Rotary Holder Alignment Mechanism for Tablet Docking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional docking devices for tablet computers often suffer from connector damage due to improper alignment during mating, leading to instability and potential detachment issues when coupling with display devices.
Innovation Solution
A mechanism device with a rotary holder featuring a hinge mechanism, guiding members, and fixing members, including a guiding post and bushing structure, ensures proper alignment and secure fixation of electronic devices within a clamping slot, preventing connector damage and allowing for the use of devices of varying sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a connector is used to mate with another connector of the tablet computer, then the docking device can couple the tablet computer to a display device, but the connector may be damaged due to improper alignment during the mating process
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding post and guiding hole structure performs alignment action before the connectors mate. The guiding post inserts into the guiding hole first to establish proper alignment, preventing misalignment damage during the mating process. This preliminary alignment action ensures the connectors are properly positioned before full engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding post acts as an intermediary element between the docking device and tablet computer. It facilitates proper alignment by inserting into the guiding hole, mediating the mating process to ensure correct positioning before the connectors fully engage, thereby preventing damage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional docking device is used, then it can connect tablet computers, but it lacks the capability to guide electronic devices with different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding post and clamping slot structure provides universal alignment capability for electronic devices of different sizes. The guiding post fits into a guiding hole that can accommodate various device dimensions, while the clamping slot with adjustable clamping members can secure different sized devices, making the docking device versatile across multiple device types.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping members can move between clamped and released states to adapt to different device sizes. The guiding post provides fixed alignment reference while the clamping mechanism dynamically adjusts to secure devices of varying dimensions, combining fixed precision with dynamic adaptability.
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 mechanism device ensures stable clamping and secure alignment of electronic devices, preventing connector damage and improper mating, while accommodating devices of different sizes through strategically designed clamping slots with openings on both sides.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one guiding member is a first magnetic member disposed on the first holding casing, and the first magnetic member is for abstracting a second magnetic member of the electronic device, so as to guide the electronic device into the clamping slot
Data Source
AI summary
A mechanism device includes a hinge mechanism, a holding base, a guiding member and a fixing member. The holding base is pivoted to the frame by the hinge mechanism and includes a main casing, a first holding casing and a second holding casing. The first holding casing and the second holding casing extend from two opposite sides of the main casing along a direction away from the hinge mechanism, such that the main casing, the first holding casing and the second holding casing cooperatively define a holding slot with openings formed on two sides thereof, so as to hold an electronic device. The guiding member is disposed within the holding slot and for guiding the electronic device into the holding slot. The fixing member is disposed within the holding slot and for fixing the electronic device inside the holding slot after the electronic device enters the holding slot.