Magnetic Tablet Cover with Folded Support Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the challenge of protecting tablet devices from external impacts and need additional support for convenient use, which often requires purchasing and carrying multiple peripheral products, increasing cost and burden.
Innovation Solution
A protective cover with multiple interlocking parts and magnetic elements that can transform to support the tablet device, providing shock absorption and a bearing surface for easy operation while reducing weight and size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users purchase separate protective covers and supports, then protection and support functions are achieved, but cost and carrying burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the protective cover and support function into a single integrated product. The protective cover includes a first covering part and a second covering part that can be folded to form a support structure, eliminating the need for separate peripheral products while maintaining both protection and support functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective cover is designed to serve multiple functions: it protects the tablet device from impacts and simultaneously provides support functionality when folded. The magnetic elements enable the cover to function as both a protective enclosure and a collapsible support structure, achieving multi-functionality in one product.
2Reliability
If users purchase separate protective covers and supports, then protection and support functions are achieved, but carrying burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the protective cover and support into a single product, the total weight and volume to be carried are reduced. The integrated design eliminates the need to transport separate peripheral products, directly reducing the carrying burden while maintaining both protection and support functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is nested within the protective cover when not in use. The second covering part folds back against the first covering part, creating a compact nested configuration that minimizes the space and weight the user must carry, while still providing full support functionality when deployed.
3Strength
If protective cover uses hard shell material, then external impact resistance is improved, but shock absorption capability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective cover uses a composite structure combining hard shell material for the outer protective layers with flexible magnetic elements and folded covering parts that provide shock absorption. The hard material resists external impacts while the flexible components and folding mechanism absorb shock energy, achieving both protection and shock absorption capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The protective cover effectively shields the tablet from impacts and supports it for user convenience, allowing for easy transformation and reduced carrying burden.
Implementation Method 1
the third magnetic element and the first magnetic element attract each other
Data Source
AI summary
A protective cover applying to cover or support a tablet computer is provided. The protective cover has a first covering part, a second covering part, a third covering part, a first magnetic element, a second magnetic element, and a third magnetic element. The first covering part has a first connecting lateral, a second connecting lateral and a plurality of first hard domains, and adjacent first hard domains are connected to each other flexibly. The second covering part is connected to the first connecting lateral flexibly and has a plurality of second hard domains, and adjacent second hard domains are connected to each other flexibly. The third covering part is connected to the second connecting lateral flexibly. The first magnetic element is disposed at the first covering part. The second magnetic element is disposed at the second covering part. The third magnetic element is disposed at the third covering part.