Modular Adaptor for Mobile Devices with Exchangeable Functional Packages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices lack flexibility and customizability, requiring users to connect external expansion components via mechanical, electrical, and signal interfaces, which can be cumbersome and limited in functionality, especially with underutilized rear surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A modular adaptor system with docking areas and anchoring mechanisms that allow for the addition of packages with specific functionalities, enabling users to expand their mobile devices with desired hardware features while maintaining a stable and efficient connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users connect external expansion components via external interfaces (USB, cable connections), then additional functions can be added to mobile devices, but the attachment becomes large, external, clumsy, and mechanically unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The expansion component is nested within the housing of the mobile device, with the functional component housed inside the device's housing structure. This integration eliminates external attachments and cables, providing a compact, stable, and aesthetically pleasing solution while maintaining full functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The functional component is merged with the housing structure, combining the expansion functionality with the device's physical form. This integration creates a unified structure where the expansion component becomes part of the device itself, eliminating the need for separate external attachments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If expansion components are connected via external interfaces, then additional functions can be added, but the connection requires mechanical, electrical, and signal technology integration
Solution Approach 1:
The complex connection interface requirements are extracted and consolidated into a single integrated housing structure. Instead of requiring separate mechanical, electrical, and signal connections, the housing itself provides the integrated connection pathway, simplifying the overall connection architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users select expansion components via external interfaces, then customization is possible, but the installation becomes troublesome and requires handling two mechanically distinct devices
Solution Approach 1:
The functional component is nested within the housing, allowing it to be installed as a single integrated unit rather than requiring separate assembly of multiple distinct devices. This nesting approach simplifies installation while maintaining customization options.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an adaptor for an electronic communication device. The adaptor enables the electronic communication device to perform additional functions based on the needs of users. The adaptor has a frame for coupling to the electronic communication device and various packages with different functions. The packages are exchangeable/ replaceable with other packages of different functions. Useful data can be captured by the packages and the data can be used for subsequent analysis or distribution.