Modular Optical Mounting for Easy Battery Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical devices, such as cameras and spot lights, face challenges in easy battery replacement and functional flexibility, particularly in battery-powered wireless devices, which require secure mounting and efficient electrical connections.
Innovation Solution
A battery housing with elongated oval cross-sectional shape and grooves for engagement with detents, flexible tab for easy handling, and bosses for positioning, along with a removable optical portion and magnetic mounting for secure orientation, allowing easy battery exchange and functional changes without disturbing the device's position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a battery-powered wireless optical device is used, then installation flexibility and range of deployment locations are improved, but secure mounting and reliable electrical connections become more difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separable components: a mounting portion that can be securely installed in various locations and an optical portion that can be easily attached or removed. This segmentation allows the mounting structure to provide reliable mechanical support and electrical connections while the optical portion maintains flexibility for different deployment scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting portion is designed with universal features including multiple mounting interface options and integrated electrical connection mechanisms that work across different installation environments. This multi-functionality enables the same mounting structure to provide both secure attachment and reliable electrical connectivity regardless of the specific deployment location.
2Ease of repair
If battery replacement is required in wireless optical devices, then device maintenance becomes possible, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The device housing is segmented into removable portions that provide direct access to the battery compartment. The optical portion or cap can be easily detached to expose the battery, allowing users to replace batteries quickly without disassembling the entire device or dealing with complex internal structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery compartment is pre-configured with accessible openings and removal mechanisms that are prepared in advance. Detents, grooves, and release features are pre-positioned to facilitate quick battery insertion and removal, eliminating the need for complex assembly steps during the replacement process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If functional flexibility is enhanced through removable components, then device adaptability improves, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into modular components (mounting portion, optical portion, cap) that can be independently manufactured and assembled. Each segment has simplified individual structures with standardized interfaces, reducing the complexity of each component while enabling functional flexibility through their combinations.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions are merged into integrated components: the cap serves as both a protective cover and an access mechanism for the battery compartment; the mounting portion integrates mechanical attachment features with electrical connection terminals; detents and grooves combine positioning and retention functions in single structural elements.
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
Facilitates easy battery replacement and quick functional changes in optical devices, ensuring secure mounting and reliable electrical connections while maintaining device orientation.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet can be disposed within the housing and can provide a magnetic force to hold the housing and pedestal in engagement with one another
Data Source
AI summary
An optical device, such as a camera or spot light, having first and second removably engagable components. Disengagement of the components exposes a battery compartment in the second component. The first component can include all optical components of the optical device, such as a camera or light. A magnetic mount can provide a secure and adjustable mounting for the optical device housing on a support.