Rear Plate Adhesive Assembly for Stable Yet Repairable Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in integrating multiple functionalities into a compact portable electronic device while ensuring structural integrity and ease of use, particularly in handling the device's components and maintaining a secure connection between the housing and rear plate.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device incorporates a housing with a support structure featuring holes and spaces, a socket to close these holes, adhesive members with distinct coupling structures, and a handle that folds into a space, enhancing the connection and handling of the rear plate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functionalities are packed into a portable electronic device, then the device provides diverse functions (communication, entertainment, security), but the device size and structural complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive member is divided into multiple sections (first adhesive section, second adhesive section, third adhesive section) with different properties. Each section is positioned at specific locations (first gap, second gap, third gap) to provide targeted bonding strength and flexibility where needed, allowing the device to accommodate multiple components without requiring a completely different adhesive solution for each
Solution Approach 2:
Different sections of the adhesive member have different characteristics - the first adhesive section has first adhesive properties, the second has second adhesive properties, and the third has third adhesive properties. This local differentiation allows each gap to be filled with appropriate adhesive characteristics based on the specific bonding requirements of that location, enabling secure attachment of diverse components
2Stability of the object's composition
If the rear plate is securely connected to the housing, then structural stability is improved, but the device becomes harder to disassemble and repair
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive member incorporates a flexible section that can deform and a release section that allows for controlled separation. This dynamic characteristic enables the adhesive to maintain strong bonding under normal conditions while permitting disassembly when needed, balancing structural stability with repairability
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive member acts as an intermediary between the housing and rear plate, providing a bonding interface that can be designed with specific release characteristics. This intermediary layer allows the connection to be strong during use but controllable during disassembly, facilitating repair without damaging the structural components
3Strength
If adhesive members are placed in multiple gaps, then bonding strength is improved, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple adhesive sections with different properties are combined into a single integrated adhesive member. This unified structure is positioned between the housing and rear plate, simplifying the manufacturing process by reducing the number of separate adhesive components that need to be handled and positioned, while still providing differentiated bonding characteristics in different gaps
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration provides a robust and user-friendly mechanism for securing the rear plate to the housing, ensuring structural stability and ease of handling, while accommodating the device's diverse functionalities in a compact form.
Implementation Method 1
an adhesive member coupled to the rear plate and the support structure
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AI summary
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may be provided. The electronic device may comprise a housing including a support structure, and a rear plate, disposed to face at least a portion of the support structure with a first gap interposed therebetween, the support structure including a first hole and a second hole formed around the first hole and connected to a first space within the housing, a socket configured to be disposed to close the first hole and the second hole and at least partially accommodated in the housing, an adhesive member coupled to the rear plate and the support structure, and including a first adhesive member and a second adhesive member disposed in different sections of the first gap, and a handle coupled to the first adhesive member and accommodated in the first space in a folded state where the handle is folded at least once.