Segmented Bracket Cooling for Driving Device Thermal Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing driving devices and head assemblies for chemical liquid dispensing face challenges in preventing deformation due to heat generation, which affects the accuracy of chemical liquid dispensing.

Innovation Solution

The driving device and head assembly incorporate a bracket divided into separate sections with cooling members to manage heat generation, including a first cooling member for one bracket section, a second cooling member for another section, and a third cooling member for the power source, with a controller to manage cooling operations based on the device's state.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the driving device operates continuously to maintain chemical liquid dispensing functionality, then productivity is improved, but heat generation causes deformation of the bracket and slider, reducing manufacturing precision

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvechemical liquid dispensing continuityVSAvoiddispensing accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket is divided into a first bracket and a second bracket separated by a first gap, allowing independent thermal management of each section. The driving device is segmented into multiple cooling zones with dedicated cooling members for the first bracket, second bracket, and power source, enabling localized heat dissipation and preventing overall thermal deformation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different cooling strategies are applied to different parts of the device based on their specific thermal requirements. The first cooling member cools the first bracket, the second cooling member cools the second bracket, and the third cooling member cools the power source, with each cooling member tailored to the local heat generation characteristics of its target component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If cooling members are added to prevent heat-induced deformation, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebracket dimensional stabilityVSAvoidcooling system structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cooling system is segmented into three independent cooling members, each responsible for a specific component. This modular approach simplifies the overall design by avoiding a single complex cooling system and allows each cooling member to be optimized independently for its specific function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each cooling member is specifically designed for its local function: the first cooling member for the first bracket, the second cooling member for the second bracket, and the third cooling member for the power source. This localized approach reduces unnecessary cooling components and simplifies the overall system structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Temperature

If the first gap is made larger to facilitate heat dissipation, then cooling efficiency is improved, but structural strength of the bracket decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveheat dissipation rateVSAvoidbracket structural integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket is segmented into two separate brackets by the first gap, creating distinct thermal zones that can be cooled independently. This segmentation allows heat to be dissipated from each bracket section without requiring a excessively large gap, as the cooling members actively remove heat from both sections.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cooling efficiency is enhanced not by changing the gap size parameter, but by introducing active cooling members that change the thermal management parameter. The first and second cooling members actively remove heat from the first and second brackets respectively, allowing the first gap to maintain an optimal size that balances heat dissipation with structural strength.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

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

This configuration effectively prevents deformation by efficiently dissipating heat, ensuring accurate dispensing of chemical liquids by maintaining the structural integrity and precision of the dispensing mechanism.

Implementation Method 1

a first cooling member configured to cool the first bracket and a second cooling member configured to cool the second bracket

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 2

a third cooling member configured to cool the power source

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectConvection: Convection

Data Source

PatentUS20250073853A1Driving device

Publication Date: 2025.03.06 SYSTEM ENGINEERING MEGA SOLUTION CO LTD

AI summary

The present disclosure provides a driving device including a driving member including a power source, a slider configured to linearly move according to power supply form the power source, a guide member coupled to the slider and configured to provide a movement path to the slider, and a bracket coupled to the slider, wherein the bracket is divided into a first bracket and a second bracket separated from each other by a first gap, and includes a first cooling member configured to cool the first bracket and a second cooling member configured to cool the second bracket, and the driving member includes a third cooling member configured to cool the power source.