Multi-Functional Panel Support for Digital X-Ray Detectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital X-ray detectors are heavy and thick due to multiple components, limiting their portability and versatility, necessitating a lighter, thinner design while maintaining imager size and protecting electronics from radiation.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional panel support that houses a digital detector array on one side and electronics on the other, incorporating a rechargeable battery, magnetic shielding, and a compressible layer to reduce backscattering and provide power, while being constructed from lightweight materials to achieve a thinner and lighter design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate components are used to perform different functions (support, power, shielding), then each function is reliably performed, but the detector becomes heavy and thick
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (support structure, battery enclosure, shielding layer) into a single integrated panel support assembly. This merging of functions into one component reduces the overall number of parts, decreases weight, and thinns the detector profile while maintaining all necessary functions of support, power supply, and radiation shielding.
Solution Approach 2:
The panel support is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides mechanical support for the detector array, houses the power source (rechargeable battery), and incorporates magnetic shielding material to protect electronics. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated components for each function, directly addressing the weight and thickness issue.
2Reliability
If multiple separate components are used to perform different functions, then each function is reliably performed, but the detector thickness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate components (support structure, battery enclosure, shielding layer) into a single integrated panel support assembly. This merging of functions into one component reduces the overall number of parts, decreases weight, and thinns the detector profile while maintaining all necessary functions of support, power supply, and radiation shielding.
Solution Approach 2:
The design nests the battery enclosure within the panel support structure, and incorporates the shielding layer as part of the support assembly. This nesting arrangement allows multiple functional elements to occupy overlapping or adjacent spaces efficiently, reducing the overall thickness of the detector while maintaining all necessary functions.
3Weight of moving object
If lightweight materials are used to reduce weight, then portability improves, but structural strength and radiation protection may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The panel support is constructed from composite materials that provide both lightweight properties and structural strength. The use of composite materials allows the detector to achieve reduced weight for improved portability while maintaining the necessary mechanical strength to support the detector array and protect internal components.
4Length of stationary object
If the detector is made thinner to improve portability, then versatility increases, but space for components is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The design nests the battery enclosure within the panel support structure, and incorporates the shielding layer as part of the support assembly. This nesting arrangement allows multiple functional elements to occupy overlapping or adjacent spaces efficiently, reducing the overall thickness of the detector while maintaining all necessary functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent optimizes the spatial arrangement of components by utilizing three-dimensional space more efficiently. The battery enclosure is positioned to overlap with the detector array in the z-direction, and the shielding layer is integrated into the support structure, allowing the detector to be thinner while still accommodating all necessary components.
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
Enables the creation of lighter and thinner digital X-ray detectors that retain imager size, provide power, protect electronics from radiation, and reduce backscattering, enhancing portability and versatility.
Implementation Method 1
The panel support includes a first enclosure and a rechargeable battery disposed within the first enclosure
Implementation Method 2
In certain embodiments, the panel support may include a magnetic shielding layer disposed between the first side of the panel support and the power source
Implementation Method 3
a compressible layer to reduce backscattering
Data Source
AI summary
A digital X-ray detector includes a multi-functional panel support configured to support a digital detector array on a first side of the panel support and electronics on a second side of the panel support. The panel support includes a first enclosure and a rechargeable battery disposed within the first enclosure.