Modular Mobile Case With Coupling Holes For Detachable Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile communication device cases lack versatility and functionality, leading to quick user disinterest due to limited protection and practicality, especially among younger generations who seek innovative designs and integrated smart features.
Innovation Solution
A unit-expandable mobile communication device case featuring a first flat plate with coupling holes, detachable couplers, and attachable units including sensors, a driving unit, and a control unit, allowing for various shapes and functions such as movement and light emission in response to sensor inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional cases are designed for simple protection or basic wallet function, then protection function is achieved, but versatility and user interest are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The case is divided into a base case and multiple detachable units that can be independently attached or removed. Each unit has coupling holes that align with coupling holes in the base case, allowing selective combination of different functional modules (sensor unit, driving unit, light emitting unit) to create versatile configurations without permanent complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling hole structure serves multiple purposes: it provides mechanical attachment for units, enables modular expansion of functionality, and maintains a simple consistent design across different case configurations. The same coupling mechanism is used regardless of which units are attached, achieving universality
2Adaptability or versatility
If detachable units with sensors and actuators are added to the case, then functionality is enhanced, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Functional components (sensors, actuators, control units) are segmented into separate detachable units that can be independently designed, manufactured, and attached to the base case. This allows functionality to be enhanced without permanently increasing the structural complexity of the base case itself
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling holes and coupling structure act as intermediaries between the base case and functional units. This standardized interface simplifies the connection mechanism, allowing complex functional units to be attached through a simple, consistent coupling process rather than requiring complex integration into the base case structure
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AI summary
The present invention provides a unit-expandable communication device case that can achieve various functions. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the unit-expandable mobile communication device case includes a case, couplers, and a unit. The case has a flat plate which has a plurality of coupling holes formed with regular intervals in any one of a column direction and a row direction, and is detachably attached to a mobile communication device. The couplers are coupled to the coupling holes. The unit has one or more coupling holes and detachably attached to the case by being coupled to the couplers.