Portable Device Corner Mounting Structure for Removable Strap Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mounting structures on portable electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are inconvenient for strap installation and maintenance, as they are fixed and often located at the back, leading to instability and difficulty in replacing straps.

Innovation Solution

The mounting structure is designed with through slots on the device body corners, allowing straps to be directly attached through these slots, eliminating the need for additional mounting structures and enabling easy installation and removal, with fasteners that can be detached for replacement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If mounting structures are fixed on the device body, then the structure is stable, but the convenience of maintenance and replacement of straps deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidstrap replacement convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure is divided into a removable mounting component and a device body, allowing the mounting component to be separated for strap replacement while maintaining structural stability when assembled

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting structure transitions from a completely fixed state to a dynamically removable state, enabling easy strap replacement while maintaining stability during normal use through the removable mounting component design

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If mounting structures are disposed on the back of the device body, then straps can be attached, but the device cannot be placed firmly deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestrap attachmentVSAvoiddevice placement stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure extends beyond the device back surface into a three-dimensional configuration with protruding portions, allowing straps to be attached while the corner positioning provides stable placement on surfaces

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Ease of operation

If additional mounting structures are added for strap installation, then strap attachment is enabled, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestrap installationVSAvoidassembly complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure is merged with the device body through integration of the mounting component into the corner regions, eliminating the need for separate additional mounting structures and reducing assembly complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250274542A1Mounting structure and portable electronic device

Publication Date: 2025.08.28 GETAC TECH CORP

AI summary

A mounting structure is configured to be disposed on a device body, and the mounting structure includes a structure body. The structure body has a first outer surface and a second outer surface. The first outer surface and the second outer surface are not coplanar. The structure body has a through slot. The through slot penetrates through the first outer surface and the second outer surface.