Plastic Motor Shell with Reinforcing Ribs for Handheld Stabilizer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional handheld stabilizer motors made of metal materials face issues such as long production cycles, high costs, large weight, poor designability, and difficulty in threading, leading to high prices and short service life.

Innovation Solution

A plastic motor design featuring a cylindrical motor shell with reinforcing ribs, magnetic ring limiting members, a hollow metal motor shaft with a locking end, and a limiting structure to prevent excessive rotation, utilizing polyaryl amides for high strength and stability, and injection molding for cost-effective production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If metal material is used for motor housing and shaft, then strength and stability are improved, but weight increases, production cycle lengthens, and cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotor strengthVSAvoidmotor weight
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a composite structure combining plastic material for the motor housing and metal material for the motor shaft. This allows the housing to be lightweight and easy to manufacture while the shaft maintains the necessary strength and stability for mechanical operation, thus resolving the contradiction between overall weight reduction and localized strength requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If metal material is used for motor housing and shaft, then stability is improved, but production cycle lengthens and manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotor stabilityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The motor is divided into separate components: a plastic housing that can be rapidly manufactured using injection molding, and a metal shaft that requires precision machining. This segmentation allows different manufacturing processes to be applied optimally to each component, with the plastic housing enabling faster production cycles while the metal shaft ensures operational stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the material parameter of the housing from metal to plastic, which fundamentally alters the manufacturing process from machining-intensive to molding-intensive. This parameter change enables shorter production cycles through rapid molding while maintaining product stability through careful design of the plastic components and their assembly with metal parts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If plastic material is used for motor housing, then production cost decreases and production cycle shortens, but strength and stability may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing easeVSAvoidmotor strength
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite construction where the plastic housing provides ease of manufacture and cost-effectiveness, while the metal shaft and internal metal components provide the necessary strength and mechanical stability. This composite approach allows each material to be used where it is most advantageous.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the motor have different material qualities: the housing is made of plastic for ease of manufacture, while the shaft and bearing areas use metal for local strength requirements. This local differentiation of material quality ensures strength is provided only where mechanically necessary while maintaining overall manufacturing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Ease of manufacture

If plastic motor housing with separate bearing chamber is used, then manufacturing cost decreases, but assembly complexity increases and shaft stability during mounting deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing costVSAvoidassembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the bearing chamber with the motor housing into a single integrated plastic component. This eliminates the need for separate bearing chamber manufacturing and assembly, reducing both manufacturing steps and assembly complexity while maintaining the cost advantages of plastic manufacturing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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

The plastic motor design improves production efficiency, reduces costs, enhances stability and service life, and allows for better appearance designability, while maintaining high strength and chemical resistance, facilitating easier threading and assembly.

Implementation Method 1

magnetic ring limiting members provided on an inner side of the annular wall, wherein one end of each of the magnetic ring limiting members is fixed to an end of the reinforcing rib and the other end thereof is abutted against the magnetic ring

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMagnetic force: Magnetism

Implementation Method 2

the motor shell is of a cylindrical shape with one end open and comprises an annular wall and a bottom plate... a lead trough is provided in an outer side of the bottom plate, and the lead trough is communicated with the interior of the hollow metal motor shaft

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInjection molding:

Implementation Method 3

a hollow metal motor shaft with a locking end wherein one end fixedly connected to the motor shell and the locking end of the hollow metal motor shaft passes through the upper bearing, the iron core carrier and the lower bearing

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTorque transmission: Torque

Implementation Method 4

an upper bearing and a lower bearing, wherein the upper bearing and the lower bearing are fixed on the iron core carrier

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction reduction: Friction

Data Source

PatentEP3425775B1Plastic motor for handheld stabilizer
Publication Date: 2023.04.26 GUILIN ZHISHEN INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a plastic motor for a handheld stabilizer, comprising an upper bearing, a lower bearing, motor iron cores, an iron core carrier, a hollow metal motor shaft, a locking structure, a motor shell and a motor end cover, wherein at least one of the iron core carrier, the motor shell and the motor end cover is made of plastic material, the hollow metal motor shaft passes through the center of the upper bearing, the iron core carrier and the lower bearing in sequence, and a locking structure is provided at the other end of the hollow metal motor shaft. By the plastic motor for a handheld stabilizer disclosed in the present invention, problems in the prior art such as high cost of motors for handheld stabilizers, low production efficiency, difficulty in threading, tending to deform after loading and short service life are solved.