Wireless Remote Mount With Converging Rails and Full-Width Buttons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless remote controls have small buttons, making them difficult to use, and their mounting systems require a significant installation dimension due to parallel mounting rails, limiting installation options near adjacent devices.
Innovation Solution
The wireless remote control features enlarged buttons with a button body and sidewalls that include retaining fingers for secure engagement with the PCB, and a mounting system with converging cavity and mount sidewalls that reduce the insertion height and provide flexible installation options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If traditional parallel mounting rails are used, then the mounting structure is simple, but the installation dimension becomes large, limiting installation options near adjacent devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from parallel mounting rails to converging cavity sidewalls that angle inward, utilizing angular geometry instead of linear parallel structures. This dimensional change in the mounting interface allows the controller to be installed closer to adjacent devices while maintaining structural integrity and secure attachment.
2Ease of operation
If button size is increased for better usability, then ease of operation improves, but the overall controller size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the button body with the housing structure, where the button sidewalls are substantially the same width as the housing sidewalls. This integration allows the button to span the full width of the controller, maximizing the button surface area for improved usability without requiring additional space beyond the housing dimensions.
Data Source
AI summary
A wireless remote controller includes a housing including front and rear enclosures defining a PCB cavity, a PCB disposed within the PCB cavity, a switch, communication circuitry to generate wireless signals, and a button to actuate the switch. The button includes a button body having a button portion and first and second button sidewalls having a retaining finger to engage the support board. The button width is substantially the same as the housing width. The wireless remote controller may include a mounting cavity formed in a rear surface of the housing which includes first and second converging cavity sidewall extending from a base. A mounting plate removably secures the wireless remote controller to a wall and includes first and second converging mount sidewalls each including a rail. The cavity sidewalls and the mount sidewalls include a first and second rail and a first and second channel.