to an electronic candle device having an adjustable height are disclosed. In one example aspect, an electronic candle device includes a flame sheet and a candle body. The candle body includes an upper housing that comprises an opening, a lower housing, an extendable and retractable apparatus coupled to the upper housing and the lower housing, and a motor coupled to the extendable and retractable apparatus. Upon driven by the motor, the extendable and retractable apparatus is configured to pull the upper housing and the lower housing together to at least partially overlap with each other or separate the upper housing and the lower housing such that a height of the electronic candle device is adjustable.