Jewelry Module With Central Axis Rotation Bed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing jewelry modules made from precious metals face issues with mobility, durability, and aesthetic appeal due to gaps and loosening over time, and they often result in high production costs and weight.
Innovation Solution
A jewelry module design featuring core modules connected via a rotation bed with a central axis, a pin space for rigid movement, and a connection bracket that ensures balanced rotation and prevents wobbling, while maintaining a monolithic structure for material savings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a monolithic pin and bracket technique is used to join jewelry parts, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but gaps form between parts causing unpleasant appearance and the jewelry loosens over time
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry piece is divided into multiple modular units (first unit, second unit, third unit) that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. Each unit contains specific functional elements (mounting means, rotation beds, connection brackets) that enable modular assembly while maintaining structural integrity and avoiding the gaps and loosening issues of monolithic construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection bracket is nested within the rotation bed structure, with the bracket fitting into the rotation bed's receiving space. This nested arrangement allows for compact, gap-free joining of jewelry units while maintaining rotational mobility and structural stability over time.
2Reliability
If a hinge technique with welding is used to join jewelry parts, then mobility and robustness are improved, but the workload and materials increase resulting in high weight and high cost
Solution Approach 1:
The jewelry structure incorporates rotation beds and connection brackets that enable dynamic rotational movement between units while maintaining structural integrity. This dynamic design provides robustness and mobility without requiring excessive materials or welding, reducing weight compared to static hinge constructions.
Solution Approach 2:
The welding process and heavy hinge mechanisms are extracted from the design. Instead, a mechanical connection system using rotation beds and connection brackets is employed, achieving robustness through precision-fitted modular components rather than through material excess and thermal joining.
3Ease of manufacture
If jewelry parts are joined with a pin not in the common center of balance, then the joining is simple, but a gap is formed between parts causing unpleasant appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The connection bracket and rotation bed are designed with asymmetric geometries that naturally align with the center of balance of each jewelry unit. The bracket's L-shaped configuration and the rotation bed's receiving space are positioned to ensure centralized alignment during assembly, eliminating gaps while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
4Productivity
If traditional joining techniques are used, then production is straightforward, but the jewelry begins to loosen over time and disintegrate
Solution Approach 1:
The connection brackets and rotation beds are pre-designed with precise geometries that ensure proper alignment and fit before assembly. The mounting means are pre-configured with centralized positioning features that prevent future loosening, allowing for efficient production while ensuring long-term durability through preventive design.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of trying to prevent loosening through complex fastening mechanisms, the design inverts the approach by using gravity-assisted centralized alignment. The connection elements are positioned at the center of balance, allowing the jewelry units to naturally self-align and remain stable without complex locking mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a jewelry module in which each core module is formed by connecting each other in jewelry produced by processing precious metals. The jewelry module has a rotation bed having an axis of rotation formed so as to be centered on the joining axis of each core module. Additionally, an angle of rotation with a reduced distance away from the rotational movement of each core module by the presence of said axis of rotation is provided, and a connection bracket is centered on the axis of rotation, which grasps the rotation bed and enables one core module to be connected with the other core module.