Movable Cover Kickstand for Tablet Environmental Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable computing devices, such as tablets, face challenges in protecting integrated electronic device readers like smart card readers from external environments like dust and water, while also needing to expand functionalities and provide secure login options in sensitive settings.
Innovation Solution
A protective jacket with a movably attached cover that seals the electronic device reader, functions as a kickstand, and includes a rubber member for water and dust protection, along with an antibacterial coating, to achieve IP54 rating compliance and support multiple viewing angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a protective jacket with integrated electronic device reader is provided, then functionality is expanded, but protection from external environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The protective jacket is divided into separate functional components: the main jacket body providing environmental protection, and a movable cover that can be opened to access the electronic device reader. This segmentation allows the protective structure to maintain its sealing integrity while enabling functional access when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically transition between closed (protective) and open (functional) states. This dynamic design enables the system to adapt between protection mode and usage mode, resolving the contradiction between maintaining protection and enabling functionality.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a cover is added to seal the electronic device reader, then protection from external environment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cover serves multiple functions simultaneously: it seals the electronic device reader against environmental factors, provides structural support for the kickstand mechanism, and offers user interface elements. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby managing complexity while achieving protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover is merged with the kickstand mechanism, combining two functional elements into a single integrated component. This merging reduces the overall number of parts and simplifies the device structure while maintaining both protective and supportive functions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cover functions as a kickstand, then viewing angles are expanded, but protection from external environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The kickstand mechanism is designed to be deployable only when the cover is in the open position, allowing the system to dynamically switch between protection mode (cover closed) and viewing mode (cover open with kickstand deployed). This ensures that environmental protection is maintained when not in use while enabling viewing angle adjustment when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The kickstand function is segmented as a separate deployable feature from the main protective cover structure. This segmentation allows the kickstand to be activated independently when the cover is open, enabling viewing angle adjustment without compromising the protective sealing when the cover is closed.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If a rubber member is added for water and dust protection, then protection from external environment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A rubber member is integrated into the cover structure to provide flexible sealing against water and dust. This flexible sealing element is incorporated directly into the cover assembly, providing protection through material properties rather than additional mechanical barriers, thereby managing complexity while achieving enhanced protection.
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AI summary
A protective jacket for enclosing a portable computer device in accordance with one example included an electronic reader to receive an electronic device, and a cover movably attached to the jacket. The cover is to the electronic reader when the cover is in a closed position and to function as a kickstand to support the device in a plurality of viewing angles when the cover is in an open position.