Game Console Storage Base Adaptive Fan Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing game console heat dissipation solutions, such as fans and heat transfer media, face limitations in efficiency and noise levels, particularly for household consoles, where cost and heat dissipation efficiency are trade-offs.

Innovation Solution

A game console storage base with a housing that includes an air inlet for heat dissipation, a heat dissipation fan to discharge heat externally, a temperature sensor to monitor console temperature, and a control circuit to adjust fan speed based on temperature thresholds, allowing for adjustable heat dissipation efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a fan is installed at a position close to a heat dissipation port, then heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but noise is generated when the fan operates at high speed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipation efficiencyVSAvoidnoise
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by implementing variable speed control for the heat dissipation fan based on real-time temperature monitoring. The control circuit adjusts the fan's rotational speed dynamically according to the console's heat generation level, allowing the system to maintain high heat dissipation efficiency when needed while reducing noise during low-heat periods. This resolves the contradiction by making the fan speed adaptive rather than fixed at high levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through temperature sensors that continuously monitor the game console's temperature and provide signals to the control circuit. The control circuit processes this temperature feedback and adjusts the fan speed accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system. This feedback mechanism ensures the fan operates at the minimum necessary speed to maintain adequate heat dissipation, thereby reducing noise while preserving heat dissipation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the volume of the heat transfer medium is enlarged, then heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but cost is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipation efficiencyVSAvoidcost
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the heat dissipation function from a complex heat transfer medium system and implements it using a simplified air-based cooling system with a fan. By taking out the need for large volumes of heat transfer medium and replacing it with direct air cooling, the system achieves adequate heat dissipation efficiency while significantly reducing material costs and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs inexpensive air as the heat transfer medium instead of expensive specialized heat transfer fluids or large volumes of liquid coolant. Air is freely available, requires no storage containers, and eliminates the need for expensive heat transfer medium while maintaining effective heat dissipation through the fan-driven airflow system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

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 solution effectively adjusts heat dissipation efficiency according to actual console heat generation, minimizing noise while ensuring sufficient cooling, thereby enhancing user experience and console performance.

Implementation Method 1

at least one temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the game console

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing: Thermal Radiation

Implementation Method 2

the at least one heat dissipation fan discharges heat from the interior of the housing to an external of the housing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectForced convection: Forced Convection

Data Source

PatentUS12225685B1Game console storage base
Publication Date: 2025.02.11 JINHONG WU
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AI summary

A game console storage base configured to store a game console and dissipate heat from the game console, wherein the game console storage base comprises: a housing configured to accommodate the game console and comprising an air inlet, wherein the air inlet is configured to facilitate dissipating heat from the game console into an interior of the housing; at least one heat dissipation fan arranged in the interior of the housing, wherein the at least one heat dissipation fan discharges heat from the interior of the housing to an external of the housing; at least one temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the game console; and a control circuit connected to the at least one temperature sensor and the at least one heat dissipation fan.