Integrated Memory Card Ejector and Sensor Port Carriage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computing devices lack an efficient and integrated solution for memory card ejection and sensor port functionality, often requiring separate ports and mechanisms that occupy valuable space and complicate user interaction.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a memory card ejector and sensor ports into a single apparatus, featuring a carriage with a slide portion that actsuates the ejector assembly and includes a chamber with outer and sensor ports, allowing for concealed port configurations and enhanced usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate ports and mechanisms are used for memory card ejection and sensor functionality, then each function can be independently implemented, but valuable space is occupied and user interaction becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the memory card ejector mechanism and sensor port into a single integrated structure. The ejector assembly is positioned within the sensor port housing, allowing both functions to share the same physical space. This merging eliminates the need for separate ports and mechanisms, directly resolving the space occupation issue while maintaining both ejection and sensing capabilities through their respective components within the unified structure.
2Reliability
If separate ports and mechanisms are used for memory card ejection and sensor functionality, then each function can be independently implemented, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of the ejector assembly within the sensor port housing reduces the overall number of separate components and assemblies required. By sharing the same structural housing and space, the patent simplifies the device architecture while maintaining functional independence through dedicated ejector components and sensor elements within the unified structure.
3Area of stationary object
If an integrated port is used for memory card ejection and sensor functionality, then space requirements are reduced and usability is enhanced, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated port structure is segmented into distinct functional zones: the ejector assembly with its connector and actuating components, and the sensor port with its sensing elements. This segmentation allows each function to be independently designed and manufactured with appropriate precision tolerances, while the overall integration achieves space efficiency. The ejector mechanism and sensor components are positioned in separate but adjacent regions within the same housing structure.
Data Source
AI summary
This document describes apparatuses that include integrated memory card ejector and sensor ports. A first described aspect of an apparatus includes a memory card connector, a housing, and a carriage. The memory card connector includes a receiver configured to receive a memory card and an ejector assembly configured to eject the memory card from the receiver. The housing includes a sidewall that includes a memory card slot and an integrated port. The integrated port defines an outside opening of the housing. The carriage includes a slide portion slidably positioned in the integrated port and is accessible through the outside opening of the housing. The carriage includes a carriage body having an outer port, a sensor port, and an acoustic chamber defined within the carriage body. The carriage includes an ejector connector configured for contacting the ejector assembly and a sensor assembly mounted on the carriage at the sensor port.