Universal Mobile Device Holder With Flexible Non-Metal Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile device holders are not portable, specific to certain objects or vehicles, and lack protection against impacts such as falls or drops, and often compromise wireless signal integrity due to metal components.
Innovation Solution
A holder designed with a case portion and clamp pieces made from flexible materials, featuring paired openings for securing the device and wrapping around external objects, without metal or magnetic materials, to provide secure attachment and impact protection across various objects and orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a holder is designed to attach to specific objects like car cup holders, dashboards, or vents, then it can securely hold the mobile device on that specific object, but it cannot be attached to other objects or vehicles and becomes non-portable
Solution Approach 1:
The holder employs a universal attachment mechanism using paired openings and a securing device that can wrap around various objects of different shapes and sizes. This allows the same holder design to be attached to diverse objects such as headrests, cup holders, dashboards, vents, and other surfaces without requiring object-specific designs, thereby achieving both secure attachment and broad adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The holder is divided into distinct functional components: a case portion for holding the mobile device and separate clamp portions with paired openings for attachment. This segmentation allows the attachment mechanism to be independently configured for different objects while maintaining a consistent device-holding function, enabling versatility across multiple application scenarios
2Reliability
If a holder is designed to permanently attach to a specific vehicle or object, then it provides stable support, but it becomes bulky and difficult to travel with
Solution Approach 1:
The holder employs a dynamic attachment system where the securing device can be easily inserted through paired openings, wrapped around the target object, and locked into place. This allows the holder to be quickly installed and removed without permanent modification to the vehicle or object, providing stable support when needed while maintaining portability for travel
Solution Approach 2:
The paired openings are designed to accommodate the securing device in a self-contained manner, where the user simply needs to thread the securing device through the openings and wrap it around the object. The holder structure itself facilitates its own attachment and detachment without requiring additional tools or complex mechanisms, enhancing ease of operation and portability
3Reliability
If traditional holders are used on moving surfaces like car seats, then they can hold the device stationary, but they fall or collapse when the surface changes speed or transitions from stationary to moving
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is constructed from flexible materials that combine structural support with motion accommodation. This composite material approach allows the holder to maintain its clamping force and device-holding stability while flexing and adapting to the motion of the underlying surface, preventing collapse during speed changes or transitions from stationary to moving states
4Strength
If metal components are used in the holder, then it provides structural strength, but it compromises wireless signal integrity
Solution Approach 1:
The holder material is selected to change the physical composition parameter from metal to flexible non-metallic material. This parameter change maintains sufficient structural strength for holding the device while eliminating the electromagnetic interference that metal components would cause to wireless signals, thereby preserving signal integrity without sacrificing essential mechanical strength
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
The holder ensures secure, portable attachment of mobile devices to diverse objects, protects against impacts, and maintains reliable wireless connectivity by using flexible materials that do not interfere with wireless signals.
Implementation Method 1
the holder is formed from a flexible material that does not include metal or magnetic materials
Implementation Method 2
The lip or rim (19) is a deformable lip or rim that deforms to allow the mobile electronic device to be place in the pocket, recess, or cavity (15)
Data Source
AI summary
A holder for holding a mobile electronic device to an object, the holder having two first openings, a first communication path, two second openings, and a second communication path. The two first openings form a first set of openings. The first communication path connects the first openings so a securing device can be fed into one of the first openings and out of the other of the first openings. The two second openings form a second set of openings. The second communication path connects the second openings so that the securing device can be fed into one of the second openings and out of the other of the second openings. The first openings are spaced apart from the second openings so the securing device can be secured to the holder at the first and second sets of openings, and additionally wrapped around the object to secure the holder thereto.