Pluggable Wireless Module for Smart Platform Data Exchange

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless modules integrated into electronic devices are not easily interchangeable, making data exchange and setting updates time-consuming and laborious between different devices.

Innovation Solution

A pluggable wireless module with a housing, interface, circuit board, communication module, and storage module that allows wireless communication with external devices, enabling easy data transfer and setting changes between smart platform products.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wireless modules are integrated into electronic devices, then device functionality is improved, but data exchange between different devices becomes difficult and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice functionalityVSAvoiddata exchange between devices
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless module is separated from the electronic device into an independent, removable component. The module can be physically detached and transferred between different devices, enabling easy data exchange without requiring wireless communication protocols or complex data transfer procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless module is extracted from the integrated device structure and placed in a separate, standalone housing. This extraction allows the module to be independently handled, removed, and inserted into different devices, fundamentally changing the data exchange paradigm from electronic transfer to physical transfer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Stability of the object's composition

If wireless modules are fixedly integrated into device housing, then structural stability is improved, but setting updates and device configuration become laborious

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidtime for setting updates
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless module is segmented from the device housing into a separate, removable unit. This segmentation allows the module to be easily removed for updating or reconfiguration and reinserted without affecting the structural integrity of the main device housing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless module transitions from a fixed, static integration to a dynamic, removable configuration. The module can be inserted and removed as needed, providing flexibility for updates and reconfiguration while maintaining structural stability when installed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If wireless modules are made interchangeable between devices, then ease of data exchange is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata exchange between devicesVSAvoidmodule structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The wireless module integrates multiple functions (wireless communication, data storage, device identification) into a single compact unit. This merging of functions into one interchangeable module simplifies the overall system architecture compared to having separate components for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The wireless module is designed with universal compatibility to work with multiple different device types. A single module design can be inserted into various devices, providing wireless connectivity and data exchange capabilities across different product lines without requiring device-specific modules.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4344071A1Pluggable wireless module, system comprising the module and method for manufacturing the module
Publication Date: 2024.03.27 TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a pluggable wireless module, a system comprising the module and a method for manufacturing the module. The pluggable wireless module comprises: a housing configured to be connected to a smart platform product in a pluggable manner; an interface located on the housing and configured to be connected to the smart platform product to transmit data when the housing is connected to the smart platform product; a circuit board received in the housing; a communication module located on the circuit board; and a storage module located on the circuit board for receiving and storing data from the smart platform product, wherein when the pluggable wireless module is connected to the smart platform product, the communication module is capable of wirelessly communicating with an external smart device, such that a user can use the smart device to control the pluggable wireless module to transmit data between the pluggable wireless module and the smart platform product or to set the smart platform product.