Portable Oxygen Concentrator Compressor Assembly for Compact Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Portable oxygen concentrators face challenges in reducing size and weight while maintaining performance, requiring innovative design approaches to achieve compactness, efficiency, and reliability.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates improved compressor control features, high-density gas-tight interconnects, integrated sensor blocks, space-efficient adsorber designs, enhanced airflow, and a battery retention system with a flexible stiffening mechanism to create a compact, lightweight, and reliable portable oxygen concentrator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Weight of moving object
If the size and weight of portable oxygen concentrator components are reduced, then portability and user convenience are improved, but device reliability and performance may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The battery is divided into two separate slides (first slide and second slide) that can be independently retained by corresponding rails, allowing each battery unit to be securely held and replaced separately while maintaining overall device reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible stiffening mechanism with protrusions and slits is nested within the battery retention structure, where the protrusions fit into slots in the battery slides, creating a compact integrated system that provides stiffening without adding external bulk
2Stability of the object's composition
If the battery retention structure is made more rigid to stabilize the battery, then battery stability is improved, but the structure becomes more complex and harder to assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The battery retention structure incorporates flexibility through slits that allow the protrusions to move dynamically during battery insertion and removal, enabling easy assembly and disassembly while maintaining battery stability during operation
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible stiffening mechanism uses thin flexible components with protrusions and slits that provide structural support and battery stabilization without requiring complex rigid structures, simplifying the overall retention design
Data Source
AI summary
A compressor assembly for a portable oxygen concentrator includes a first compressor chamber having a first connector, a second compressor chamber having a second connector, and a tube having a first end having a first connection interface configured to connect to the first connector and a second end having a second connection interface configured to connect to the second connector. The first connection interface is shaped to maintain the connection between the first connector and the first connection interface in a fixed orientation and the second connection interface is shaped to maintain the connection between the second connector and the second connection interface in a fixed orientation. One or more of the first connector, the second connector, and the tube are compliant.