Arrangement consisting of a container and a guide device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing furniture containers face challenges in secure electrical connections that are difficult to mount and dismount, risk damage from water ingress, and require complex manual steps for power supply, with prior solutions increasing transport volume and damage risk.
Innovation Solution
The arrangement features current interfaces behind the container rear wall and side walls, using magnets or magnetic contacts for automatic electrical coupling and decoupling during installation, allowing power distribution to various sinks via a guide device without direct cable connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a chain socket is rigidly pre-assembled on the guide device, then electrical connection is ensured, but transport volume increases and damage risk during transport increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical connection system is divided into separate components: a charging plug on the container and a chain socket on the guide device. These can be connected or disconnected independently, allowing the container to be transported without the chain socket attached, reducing transport volume while maintaining electrical connection reliability when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrical connection transitions from a rigid, permanent assembly to a dynamic, adjustable connection. The charging plug and chain socket can be connected during use and disconnected during transport, allowing the system to adapt its configuration based on operational requirements.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the container rear wall covers the chain socket, then aesthetics and protection are improved, but mounting and dismounting becomes difficult due to inaccessibility
Solution Approach 1:
The charging plug serves as an intermediary component that connects to the chain socket through the container rear wall. Instead of requiring direct access to the chain socket for mounting, the charging plug can be connected from the storage space side, allowing installation while maintaining the rear wall's protective and aesthetic functions.
3Reliability
If manual connection steps are required for electrical connection, then connection security can be ensured, but installation complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The charging plug and chain socket are designed to connect automatically through magnetic attraction when the container is placed in the correct position. This self-aligning, self-connecting mechanism ensures reliable electrical connection while eliminating complex manual connection steps, reducing both installation complexity and time.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical connection process is replaced with a magnetic coupling system. The magnetic force automatically guides and secures the charging plug to the chain socket, ensuring proper alignment and secure connection without requiring manual manipulation or complex alignment procedures.
4Ease of operation
If the socket protrudes into the storage space, then electrical connection is accessible, but storage space utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The charging plug is designed to nest within the container's existing structure, specifically connecting to the container rear wall or side wall from the interior. This allows the electrical connection components to be housed within the container's structural elements rather than protruding into the storage space, maintaining accessibility while maximizing storage capacity.
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
Facilitates easy and secure installation of containers with versatile power distribution to multiple sinks, reducing complexity and damage risk while optimizing space utilization and aesthetics.
Implementation Method 1
at least one current interface comprises at least one magnet or magnetic contact, with which at least one current sink can be electrically connected to a current source of the fixed furniture part
Data Source
AI summary
An arrangement includes a container having two side walls and a container rear wall, and a guide device for movement of the container relative to a fixed furniture part. A current interface for supplying a current sink with energy is arranged on the guide device and/or the container to be coupled with the container. In the use position of the arrangement, the current interface is arranged behind the container rear wall and/or the side walls, preferably at the end side behind one of the two side walls, of the container. A current interface is arranged on the guide device so that, when mounting or demounting the container, the container can be automatically coupled to/decoupled from the current interface, and/or a current interface includes a magnet or magnetic contact with which a current sink can be connected to a current source of the fixed furniture part in a current-conducting manner.