Quick-Release Electronic Holder With Spring-Centered Gripping Plates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for holding electronic devices, such as smartphones, often fail to accommodate a variety of sizes and provide a quick and secure release mechanism, leading to instability and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A system with two pivot points for hand levers allows for greater linear movement of gripping plates, converting rotational motion into horizontal movement, and using spring-loaded clamps with constant force springs to securely hold devices, while release levers enable easy detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If spring-loaded clamps are used to securely hold devices, then holding force and stability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spring-loaded clamps are designed to automatically engage and secure the electronic device when placed in the holder, eliminating the need for manual adjustment or complex locking mechanisms. The springs provide continuous holding force without requiring additional actuators or control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding mechanism is divided into separate spring-loaded clamp components that can independently adjust to the device, rather than using a single complex rigid clamp system. This segmentation allows each spring to provide focused holding force on specific contact points.
2Ease of operation
If release levers are added to enable quick release, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring the user to actively engage locks or buttons to release the device, the design uses spring-loaded clamps that naturally want to close. The release lever simply overcomes this spring force temporarily to open the clamps, inverting the typical lock-and-key approach where engagement is easy and release requires effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The release lever acts as an intermediary that temporarily overrides the spring force to open the clamps. It provides a mechanical advantage to overcome the spring loading without requiring the user to directly manipulate the springs themselves, simplifying the release action.
3Length of moving object
If two pivot points are used for hand levers, then linear movement of gripping plates is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The two pivot points create a four-bar linkage mechanism that converts rotational motion of the hand levers into linear movement of the gripping plates. By adding the dimensional complexity of a multi-linkage system, the patent achieves enhanced linear travel distance that would not be possible with a single pivot point.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively accommodates different device sizes with enhanced stability and strength, maintaining device centering without additional features, and allows for easy release and reattachment, addressing the need for a versatile and secure electronic device holder.
Implementation Method 1
using spring-loaded clamps with constant force springs to securely hold devices
Implementation Method 2
release levers enable easy detachment
Data Source
AI summary
A system for holding an electronic device includes a body portion, the body portion having a surface. The system further includes a first gripping plate and a second gripping plate, each of the first and second holding pieces including a holding surface approximately perpendicular to the surface. The system further includes a first and second arm interconnected with the first and second gripping plate such that the first and second arm are rotationally movable and the first and second gripping plate are linearly moveable, the first and second gripping plate spring driven to move together, the first and second gripping plate configured to move apart when the first and second arm are moved together, the first and second gripping plate being complementarily shaped to hold the electronic device.