Flexible Sheet Supporting Structure for Tablet Tilt Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Tablet PCs lack a convenient way to be erected on a plane for optimal viewing and manipulation, often requiring a supporting frame or being held by hand, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a housing and a supporting structure comprising a flexible sheet and two supporting parts that can be bent to provide a specific shape, allowing the device to be securely positioned on a plane for improved usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If a tablet PC is used without a supporting frame, then the device portability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates because the user must hold the tablet by hand to achieve an upward tilt
Solution Approach 1:
The tablet PC supports itself using its own housing and a detachable supporting structure that forms a stable triangle configuration. The device's back housing acts as one side of the triangle, while the supporting structure provides the other two sides, allowing the tablet to maintain an upward tilt angle without external support or manual holding.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting structure includes a flexible sheet that can be bent to different degrees, allowing the tablet to achieve multiple upward tilt angles. The flexible sheet can be bent to form acute angles or obtuse angles between supporting parts, providing dynamic adjustment capability while maintaining portability.
2Ease of operation
If a supporting frame is used to erect the tablet PC, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases due to the additional supporting frame component
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure is integrated with the tablet's housing, specifically utilizing the back housing as part of the support mechanism. The housing includes a storeroom where the supporting structure can be stored when not in use, merging the support function with the existing device structure rather than adding a completely separate frame.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting structure is designed as a detachable component that can be separated from the housing storeroom. This allows the support mechanism to be extracted and used independently when needed, while maintaining the compact form factor when stored, thus reducing overall device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the supporting structure uses a flexible sheet that can be bent to different angles, then the adaptability is improved, but the manufacturing precision becomes more difficult to control
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting structure employs a flexible sheet as its core component, which can be bent to different degrees to form various upward tilt angles. The flexible sheet is disposed within the housing storeroom and can be bent to create acute or obtuse angles between supporting parts, providing adaptability while maintaining structural integrity.
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
Enables convenient manipulation and viewing of the device by allowing it to be securely tilted on a plane, providing multiple adjustable angles for user comfort and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
the storeroom has a first magnetic block, the second end of the flexible sheet has a second magnetic block, and the magnetic forces of the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block are attracted by each other
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided, which includes a display, a housing and a supporting structure. The display is disposed in the housing and a side of the housing opposite to the display has a storeroom. The supporting structure is disposed at the storeroom and has a flexible sheet, a first supporting-part and a second supporting-part. One end of the flexible sheet is fixed to the storeroom, the first supporting-part and the second supporting-part are respectively disposed at the flexible sheet, and the second supporting-part is bent relatively to the first supporting-part through the flexible sheet so as to provide the housing with a supporting force.