Modular Animal Keeping Device with Integrated Conductive Circuit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing animal keeping devices face challenges with circuit settings, leading to safety hazards, maintenance difficulties, and aesthetic issues due to exposed and staggered lines.
Innovation Solution
The proposed animal keeping device features a detachable design with a top cover, middle enclosure, and base, incorporating a conductive component for line connection, which allows for secure and organized electrical connections within the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If various functional components are set in zones with staggered circuit settings, then each component can be powered independently, but safety hazards increase and maintenance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the circuit settings into a unified integrated circuit board that connects all functional components (lighting, temperature control, humidity control) through a single circuit system, eliminating staggered circuit settings and improving safety while maintaining component independence through modular design
2Adaptability or versatility
If various functional components are set in zones with staggered circuit settings, then each component can be powered independently, but product maintenance becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the device into modular functional components (lighting module, temperature control module, humidity control module) that can be independently accessed and maintained while sharing a common integrated circuit board, making maintenance easier without sacrificing component power independence
3Ease of manufacture
If functional components are arranged with exposed lines, then circuit connections can be made, but product aesthetics are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the circuit connections from exposed external lines and integrates them into a hidden integrated circuit board system, eliminating visible wires and improving aesthetics while maintaining all necessary electrical connections through the integrated circuit design
4Ease of operation
If multiple animal keeping devices are placed separately, then each device can be operated independently, but space utilization is inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the animal keeping device with universal functionality that allows multiple devices to be stacked vertically and operated independently through the integrated circuit system, improving space utilization while maintaining independent operation capabilities through modular component design
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
This solution effectively addresses the issues of line setup, improving product aesthetics and facilitating maintenance, while also enabling efficient space utilization by allowing multiple devices to be stacked vertically without independent wiring.
Implementation Method 1
a conductive component; the conductive component is encapsulated and fixed inside the middle enclosure and partially exposed on the surface of the middle enclosure. The conductive component is used for line connection; after the top cover, middle enclosure, and base are assembled and fixed, the first integrated component is connected to the second integrated component through a conductive component
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AI summary
This application discloses an animal keeping device and equipment, which comprises: top cover, middle enclosure, base, and conductive components; the top cover is equipped with a first integrated component; the middle enclosure has openings at both ends; the base is provided with a second integrated component; the top cover and base are respectively encapsulated in the openings at both ends of the middle enclosure, and the conductive component is encapsulated and fixed inside the middle enclosure and partially exposed on the surface of the middle enclosure. The conductive component is used for line connection; after the top cover, middle enclosure, and base are assembled and fixed, the first integrated component is connected to the second integrated component through a conductive component.