Hand Grip Strengthener With Resistance Scale and Force Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hand grip strength devices lack resistance level indication, making it difficult for users to monitor progress, set goals, adjust workouts, and share resistance settings, leading to decreased motivation and increased risk of injury.
Innovation Solution
A hand grip strengthener with a resistance level indication system, featuring a spring-driven indication element that aligns with a visual scale display, allowing users to see precise resistance levels and providing grip force measurement, enabling real-time feedback and data tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional hand grip strength devices are used without resistance level indication, then the device structure remains simple, but users cannot accurately monitor progress or set specific goals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by displaying resistance level information to the user during exercise. The system measures the actual resistance level and provides visual feedback through a display interface, allowing users to see their progress in real-time. This resolves the contradiction by adding information delivery without significantly increasing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary measurement and display system that bridges the gap between the mechanical resistance generation and the user's perception. This intermediary layer (sensors, processors, displays) provides resistance level information without requiring fundamental changes to the core exercise mechanism, thus maintaining simplicity while adding information capability.
2Ease of operation
If resistance level indication is added to hand grip strength devices, then users can track progress and set goals, but the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback to users about their resistance level during exercise sessions. This feedback mechanism simplifies the user experience by automatically displaying progress information, eliminating the need for users to manually track or estimate their resistance levels, thereby improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The device performs self-measurement and self-display of resistance levels without requiring external equipment or manual intervention. The integrated sensors and display system automatically monitor and present progress data, making the device self-sufficient and easier to use while managing its own complexity internally.
3Measurement precision
If conventional hand grip strengtheners are used without quantitative measurement, then the device remains simple, but users cannot determine actual grip strength or adjust training programs effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual estimation of grip strength with electronic measurement systems. Sensors detect the actual resistance level and convert it into digital data that can be precisely measured and displayed. This substitution of mechanical estimation with electronic measurement provides quantitative data while the integrated nature of the system keeps the overall structure manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides precise quantitative feedback on grip strength measurements to users. By continuously measuring and displaying the actual resistance level, the system enables accurate tracking of grip strength progression, allowing users to adjust their training programs based on real data rather than estimation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If resistance level indication is implemented, then users can share information and advice on selecting appropriate resistance levels, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides dynamic resistance level information that can be adjusted and shared. The measurement and display capabilities enable users to customize their resistance levels and share this information with others, enhancing adaptability. The dynamic nature of the system allows for flexible configuration without requiring fundamentally complex structural changes.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to track progress, set goals, adjust workouts effectively, and share resistance settings, enhancing motivation and safety by providing clear resistance feedback and data integration with fitness trackers.
Implementation Method 1
a spring element (31) arranged to generate a resistance force to the relative movement between the first operation arm (10) and the second operation arm (20)
Data Source
AI summary
A hand grip strengthener includes a first operation arm, a second operation arm, a strength adjustment assembly including a spring element, a spring driving element, and an adjustment control element, wherein the spring element is arranged to generate a resistance force to the relative movement between the first operation arm and the second operation arm, wherein when the adjustment control element is operated by the user, the spring driving element is driven to move, so as to drive the spring element to move to adjust the resistance force. The hand grip strengthener further includes a grip force measurement assembly which is coupled to one of the first operation arm and the second operation arm to measure a grip force of a user.