Electronic Table Card Clamping Structure for Fast Information Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional paper name badges are cumbersome to replace and inconvenient to store and manage, especially in conference settings where frequent updates are necessary.

Innovation Solution

An electronic table card system featuring an electronic display screen with a protrusion and clamping slots, which can be securely fixed onto a triangular base seat using a fixing assembly, allowing for easy information updates and reduced operational difficulty.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional paper name badges are used, then the display function is simple and the structure is simple, but the replacement process is troublesome and the storage is inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of information updateVSAvoidtime for replacing name badges
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of manually handling and replacing paper name badges with an electronic display system controlled by a controller. The controller receives information signals and updates the display content electronically, eliminating the need for physical replacement of paper badges and significantly reducing the time and effort required for information updates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses an electronic display screen to create a digital copy of the name badge information. Instead of physically replacing paper badges, the system updates the displayed information by sending new data signals to the controller, which then refreshes the display content. This digital copying approach allows for rapid information updates without the time loss associated with physical replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If electronic display screen is added to create electronic table card, then the information update capability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation update capabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent designs the electronic table card with a universal structure where the display screen, controller, and mounting mechanism work together as an integrated unit. The same basic structure can display different information by receiving different data signals, making it adaptable to various information update needs without requiring different hardware configurations. This multi-functionality approach increases versatility while keeping the structural complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent divides the electronic table card into distinct functional modules: the display screen module, the controller module, and the mounting module with protrusion and clamping slots. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall simplicity. The modular design makes the system adaptable to different information requirements without increasing overall structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If protrusion and clamping slot structure is designed for fixing, then the fixation stability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefixation stabilityVSAvoidmounting structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a nested doll principle where the protrusion on the back of the display screen fits into a corresponding recess in the base, and the clamping slots accommodate fixing components. This nested structure provides stable fixation by creating interlocking geometric relationships between parts, ensuring reliability while maintaining simplicity through the elegant use of basic geometric forms rather than complex mechanical fastening systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS11846983B2Electronic table card, fixed seat of electronic table card, and electronic table card assembly
Publication Date: 2023.12.19 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses an electronic table card, a fixed seat of an electronic table card and an electronic table card assembly. The electronic table card includes an electronic display screen and a protrusion disposed on the back of the electronic display screen, in which a clamping slot is respectively formed at both sides of the protrusion, opening directions of the clamping slots are opposite to each other, and an extending direction of each of the clamping slots is perpendicular to a direction from a top to a bottom of the electronic display screen.