Gamepad Housing with Sliding Platform for Variable-Thickness Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gamepads fail to maintain the display screens of mobile phones or SWITCH game consoles flush with their tops due to varying device thicknesses, leading to poor compatibility.
Innovation Solution
A housing for gamepads with a slidably connected lifting platform and resetting members that adjust the mounting space size to accommodate devices of different thicknesses, ensuring the display screen aligns with the gamepad top.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mounting space is designed with a fixed size, then the structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate devices with different thicknesses, resulting in poor compatibility
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting platform is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to adjust its position vertically. This dynamic structure enables the mounting space to adapt to different device thicknesses while maintaining a relatively simple overall design. The platform can be raised or lowered to accommodate various device sizes, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The height of the lifting platform is changed as a variable parameter to accommodate different device thicknesses. By allowing the platform height to be adjusted, the mounting space can adapt to various device dimensions without requiring a completely complex reconfigurable structure, thus balancing adaptability with structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the lifting platform is moved away from the limiting portions, then the mounting space size increases to accommodate thicker devices, but the display screen cannot remain flush with the gamepad top
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting platform's vertical movement is dynamically controlled to balance two requirements: moving away from limiting portions to increase mounting space for thicker devices, while maintaining the display screen flush with the gamepad top. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt to different device thicknesses without compromising the aesthetic alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The lifting platform acts as an intermediary element between the mounting space and the limiting portions. By moving this intermediate platform, the system can adjust the mounting space size while the limiting portions remain stationary and maintain the flush alignment requirement, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and shape maintenance.
3Ease of operation
If springs are used to drive the lifting platform, then the platform can automatically adjust to device thickness, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The spring mechanism enables the lifting platform to automatically adjust its position based on the device thickness without requiring manual intervention. The spring's elastic force self-regulates the platform height, providing automatic adaptation that simplifies operation. This self-service mechanism achieves ease of operation while keeping the structural complexity relatively low compared to motorized or electronically controlled systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The housing provides high compatibility by adaptively adjusting to device thickness, keeping the display screen aligned and enhancing the gaming experience.
Implementation Method 1
the resetting members are springs, and the resetting forces are elastic forces
Implementation Method 2
the guide plugs are slidably plugged into the guide chutes, so that the lifting platform is slidably connected to the main bodies
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a housing of a gamepad and a gamepad, and relates to the technical field of game machine accessories. The housing includes housing bodies, a lifting platform and resetting members. The housing bodies include main bodies and limiting portions arranged on the main bodies. The lifting platform is slidably connected to the main bodies. A mounting space for fixing an electronic device such as a mobile phone is formed between the lifting platform and the limiting portions. The resetting members are connected to the lifting platform and the main bodies.