Flexible Conductive Metal Layer for Material Activation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing material activating devices with conductive metal layers are limited in versatility and effectiveness, as they require specific metal plates and are not adaptable to various shapes or applications, restricting their use in diverse fields.

Innovation Solution

The development of material activating devices featuring a conductive metal layer formed on a layered support structure, such as a polymer film or paper sheet, with the option of using conductive metal films or foils, allowing for flexible and thin designs that can be applied to a wide range of uses, including the use of insulating materials and graphite layers to enhance activation efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conductive metal plates are laminated to form a conductive metal layer, then the material activating effect is improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematerial activating effectVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces rigid laminated metal plates with a flexible conductive metal layer formed on a thin support structure. This conductive layer can be applied as a coating or thin film, eliminating the need for multiple plate laminations while maintaining the electrical conductivity required for material activation. The support structure provides mechanical strength without requiring complex assembly of multiple components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The invention extracts the essential function of the conductive metal layer from the complex laminated plate structure. By separating the conductive function from the structural support function, the patent applies conductivity as a coating or thin layer on a support structure, significantly simplifying the overall device construction while preserving the material activating effect.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Productivity

If specific metal plates are used in the conductive metal layer, then the activation efficiency is improved, but the adaptability to various shapes and applications is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveactivation efficiencyVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal conductive metal layer that can be applied to support structures of various shapes and sizes. The conductive layer is not limited to specific plate configurations but can be formed as coatings, films, or thin layers on diverse substrates, enabling the device to adapt to different applications including automotive engines, industrial equipment, and other uses requiring material activation.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The invention allows variation in the parameters of the conductive metal layer such as thickness, material composition, and formation method to optimize activation efficiency for different applications. The support structure's shape, size, and material can also be adjusted, providing flexibility to adapt the device to various geometries and usage scenarios while maintaining effective material activation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Power

If thick metal plates are used to ensure conductivity, then the electrical field generation is improved, but the device flexibility and ease of application are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical field generationVSAvoidease of application
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs thin conductive metal layers or coatings on flexible support structures instead of thick rigid plates. These thin conductive layers are sufficient to generate the required electrical fields for material activation while being flexible enough to conform to various surfaces and be easily applied to different substrates, greatly improving ease of operation and application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

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

These devices achieve improved activation effects by creating electric and magnetic fields, are highly flexible and adaptable, and can be applied to various materials and environments, enhancing their applicability and effectiveness compared to traditional designs.

Implementation Method 1

a radioactive layer 2 formed by forming particles of a mineral, such as monazite, in the shape of a strip

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRadioactive decay: Radioactive Decay

Implementation Method 2

Radioactive rays having a dose equivalent on the order of 100 mSv emitted by the radioactive layer 2 ionize intake air flowing through the intake duct D

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectIonization: Ionisation

Implementation Method 3

the copper plates 3 and 4 are charged with electric charges produce by ionization and create an electric field and a magnetic field. The electric and the magnetic field thus created act on the ionized intake air to promote the ionization of the intake air greatly

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS7612352B2Material activating device
Publication Date: 2009.11.03 W F N
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AI summary

There is provided a material activating device capable of being formed in any one of various shapes and having an improved material activating effect.A material activating device formed by superposing a plurality of polymer film 31 each having one surface coated with a metal film 32, and radioactive layer 33 of a radioactive means has a very small thickness and is very flexible. The metal films 32 are insulated from each other by the electrically insulating polymer films 31 and are spaced from each other by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the polymer films 31. Consequently, the material activating effect of the radioactive rays emitted by the radioactive layer 33 of the radioactive means is enhanced.