Phone Holder Mount Oblique Flap Covering Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing phone holder mounts require a minimum overall height due to a perpendicular covering wall that needs to be displaced, which poses installation challenges, especially in tight spaces like center consoles where this height is not available.
Innovation Solution
The mount features an obliquely positioned, pivotable flap as the covering mechanism, eliminating the need for additional space beneath the base and reducing the overall height by allowing the flap to pivot into the plane of the base, ensuring contact connection only when the housing part is correctly aligned.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a perpendicular covering wall is used to cover the contact chamber opening, then the contact chamber is effectively covered and protected, but the overall height of the mount increases due to the run-on slope requiring space beneath the base
Solution Approach 1:
The covering mechanism is changed from a perpendicular wall extending downward (vertical dimension) to an obliquely positioned flap that pivots within the horizontal plane. The flap is positioned obliquely to the base and pivots about an axis, allowing it to cover the contact chamber opening without requiring vertical space beneath the base. This dimensional change resolves the contradiction by achieving coverage in a different spatial orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The static perpendicular covering wall is replaced with a dynamic pivoting flap. The flap can rotate between a closed position (covering the contact chamber opening) and an open position (allowing access). This dynamic mechanism provides the same protective function while eliminating the need for the run-on slope and reducing overall height.
2Ease of manufacture
If a run-on slope is used to push down the covering wall, then the covering mechanism is simple and effective, but additional installation space beneath the base is required
Solution Approach 1:
The linear push-down motion along a run-on slope (vertical dimension) is replaced with a rotational pivoting motion of the flap (horizontal/oblique dimension). The flap is actuated by a pushing element that engages with the flap's oblique surface, causing it to pivot open without requiring vertical clearance beneath the base.
Solution Approach 2:
The static covering wall that requires continuous vertical space is replaced with a dynamic flap that occupies minimal space in its closed position and rotates to an open position when needed. This dynamic approach maintains functional simplicity while dramatically reducing the volume requirement.
3Ease of operation
If the covering wall is displaced downward to release the opening, then access to the contact chamber is enabled, but the minimum overall height increases
Solution Approach 1:
The covering mechanism transitions from a vertically displacing wall to a horizontally/obliquely pivoting flap. The flap rotates about an axis to open the contact chamber, providing ease of operation through a simple pivoting motion that does not increase the vertical profile of the mount.
Solution Approach 2:
The vertical displacement motion is replaced with rotational motion in a different plane. The flap pivots obliquely to allow access, achieving the same operational goal without extending the mount's height in the vertical dimension.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This design reduces the minimum overall height of the mount, allowing for easier installation in constrained spaces while ensuring secure locking and electrical connectivity of the phone holder, preventing accidental disconnection.
Implementation Method 1
which allows the housing part to be introduced into the recess, such that the housing part butts against a base of the recess, only once the wall component has been displaced counter to a spring force
Implementation Method 2
locking being activated by the locking means when the covering is in the pushed-down state
Data Source
AI summary
A mount for a phone holder comprising a rear projecting housing part with an extension provided with contacts. An accommodating pocket for a cell phone having a recess is adjoined by a contact chamber with mating contacts. The housing part being inserted into the recess, having a displaceable wall component which bounds the recess on the side located opposite the contact chamber, which allows the housing part to be introduced into the recess. The housing part butts against a base of the recess. A covering of the contact chamber extends over the opening of the contact chamber and can be pushed down by means of the phone holder in order to release the opening of the contact chamber. Locking being activated by the locking means when the covering is in the pushed-down state.