Magnetic Camera Mount With Swiveling Pads for Curved Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional magnetic camera mounts are unstable, especially on curved surfaces, due to a single magnetic pad or multiple pads that only partially contact the surface, leading to inadequate holding strength.
Innovation Solution
A camera mount with a base featuring at least three magnetic pads attached via compression springs and stops, allowing the pads to swivel and conform to curved surfaces, providing enhanced stability and holding strength.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single magnetic pad is used, then the device structure is simple, but the mounting stability deteriorates on curved surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The single magnetic pad is divided into multiple magnetic pads (at least three) arranged in a triangular pattern on the base. This segmentation allows each pad to independently contact the surface, improving stability on curved surfaces while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
Compression springs are introduced to connect the magnetic pads to the base, allowing the pads to dynamically adjust their positions and angles to conform to curved surfaces. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by enabling stability on various surface geometries without significantly increasing structural complexity
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple magnetic pads are used, then the mounting stability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Compression springs are introduced to connect the magnetic pads to the base, allowing the pads to dynamically adjust their positions and angles to conform to curved surfaces. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by enabling stability on various surface geometries without significantly increasing structural complexity
3Device complexity
If magnetic pads are fixed rigidly to the base, then the structure is simple, but the adaptability to curved surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Compression springs replace rigid fixed connections, allowing magnetic pads to dynamically adjust their positions and orientations to conform to curved surfaces. The springs enable the pads to move independently while maintaining connection to the base, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and surface adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The connection between magnetic pads and base changes from rigid fixed parameters to flexible spring-based parameters, allowing position and orientation to vary according to surface geometry while maintaining structural integrity
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables the camera mount to securely attach to both flat and curved surfaces, withstanding significant forces, including a 10 kgf slide force and 12 kgf pull force, while maintaining adaptability to various surface types.
Implementation Method 1
at least three magnetic pads, wherein the magnetic pads are attached to the base via compression springs
Implementation Method 2
at least three magnetic pads, wherein the magnetic pads are attached to the base via compression springs
Data Source
AI summary
A camera mount with three magnetic pads acting as a tripod. Each of the magnetic pads is flexibly mounted to a base allowing them to move to conform with a curved surface thus maximising magnetic attachment. The base includes a thread on which a camera can be mounted directly or via a ball mount.