Flip-Cover Protective Watch Case With Pivot Latch for Easy Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current protective watch cases for smartwatches lack a protective cover that facilitates easy installation and screen viewing, making them prone to damage during sports activities.
Innovation Solution
A flip-cover protective watch case with a pivot mechanism and latch mechanism allowing quick opening and closure, featuring slots for strap insertion and an adjustment module for functional access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a protective cover is added to the watch case, then protection against bumps and scratches is improved, but ease of installation and screen viewing deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The cover body is designed to be rotatable relative to the case body through a pivot mechanism, transforming from a static protective cover to a dynamic one that can open and close. This allows the cover to provide protection when closed and facilitate installation/screen viewing when opened, resolving the contradiction between protection and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The watch case is divided into two main parts: the case body and the cover body, which can move independently relative to each other. The cover body can be rotated open for installation and viewing, then closed for protection, allowing each part to serve its function independently at different times
2Reliability
If a latch mechanism is added to secure the cover, then reliability of cover closure is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The latch mechanism utilizes the elastic deformation of the pressing plate itself to achieve locking and unlocking functions. The pressing plate's own elasticity provides the resetting force, eliminating the need for additional springs or complex actuating mechanisms, thus maintaining simplicity while ensuring reliable closure
Solution Approach 2:
The pressing plate serves as an intermediary element between the user's finger and the latch tongue. By pressing the extending end of the pressing plate, the user indirectly actuates the latch tongue to disengage from the hook, providing a simple interface that enhances reliability without adding complexity
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
Provides comprehensive protection against bumps and scratches while enabling easy assembly and operation of the watch, with slots for strap replacement and functional access.
Implementation Method 1
a pivot shaft, and a torsion spring. The pivot base, shaft sleeve, and torsion spring are sleeved on the pivot shaft, allowing the cover body to rotate relative to the case body around the pivot shaft, with the torsion spring providing a torsional force to open the cover body
Implementation Method 2
a base, a cover plate, and a reset spring. A slide groove for installing the pressing plate is formed on the base, with the cover plate fixed on the base. The cover plate and base clamp and restrict the pressing plate within the slide groove; one end of the pressing plate extends out through the opening of the slide groove, and the reset spring installed in the slide groove provides a resetting force for the pressing plate
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AI summary
A flip-cover protective watch case, comprising: a case body and a cover body. The case body is equipped with a cavity. The case body has a pivot mechanism and a latch mechanism. One side of the cover body is rotatably connected to the case body through the pivot mechanism, and the inner surface of the other side of the cover body is equipped with a hook. The latch mechanism includes an elastic, with the pressing plate featuring a latch tongue. When an external force is applied to the pressing plate, pushing the pressing plate towards the interior of the case body, the latch tongue on the pressing plate disengages from the said hook, allowing the cover body to rotate through the pivot mechanism, thereby achieving the flip-opening of the watch case. This invention not only protects the watch core but also offers simple and convenient operation.