Power-driven table stand with combining mechanotronics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional power-driven lifting tables face issues with exposed and twisted connection wires, complex and labor-intensive assembly processes, and increased weight and volume due to metal components, leading to safety concerns and transportation inconveniences.
Innovation Solution
A power-driven table stand with a novel wiring design where power and signal wires are stored and hidden within a horizontal bar structure and supporters, using plastic insulation materials to reduce weight and simplify assembly, and adjustable vertical post structures to enhance usability and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If metal components are used to maintain stability, then stability is improved, but weight and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite materials by integrating plastic insulation materials with metal structural components. The horizontal bar structure and supporters use plastic materials for non-critical sections to reduce weight, while metal components are strategically positioned only where structural stability is essential, creating a hybrid composite structure that optimizes both weight and stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating material usage across different parts of the structure. Critical load-bearing areas use metal components for stability, while non-critical areas use plastic insulation materials for weight reduction. This localized material selection allows the structure to achieve necessary stability without excessive weight throughout the entire assembly.
2Reliability
If connection wires are exposed for electrical connection, then electrical connectivity is improved, but safety and appearance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements the nesting principle by placing connection wires inside the hollow interior of the horizontal bar structure and supporters. The wires are nested within the plastic insulation material, which itself is nested within the metal structural framework. This multi-layer nesting protects electrical connectivity while eliminating exposed wires, thereby improving safety and appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The plastic insulation material serves as an intermediary between the metal structural components and the electrical connection wires. It provides a protective medium that allows wires to be concealed within the structure while maintaining electrical connectivity, thus mediating between the requirements for safety/appearance and electrical functionality.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple screws are used for locking and assembling, then assembly stability is improved, but assembly complexity and labor cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple screws into integrated locking structures formed by the plastic insulation material itself. The plastic components are designed with built-in locking features such as snap-fits, interlocking geometries, and integrated fastening elements that combine the functions of multiple separate screws into a single unified assembly mechanism, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical screw-fastening systems with plastic-based locking mechanisms. The plastic insulation material is designed to provide structural locking and assembling functions through its inherent material properties and geometric design, substituting the need for multiple metal screws and simplifying the assembly process while maintaining assembly stability.
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 solution provides a safer, more aesthetically pleasing, and easier-to-assemble power-driven table stand with reduced weight, improved insulating effects, and simplified assembly, while maintaining electrical connectivity and user-adjustable features.
Implementation Method 1
a top shell cover and a bottom shell cover of a middle bar segment and a top shell cover and a bottom shell cover of each side bar segments are made of a plastic insulation material, so that the weight can be greatly reduced, and an excellent insulating effect is provided
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AI summary
A power-driven table stand with combining mechanotronics includes: a horizontal bar structure (10); a pair of supporters (20), connected at two sides of the horizontal bar structure (10); a pair of vertical post structures (30), connected to each of the supporters (20) and having a motor (31); and an electrical device (40), having a controller (41) and a guide wiring (45), wherein the controller (40) is disposed on the horizontal bar structure (10), the guide wiring (45) is stored and hidden in the horizontal bar structure (10) and each of the supporters (20), and electrically connected to the controller (41) and the motor (31). Accordingly, power wires and signal wires can be effectively and properly stored and hidden.