Movable Connecting Web for Laser Eye Protection Goggles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing eye protection goggles for laser treatments are inadequate in protection and uncomfortable to wear, with high production costs and obstructive bridge bands during treatments.

Innovation Solution

Design of eye protection goggles with detachable cover protective bodies and a connecting web that can be moved vertically, allowing for secure, adjustable, and comfortable protection from electromagnetic radiation, featuring a basic protective body and a cover protective body connected in a one-piece configuration for enhanced protection and ease of use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional eyeball goggles are used with a fixed connecting web, then the protective effect is provided, but the treatment access is restricted and comfort is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetreatment accessVSAvoidprotective effect

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting web is designed as a movable structure that can be displaced vertically relative to the eye protection caps, allowing dynamic adjustment between treatment access and protective coverage. The web can be moved out of the treatment area when needed while maintaining eye protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The goggle system is divided into separate functional components: eye protection caps with sealing elements for reliable protection, and a movable connecting web for adjustment. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each component's function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Stability of the object's composition

If bridge bands are used to connect eye protection caps, then the structural connection is provided, but the treatment area is obstructed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural connectionVSAvoidtreatment obstruction

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting function is extracted from the traditional bridge band configuration and repositioned to a movable connecting web that can be displaced vertically. This removes the obstruction in the treatment area while preserving the structural connection between caps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Reliability

If complex sealing elements are used to improve protection, then the protective effect is enhanced, but the production cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprotective effectVSAvoidproduction cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

A flexible sealing element made from elastomeric material is used to create an effective seal between the eye protection cap and the user's face. This simple flexible membrane provides reliable protection without complex structures, keeping production costs low.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

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

The solution provides superior protection comparable to metal-based goggles, is cost-effective to produce, and allows for unrestricted access during treatments by adjusting the connecting web, ensuring high comfort and effective shielding from electromagnetic radiation.

Implementation Method 1

basic protective body for protecting from electromagnetic radiation

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic radiation shielding: Absorption (EM radiation)

Implementation Method 2

cover protective body for protecting from frontal electromagnetic radiation

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic radiation blocking: Reflection

Data Source

PatentUS9883972B2Eye protection goggles

Publication Date: 2018.02.06 LASERVISION

AI summary

Eye protection goggles for protecting a person undergoing treatment from electromagnetic radiation comprise two eye protection caps. Each eye protection cap comprises a basic protective body with a free edge for protecting from electromagnetic radiation and a cover protective body detachable from the respective basic protective body for protecting from frontal electromagnetic radiation. The free edge is designed for placing on the face of the person undergoing treatment. The eye protection goggles also have a connecting web connecting the cover protective bodies. The cover protective bodies are connected non-detachably in one piece to one another. The connecting web comprises an in particular rectangular first cross section (2a) extending longitudinally in a width direction of the eye protective goggles for displacing the connecting web relative to the eye protection caps essentially perpendicular to a line of vision of the eye protective goggles in a vertical direction thereof.