Magnetic Tablet Docking With Contact Charging for Imaging Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing medical imaging apparatuses face challenges in efficiently attaching and charging tablet computers during examinations, requiring a secure and efficient attachment mechanism that allows for both fixed and detached use while ensuring reliable energy transfer.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic connection system is integrated between the tablet computer unit and the medical imaging apparatus housing, utilizing ferromagnetic regions and magnetic flux to securely attach the tablet, combined with contact-based energy transfer elements for efficient charging, ensuring a form-fit and magnetic force-fit for stable attachment and rapid charging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a magnetic connection system is used to attach the tablet computer to the housing part, then the attachment security and ease of operation are improved, but the device complexity increases due to the need for ferromagnetic regions and magnetic flux management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical attachment mechanisms (screws, clips, or adhesive systems) with a magnetic connection system. The ferromagnetic regions in the second connecting unit interact with the first connecting unit to provide secure attachment through magnetic attraction, enabling easy one-handed operation for attaching and removing the tablet computer while reducing mechanical complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes magnetic flux parameters and ferromagnetic material properties to create the connection system. By controlling the distribution and strength of magnetic flux through the ferromagnetic regions, the system achieves optimal attachment force while maintaining simplicity in the overall structure.
2Reliability
If contact-based energy transfer elements are integrated into the magnetic connection system, then charging reliability and energy transfer efficiency are improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional electrical components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the magnetic connection function with the energy transfer function into a single integrated system. The first and second connecting units simultaneously provide magnetic attachment and electrical charging through contact-based energy transfer elements, eliminating the need for separate charging ports or cables and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting units are designed to perform multiple functions: mechanical attachment through magnetic attraction and electrical energy transfer through contact-based elements. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the overall system architecture.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the tablet computer can be accommodated in a form-fit depression, then the attachment stability and positioning precision are improved, but the ease of operation decreases due to tighter fit requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the attachment mechanism into two distinct components: the form-fit depression that provides precise positioning and stability, and the magnetic connection system that provides easy attachment and removal. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
The form-fit depression is designed with an asymmetric geometry that matches the corresponding features on the tablet computer, ensuring precise positioning and stable accommodation while the magnetic field provides symmetric attraction forces for easy operation.
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 system provides a secure, reliable, and efficient attachment of the tablet computer to the medical imaging apparatus, enhancing user convenience and reducing electromagnetic interference, while enabling rapid and reliable charging without the need for contactless energy transfer.
Implementation Method 1
via the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit, a magnetic connection can be formed which counteracts a removal of the tablet computer unit from the depression
Implementation Method 2
the first connecting unit having a set of ferromagnetic regions
Implementation Method 3
the first contact-based energy transfer element and the second contact-based energy transfer element are connected in a form-fit manner and electrically conductively to one another
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AI summary
An arrangement includes a tablet computer unit with a tablet computer and a first connecting unit, the second connecting unit having a set of ferromagnetic regions. The arrangement further includes a housing part of a medical imaging apparatus, wherein the housing part of the medical imaging apparatus has a covering and a second connecting unit. The covering has a depression in which the tablet computer unit can be accommodated in a form-fit manner and the second connecting unit is arranged in a region of the depression such that via the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit, a magnetic connection is formable which counteracts a removal of the tablet computer unit from the depression. The tablet computer unit includes a first contact-based energy transfer element for receiving electrical energy for the tablet computer, the energy transfer element being arranged in a region of the first connecting unit.