Pivotable Battery Base for Automatic Laptop Propping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional computer notebooks require manual operation of additional supporting structures to prop up the main body for comfortable use, which is inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device design where a rotatable battery base is integrated, allowing the battery to pivot relative to the main body when the device unfolds, eliminating the need for additional support structures by using a mechanism of blocks and elastic elements to prop up the main body from a flat surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If additional supporting structures are added to prop up the main body, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the supporting structure function with the battery base, making the battery base serve dual purposes: housing the battery and providing structural support to prop up the main body. This merging eliminates the need for separate supporting structures while maintaining the ability to adjust the main body angle for comfortable operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery base is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a power source container and as a supporting structure. By making the battery base pivotable and capable of propping up the main body, it performs multiple functions (power supply, structural support, angle adjustment) without requiring additional dedicated components.
2Device complexity
If manual operation of supporting structures is required, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The battery base is designed to be dynamically pivotable relative to the main body, allowing it to automatically adjust its position to prop up the main body at different angles. This dynamic capability enables the supporting function to adapt to different usage scenarios without requiring complex manual adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting structure integrates with the battery base and pivot mechanism, allowing the system to self-adjust and self-prop up the main body through the natural pivoting motion of the battery base. This reduces the need for separate manual operating mechanisms while maintaining ease of use.
3Ease of operation
If the battery base is made pivotable to prop up the main body, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The pivot structure is pre-designed with predetermined pivot axes and rotation ranges, ensuring that the battery base pivots along a controlled path that reliably props up the main body at the desired angle. This preliminary design of the pivot mechanism ensures consistent and reliable operation across multiple uses.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivot structure acts as an intermediary mechanism between the battery base and the main body, providing a controlled and stable connection that allows smooth rotation while maintaining structural integrity. This intermediary pivot mechanism ensures reliable power transmission and positional stability during the propping-up action.
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 comfortable operation without additional support structures, allowing the main body to tilt when opening the device, improving usability and eliminating the need for manual propping, while also forming a heat dissipation channel for enhanced cooling.
Implementation Method 1
the electronic device further includes an elastic element. The battery base has a concave, and the elastic element is connected to the second block and the concave.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a battery base. The second body is pivoted to the first body and has a first block. The battery base is pivoted to the first body and has a second block. When the second body rotates relative to the first body, the first block is driven to contact the second block and push the second block for driving the battery base to pivot relative to the first body.