Integrated Return Spring in Modular Automation Button
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Solution Overview
Problem
The assembly of modular devices with operation buttons in the prior art is complex due to the need to insert and fit return springs into the casing, which also occupies valuable space.
Innovation Solution
The modular electronic device integrates elastic return elements within the operation button, eliminating the need for separate return springs and simplifying assembly while optimizing space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate return springs are used in the casing, then the operation button can return to rest position, but the assembly becomes complex and space is occupied
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the return spring directly into the operation button structure, merging two previously separate components (button and return spring) into a single integrated unit. This eliminates the need for separate return springs in the casing and simplifies assembly while maintaining the button return function.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the return spring function from the casing and relocates it to the operation button itself. By taking out the separate return spring component from the casing assembly, the patent reduces assembly complexity and frees up space within the casing while preserving the essential return-to-rest functionality.
2Ease of operation
If separate return springs are fitted in the casing, then the button return mechanism works, but valuable space inside the casing is occupied
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the return spring functionality into the operation button itself, the patent eliminates the need for separate return spring components within the casing. This integration maximizes the available space inside the casing while maintaining full button return functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the return spring mechanism from the casing interior and relocates it to the operation button. This extraction frees up valuable space within the casing for other components while preserving the essential button return-to-rest function.
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 design simplifies the assembly process and maximizes the available space within the casing by integrating elastic return elements directly into the operation button, enhancing operational smoothness and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
at least one elastic return element integrated into the operation button and configured to return the operation button from said at least one operated position to said rest position
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AI summary
A modular electronic device (1) for electrical and/or home automation systems is described, comprising: an actuating module (2, 4) including: a casing (2) having a box-like shape; a circuit actuating assembly (4) housed in the casing (2) and comprising at least one microswitch (41, 42) and at least one circuit actuating device (45) suitable to be controlled by said at least one microswitch (41, 42); an operation button (6) operatively coupled to the actuating module (2, 4) to operate said at least one microswitch; at least one elastic return element (61, 62) associated with the operation button (6). The operation button (6) is adapted to assume a rest configuration, in which the operation button does not operate said at least one microswitch (41, 42), and at least one operation configuration, in which the operation button operates said at least one microswitch. The at least one elastic return element (61, 62) is configured to return the operation button (6) from said at least one operation configuration to said rest configuration and is integrated into the operation button.