Modular Storage Device with Detachable Magnetic Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage boxes are typically fixed in position, inflexible in shape, and limited to a single storage function, failing to meet the diverse needs of modern society.
Innovation Solution
A storage device comprising mobile storage boxes and chargers with detachable connectors, such as magnetic, latching, or hook&loop mechanisms, allowing for flexible combination and separation, enabling function diversification and enhanced mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If storage boxes are fixedly installed in certain positions, then stability and ease of manufacture are improved, but mobility and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device is divided into multiple independent modular units (storage boxes of different sizes, chargers, connectors) that can be separately manufactured and then freely combined. Each module maintains structural integrity individually while enabling flexibility when assembled together, resolving the contradiction between fixed stability and mobile adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static fixed installation to dynamic reconfigurable assembly. The detachable connectors enable users to dynamically adjust the configuration, position, and combination of storage boxes and chargers based on different usage scenarios, achieving both stability during use and flexibility in reconfiguration.
2Manufacturing precision
If storage boxes are fixed in shape, then manufacturing precision and structural strength are improved, but adaptability and combinability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The storage system is segmented into standardized modular units with uniform connector interfaces. Each module maintains precise manufacturing for its fixed shape and structure, while the standardized segmentation enables precise alignment and combination of different modules, achieving both manufacturing precision and combinatorial flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable connectors provide universal interfaces that work across all storage box modules regardless of their specific shapes or sizes. This universality allows precisely manufactured modules of different configurations to be interchangeably combined, maintaining manufacturing precision while achieving shape adaptability.
3Device complexity
If storage boxes provide singular storage function, then device complexity is reduced, but function diversification and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The storage boxes are designed with universal detachable connectors that enable multiple functions beyond simple storage. Users can combine storage boxes with chargers, create stacked configurations for vertical storage, or arrange modules in different patterns. The same basic module serves storage, charging, and organizational functions, achieving function diversification without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges storage functionality with charging functionality by allowing storage boxes to be combined with chargers via detachable connectors. This merging creates a multi-functional system where a single module can serve both storage and power needs, or where multiple modules work together to provide integrated storage and charging solutions.
4Adaptability or versatility
If detachable connectors are added to enable free combination, then adaptability and mobility are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable connectors utilize magnetic attraction forces to replace complex mechanical locking mechanisms. This substitution achieves strong, reliable connections for free combination and mobility while significantly simplifying the connector structure, reducing the number of moving parts, and easing manufacturing requirements compared to traditional mechanical fastening systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a storage device that can be freely moved and combined, offering not only storage but also charging functions, thereby increasing usability and flexibility while accommodating various user needs.
Implementation Method 1
The connector is at least one selected from the group consisting of a magnetic member, a latching member, or a hook&loop
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a storage device including: at least one mobile storage box; at least one mobile charger; and at least one connector provided on an outer surface of the mobile charger or the mobile storage box, and the connector is configured to implement a detachable connection between two mobile storage boxes, between two mobile chargers, or between the mobile storage box and the mobile charger.