Retractable Massage Head Synchronous Drive Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing neck massagers with retractable massage heads cannot fully retract due to protruding guide pillars, limiting their versatility and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A massager design featuring a retractable massage head with a driving assembly, jacking support, jacking part, and reset spring, allowing the massage head to extend and retract synchronously, enabling complete retraction and improving usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the massage head is made retractable to improve versatility, then the massager can be used as a neck pillow, but the guide pillars cannot be retracted and protrude outside, affecting the usage experience
Solution Approach 1:
The guide pillar is divided into two parts: a fixed portion connected to the housing and a movable portion connected to the massage head. This segmentation allows the movable portion to retract with the massage head while the fixed portion remains stationary, resolving the contradiction between versatility and usage experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable guide pillar portion is nested within the housing structure, allowing it to be concealed when the massage head is retracted. This nesting approach enables the massage head to fully retract without protruding guide pillars, improving usage experience while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the massage head is extended to accommodate different neck sizes, then adaptability is improved, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The guide pillar transitions from a static structure to a dynamic one with movable portions that can extend and retract. This dynamic design allows the guide pillar to adapt to different massage head positions and neck sizes while using simple mechanical components like springs and sliding structures, minimizing added complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The length and position of the guide pillar are made variable through the movable portions. By changing the extended/retracted state of the movable guide pillar portions, the system adapts to different neck sizes and massage requirements without requiring a completely different structure for each scenario.
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
Enables the massage head to extend for different neck sizes and retract fully, enhancing user experience by maintaining versatility and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
there is a reset spring at the end of the said transmission shaft connected with the said driving assembly
Implementation Method 2
the said driving assembly comprises a motor, a helical gear, a transmission gear, and an output gear
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a massager with a retractable massage head, comprising a housing, in which there is a driving assembly. On top of the housing, there is the massage head connected with the driving assembly in a transmission way; between the housing and the massage head, there are jacking support, jacking part, and jacking bracket. The jacking bracket is connected with the top of the housing in a fixed way, the bottom of the massage head is connected with a transmission shaft in a fixed way, the end of the transmission shaft away from the massage head passes through the jacking support, the supporting part, the supporting bracket, and the top of the housing and is connected with the driving assembly, and there is a reset spring at the end of the transmission shaft connected with the driving assembly. Based on the aforesaid design, it is possible to extend the massage head by providing the jacking part, so as to meet the usage requirements of different people. Furthermore, by providing the sliding transmission shaft and the reset spring, the transmission shaft will be extended and retracted synchronously when the massage head is extended and retracted, so as to achieve the complete retraction of the massage head as a whole without affecting the other ways to use the massager, and improve the usage experience of the user.