Nested Packaging Assembly for Oven Cookware Transport Cost Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing ovens lack an efficient method to package and transport cookware without incurring high customer delivery costs and risking damage during transportation.

Innovation Solution

A packaging assembly is integrated into the oven's cooking chamber, utilizing a combination of first and second packaging materials with specific accommodation spaces and separation ribs, allowing for secure accommodation and transportation of cookware within the oven itself, reducing the need for separate packaging and minimizing the risk of damage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If cookware is transported separately from the oven, then delivery cost increases, but packaging complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery costVSAvoidpackaging complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the oven and cookware into a single integrated packaging assembly. The cookware is nested within the oven's cooking chamber, eliminating the need for separate packaging and delivery of cookware, thereby reducing delivery cost and packaging complexity simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The oven's cooking chamber serves multiple functions: it is both the operational cooking space and the packaging container for transporting cookware. This multi-functionality allows the oven to accommodate cookware during delivery without requiring additional packaging structures

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of substance

If cookware is transported without packaging, then packaging cost decreases, but risk of damage increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging materialVSAvoidrisk of damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The cookware is nested within the oven's cooking chamber, which acts as a protective container during transport. This nesting structure provides protection against damage while minimizing the use of additional packaging materials

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The oven's cooking chamber structure provides inherent cushioning and protection for the cookware before transport begins. The chamber's walls and structure absorb shocks and prevent damage during handling and transportation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Volume of stationary object

If packaging assembly is large, then accommodation space increases, but oven space utilization decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackaging volumeVSAvoidoven space utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The packaging assembly utilizes the asymmetric available space within the oven's cooking chamber. The cookware is positioned to fit the specific geometry of the chamber, maximizing space utilization while maintaining adequate accommodation for the cookware

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS20240327057A1Packaging assembly and oven comprising same

Publication Date: 2024.10.03 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

A packaging assembly for packaging cookware for an oven having a cooking chamber. The packaging assembly comprises a first packaging material and a second packaging material in contact with the first packaging material where the first packaging material (comprises a first accommodation space which is open toward the second packaging material, and the second packaging material comprises a second accommodation space which is open toward the first packaging material The packaging assembly has an external shape corresponding to the cooking chamber and can be accommodated in the cooking chamber, and the length of the first packaging material along a direction from the surface of the first packaging material where the first packaging material and the second packaging material come into contact with each other is longer than the length of the second packaging material along the direction.