Magnetic Auxiliary Support Interface for Quick-Release Computer Stands
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computer stands with auxiliary supports for mobile devices suffer from inconvenient disassembly due to permanent fixation or mechanical snap-in mechanisms, affecting user experience and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A computer stand with a long strip-shaped auxiliary-support magnetic interface that allows for a magnetic connection with an auxiliary support, featuring support portions on both sides to provide stability and ease of attachment and detachment, enabling simultaneous support for laptops and mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If permanent fixation or mechanical snap-in mechanisms are used to connect auxiliary support to main support, then connection stability is improved, but disassembly convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical snap-in mechanisms or permanent fixation methods with a magnetic connection system. The magnetic interface uses magnetic attraction forces to maintain stable connection between auxiliary support and main support, while allowing easy separation when needed, thus resolving the contradiction between connection stability and disassembly convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the connection parameter from mechanical interlocking to magnetic field interaction. By adjusting magnetic strength and interface geometry, the system achieves both strong holding force during use and easy separation when required, simultaneously improving reliability and ease of operation.
2Strength
If auxiliary support is firmly fixed to main support, then structural integrity is improved, but ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes mechanical fastening systems with magnetic connection. The magnetic interface provides sufficient holding strength to maintain structural integrity during vehicle use, while the inherent reversibility of magnetic attraction enables easy assembly and disassembly without complex mechanical operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic connection system transitions from static mechanical fixation to a dynamic system where connection strength can be easily modulated. Users can firmly attach when structural integrity is needed, and easily separate when reconfiguration is required, adapting the connection state to operational needs.
3Ease of operation
If magnetic connection is used for auxiliary support, then ease of assembly and disassembly is improved, but connection stability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes magnetic connection parameters including magnet strength, interface area, and geometric configuration to ensure that magnetic attraction provides sufficient connection stability while maintaining ease of assembly and disassembly. The long strip-shaped magnetic interface distributes magnetic forces to enhance overall connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a long strip-shaped magnetic interface extending along the length direction, distributing magnetic connection forces across multiple points rather than a single location. This dimensional approach enhances connection stability while preserving the ease of magnetic attachment and detachment.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The magnetic connection with support portions enhances stability and ease of assembly/disassembly, improving user experience and usability by allowing convenient mounting and removal of auxiliary supports, while maintaining structural integrity during vehicle use.
Implementation Method 1
the auxiliary-support magnetic surface is configured for a magnetic connection with an auxiliary support
Data Source
AI summary
A computer stand. The computer stand includes a main support, configured to support a computer. The main support is arranged with an auxiliary-support magnetic interface, and the auxiliary-support magnetic interface includes an auxiliary-support magnetic surface and an auxiliary-support support portion. The auxiliary-support magnetic surface is configured for a magnetic connection with an auxiliary support; the auxiliary-support support portion is configured for a separable limit-mating with the auxiliary support and is further configured to provide a support force to the auxiliary support around a length direction of the auxiliary-support magnetic surface. The computer stand may enable quick disassembly from the auxiliary support via the auxiliary-support magnetic interface. The support portion of the main support can provide support to the auxiliary support, preventing the auxiliary support from easily detaching from the auxiliary-support magnetic surface, thereby preventing the auxiliary support from easily falling off the main support.