Screen Protector Installation Tray With Alignment Protrusions
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of installing screen protectors on portable electronic devices is cumbersome and often results in misalignment, leaving behind residue or exposing areas of the screen to damage.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a screen protector unit with a release film, protection film, and a tray with alignment protrusions and mating holes ensures proper alignment and secure attachment of the screen protector to the electronic device, reducing manual alignment errors and residue issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual installation of screen protector is used, then ease of operation is reduced, but manufacturing precision is improved
Solution Approach 1:
The tray is pre-configured with alignment protrusions and the screen protector unit with mating holes before installation. This preliminary preparation ensures that when the user performs the installation, the alignment is already facilitated by the pre-designed mechanical features, eliminating the need for manual alignment adjustments and preventing misapplication errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The tray serves as an intermediary device between the user and the screen protector installation process. It provides a controlled environment with side walls and alignment features that guide the screen protector into proper position, mediating the installation process to ensure precision while maintaining ease of use.
2Loss of time
If manual alignment is attempted, then time is saved, but reliability deteriorates due to residue and misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment protrusions and mating holes are designed to automatically self-align the screen protector unit with the tray and ultimately with the electronic device screen. This self-aligning mechanism eliminates the need for user intervention in the alignment process, ensuring consistent reliability while maintaining quick installation time.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical alignment features are pre-configured in both the tray and screen protector unit, so that when the user places the screen protector in the tray, the alignment is automatically achieved through the predetermined protrusion-hole engagement, preventing misalignment and residue issues without requiring additional user actions.
3Ease of manufacture
If screen protector is made from plastic, then ease of manufacture is improved, but strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The screen protector unit is constructed as a composite structure with a plastic substrate layer and a tempered glass layer. This composite construction combines the manufacturing ease and flexibility of plastic with the superior strength, hardness, and impact resistance of tempered glass, achieving both ease of manufacture and high strength properties.
Data Source
AI summary
A device for installing a screen protector to an electronic device that includes a screen protector unit having a release film, a screen protector, and a protection film wherein the release film has a release tab, the protection film has at least one protection tab where the protection tab includes a hole formed therein; a tray having a panel, at least one alignment protrusion that fits the hole, a guide hole to allow external pressure to be applied onto the screen protector unit when the screen protector unit and the electronic device are received in the tray; and an adhesive strip, via the guide hole, further secures the screen protector unit to the tray. Also included is a method to using the device to install the screen protector to the screen of the electronic device.