Modular Electronic Device with Golden Finger Interconnects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication devices face challenges in reasonably and tidily arranging multiple electronic modules in limited spaces, leading to suboptimal cost performance and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device features a case with strategically arranged accommodating spaces for a mainboard, fan module, and power supply module, all connected via plugging portions and golden fingers, allowing for efficient signal transmission and heat dissipation, with independently designed modules that can be easily assembled and maintained.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If more electronic modules are arranged in limited spaces, then the functional requirements are met and cost performance is improved, but the structural design becomes more complex and difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into independent functional modules (power supply module, fan module, board card module, mainboard) that can be separately designed, assembled, and maintained. Each module has its own accommodating space and connection interface, allowing high-density arrangement without proportionally increasing maintenance complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mainboard serves multiple functions by integrating I/O module, multiple plugging portions for different modules, and signal transmission pathways. The standardized golden finger interfaces provide universal connectivity across different module types, simplifying the overall structural design despite high functional density.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more electronic modules are arranged in limited spaces, then the functional requirements are met, but the arrangement becomes disorganized and difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
Independent modules with dedicated accommodating spaces enable organized arrangement. Each module can be accessed and maintained separately through the case opening, improving ease of repair despite high functional density.
Solution Approach 2:
The pluggable golden finger interfaces allow modules to be easily connected and disconnected. This dynamic connection system enables quick module replacement and maintenance without disassembling the entire device, significantly improving ease of repair.
3Ease of repair
If modules are independently designed for easy assembly, then maintenance efficiency is improved, but the internal structure may become less organized
Solution Approach 1:
Independent modules with dedicated accommodating spaces achieve both easy maintenance and organized structure. Each module is positioned in a specific location within the case, creating an organized internal layout that facilitates both assembly and maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The golden finger interfaces serve as intermediaries between modules and the mainboard. These standardized connectors enable easy module assembly while maintaining a clean, organized internal structure through systematic signal transmission pathways.
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AI summary
The invention provides an electronic device. By reasonably and tidily arranging modules such as a mainboard, a fan module, a power supply module and a board card module in a case, more modules can be arranged in a limited space of the case, the utilization rate is high and the cost is low; the fan module, the power supply module and the board card module are independently designed and all modules cooperatively work with one another; each module is a clamping structure and can be disassembled and assembled with bare hands, and the operation and maintenance efficiency is improved; and signal transmission between all modules is completed by golden fingers and thereby the internal portion of the case is clean and tidy.