Flippable Protective Case with Transverse Axis Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protective cases with flipping and rotating mechanisms are complex in design, leading to difficulties in assembly, high maintenance rates, and limited angle adjustment capabilities, resulting in a poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A protective case design featuring a back plate with a supporting component and rotating mechanism, including a flippable supporting member, rotating shaft, fixing component, and damped limiting mechanism, allowing for adjustable angles and simplified assembly through a horizontal rotating mechanism with snap-in fit positioning and elastic damping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional rotating mechanism with longitudinal axis is used, then the protective case can achieve horizontal rotation, but the structural design becomes complex and assembly difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional rotating mechanism design by using a transverse axis (perpendicular to the back plate) instead of a longitudinal axis. The rotating member rotates around a transverse axis that passes through the back plate, simplifying the overall structure while maintaining the horizontal rotation capability. This inversion reduces the number of components and eliminates the need for complex slotting operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and eliminates unnecessary structural components from the rotating mechanism. By using a simple rotating member that directly engages with the back plate through a transverse axis, the design removes intermediate components, reducing assembly complexity and maintenance requirements while preserving the essential rotation function.
2Ease of operation
If a traditional rotating mechanism with many components is used, then the protective case can achieve rotation, but disassembling difficulty and maintenance rate increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the rotating mechanism into minimal functional components: a rotating member with a transverse axis and a simple connection to the back plate. This segmentation reduces the number of parts that need to be assembled and disassembled, making maintenance and repair significantly easier while maintaining the rotation function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts unnecessary intermediate components from the rotating mechanism, leaving only the essential rotating member and its direct connection to the back plate. This reduction in component count directly improves ease of repair and reduces maintenance frequency.
3Device complexity
If the flippable supporting member is designed for fixed-angle rotation, then the structure is simpler, but the user experience deteriorates due to limited angle adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic angle adjustment mechanism where the flippable supporting member can rotate to multiple angles along an arc trajectory. The rotating member enables continuous angle adjustment within a range, allowing users to customize the viewing angle according to their needs, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining reasonable structural complexity.
4Device complexity
If the flippable supporting member cannot achieve damped fixed-angle rotation, then the structure is simpler, but the user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a damping mechanism that provides beforehand cushioning during the rotation of the flippable supporting member. This damping effect smooths the rotation motion and enables precise positioning at desired angles, significantly improving user experience by eliminating abrupt movements and enhancing control.
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 design simplifies the structure, reduces maintenance complexity, and enables flexible angle adjustment and damping, enhancing user experience by allowing the protective case to be easily mounted and maintained with improved angle positioning and rotation functionality.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member is arranged on one side of the fixed seat; and an output end of the elastic member just abuts against the rotating member, so as to provide an elastic support for the rotating member during rotation of the rotating member to form rotating damping to the rotating member
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a protective case capable of being flipped to achieve supporting and capable of adjusting flipping and rotating angles, including a back plate, and a supporting component and a rotating mechanism which are mounted on the back plate. According to the present disclosure, in the horizontal rotating mechanism, horizontal rotation is achieved by mutual cooperation between only one annular rotating member and the rotating slot of the back plate, so that the protective case is simple in structure, easy to mount, and low in later maintenance rate; and furthermore, through the arrangement of a supporting positioning component, tangent planes that form angles are arranged on two shaft sleeves and the rotating shaft, so that the flippable supporting member can achieve mutually pressed rotation during flipping, and the flippable supporting member can be flipped and positioned in an angle.