Game Device Protective Case with Rotatable Controller Housings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional protective cases for hybrid video game devices require the host machine to be repeatedly detached from the case to connect and detach controllers, making the process cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A protective case design with a first housing for the main body and rotatable second housings for the controllers, allowing easy detachment and reattachment of controllers without removing the main body from the case by rotating the second housings between engaged and disengaged positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the protective case has a fixed structure with the host machine confined between the back wall and peripheral wall, then the protective case provides stable protection for the host machine, but the controllers cannot be detached from the host machine without removing the entire device from the case
Solution Approach 1:
The protective case is divided into three independent segments: a first housing for the host machine, and two second housings for the controllers. The second housings are rotatably connected to the first housing, allowing them to be independently positioned. This segmentation enables the controllers to be detached or attached without removing the host machine from its housing, resolving the contradiction between protection stability and operation convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The second housings are designed to be rotatable relative to the first housing between a first position (where lateral walls prevent controller detachment) and a second position (where controllers can be detached). This dynamic structure allows the protective case to adapt between providing secure confinement and enabling easy controller detachment, solving the contradiction between fixed protection and operational flexibility.
2Ease of operation
If the entire game device is removed from the protective case to detach controllers, then the controllers can be connected or disconnected, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the protective case into independent housings for the host machine and controllers, the system allows controller detachment without moving the host machine. The second housings can be independently rotated to enable or prevent controller removal, significantly reducing the time and steps required for controller connection compared to removing the entire device.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable second housings provide a quick mechanism for enabling or disabling controller detachment. Users can simply rotate the second housing between positions to access or secure controllers, eliminating the time-consuming process of completely removing and reinserting the host machine from the protective case.
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AI summary
A protective case for a game device includes a first housing and two second housings. The first housing is configured for accommodating the main body of the game device, and the first housing has two opposite lateral sides along a lateral direction of the first housing. The two second housings are configured for accommodating the two handle controllers respectively, the two second housings are rotatably connected to the two lateral sides of the first housing respectively, and each second housing has a lateral wall on a side away from the first housing. Each second housing is rotatable relative to the first housing between a first position in which the lateral wall of the second housing is engaged with a side edge of a corresponding handle controller; and a second position in which the lateral wall of the second housing is disengaged with the side edge of the corresponding handle controller.