Rotating Shaft Supporting Device for Portable Electronics

Solution Overview

Problem

Portable electronic devices with touch screens often require separate touch pens and supporting legs, increasing manufacturing costs and affecting the device's exterior appearance, as these components serve singular purposes and are not combined.

Innovation Solution

A supporting device with a main body, shaft, and rotating component that can slide along a sliding path and extend beyond the main body, allowing the shaft to function as both a touch pen and a supporting leg by rotating freely relative to the main body.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If separate touch pen and supporting leg are included in the portable electronic device, then both touch pen functionality and supporting leg functionality are achieved, but manufacturing cost increases and device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the touch pen and supporting leg into a single integrated component. The main body can be extended through the opening to function as a touch pen, and the same main body can be positioned at an angle to function as a supporting leg, merging two previously separate functions into one component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The main body is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a touch pen and a supporting leg. By extending the main body through the opening, it becomes a touch pen; by positioning it at an angle using the shaft and rotating component, it becomes a supporting leg, thus one component performs multiple functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If separate touch pen and supporting leg are included in the portable electronic device, then both touch pen functionality and supporting leg functionality are achieved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidmanufacturing cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the touch pen and supporting leg into a single integrated component. The main body can be extended through the opening to function as a touch pen, and the same main body can be positioned at an angle to function as a supporting leg, merging two previously separate functions into one component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The main body is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a touch pen and a supporting leg. By extending the main body through the opening, it becomes a touch pen; by positioning it at an angle using the shaft and rotating component, it becomes a supporting leg, thus one component performs multiple functions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8054613B2Supporting device and a portable electronic device

Publication Date: 2011.11.08 WISTRON NEWEB CORP

AI summary

A supporting device of the invention comprises a main body, a shaft, and a rotating component. The main body comprises a sliding path and an opening. The shaft and the rotating component can slide along the sliding path. The rotating component is connected to the shaft. The shaft and at least a part of the rotating component can then be extended beyond the main body through the opening. Through the aforementioned configuration, the shaft can rotate with respect to the main body when the shaft and at least a part of the rotating component are extended beyond the main body.