Modular Keyboard With Detachable Sections And Magnetic Contacts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer keyboards are bulky due to their integral design, making them inconvenient to carry and use as separate sections cannot be easily detached.
Innovation Solution
A modular keyboard design featuring detachable sections such as typewriter keys, function keys, numeric keypad, cursor control, and system command keys, connected via magnetic contacts and guide projections, with internal motor-driven moving devices for adjustable angles, allowing for secure and precise connections and independent use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a conventional keyboard is designed as an integral unit, then structural stability and completeness are improved, but portability and ease of carrying deteriorate due to bulkiness
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is divided into multiple detachable sections including a typewriter key section, a function key section, a numeric keypad section, and a cursor control section. Each section can be separated from others, allowing users to carry only the needed portions. The sections are connected through magnetic contacts that enable easy attachment and detachment while maintaining structural integrity when assembled.
2Ease of operation
If keyboard sections are made detachable, then portability and space efficiency are improved, but connection reliability and electrical contact stability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system incorporates magnetic contacts that provide dynamic attachment and detachment capabilities. The magnetic force ensures reliable electrical connection when sections are assembled, while allowing easy separation when needed. This dynamic connection mechanism maintains both portability and connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Magnetic contacts serve as an intermediary between the detachable keyboard sections, providing both mechanical alignment and electrical connection. The magnetic field acts as a mediator that ensures stable contact without requiring complex mechanical fastening mechanisms, thus maintaining both reliability and ease of detachment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple keyboard sections are provided for modularity, then versatility and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each keyboard section is designed with universal connection interfaces that can interface with multiple different sections. The magnetic contacts and guide projections are standardized across all sections, allowing any section to be combined with any other section. This universality reduces the complexity that would otherwise arise from having to design unique connection mechanisms for each possible section combination.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The modular design allows for reduced space usage, increased convenience, and enhanced applications by enabling users to detach and reattach sections as needed, with secure and quick connections facilitated by guide projections and motor-driven adjustments.
Implementation Method 1
connected via magnetic contacts and guide projections
Data Source
AI summary
A modular keyboard includes a typewriter keys section; a function keys section; a keyboard shortcuts section; a numeric keypad; a cursor control and system command keys section; and a keyboard cable. The typewriter keys section includes first contacts on the back electrically connected to the function keys section, second contacts on the left side electrically connected to the keyboard shortcuts section, third contacts on the front end electrically connected to a hand rest board, fourth contacts on the right side electrically connected to the numeric keypad, and fifth contacts on the rear end electrically connected to the keyboard cable. The numeric keypad includes contacts on the right side electrically connected to the cursor control and system command keys section. The components can be detached prior to carrying same.