Pivoting Phone Charging Stand with USB Dongle Port

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional phone charging stands are too thick to be conveniently carried with a phone, requiring separate travel chargers, which occupy space and are inconvenient for modern users.

Innovation Solution

A phone charging stand with a casing and pivotally connected cover that can hold a phone and a wireless dongle, allowing the stand to be compactly packed and carried with the phone, featuring a USB port for connecting the dongle and supporting the stand for use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a conventional phone charging stand is designed to hold a phone, then the phone can be charged, but the charging stand becomes too thick to be conveniently carried with the phone

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of carryingVSAvoidthickness of charging stand

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The charging stand is divided into two main segments: a casing that holds the phone and a separately storable cover. The cover can be detached or folded away, allowing the main casing to be compact enough for portable use while still providing full charging functionality when the cover is attached.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The design allows the cover to be stored within or alongside the casing when not in use, creating a nested configuration. This nesting principle enables the charging stand to occupy minimal space during travel while maintaining its full functional form when needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a separate travel charger is carried to charge the phone during travel, then charging is enabled, but space is occupied and multiple chargers are inconvenient to manage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharging capability during travelVSAvoidspace occupied by multiple chargers

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The charging stand is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a desktop charging stand and a portable travel charger. The universal design integrates the charging cable storage, power delivery, and phone holding capabilities into a single compact unit that can be used in both stationary and mobile scenarios, eliminating the need for separate travel chargers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention merges the functions of a charging stand, cable organizer, and travel charger into a single integrated device. By combining these previously separate items into one unified structure, the design reduces the number of separate chargers users need to carry and manage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS8030892B2Phone charging stand

Publication Date: 2011.10.04 ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC

AI summary

A phone charging stand includes a casing and a cover. The casing has a socket on one surface to hold a phone, and a first universal serial bus (USB) connecting port on another surface of the casing is used to connect a wireless dongle having a USB interface. The cover is pivotally connected to one end of the casing. The cover can be rotated toward the socket to be attached to the casing to hold the phone. The cover can also be rotated toward the another surface of the casing to support the charging stand.