Sensor Valve Installation for Hollow Bodies Without Sensor Damage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional valves installed in hollow bodies, such as sports balls, often damage integrated sensor arrangements during installation and require frequent replacement due to battery drainage, lacking a mechanism for safe installation and enhancing reusability.
Innovation Solution
A two-part apparatus comprising a first and second member is used to install a valve in a hollow body by expanding a hole in the body's surface, allowing the valve to be inserted without damaging the sensor arrangement, which is integrated on the valve's inner surface, and a rechargeable battery system ensures prolonged functionality without frequent replacements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a valve is installed in a hollow body using conventional methods, then the valve can be installed, but the sensor arrangement integrated on the valve's inner surface is damaged during installation
Solution Approach 1:
A deployment apparatus acts as an intermediary tool between the installer and the valve. This apparatus includes a deployment tube that guides the valve during insertion and a retention member that holds the valve in place during installation, preventing damage to the sensor arrangement while enabling straightforward installation through a hole in the hollow body
2Measurement precision
If a valve with integrated sensor arrangement is installed in a hollow body, then data sensing capability is provided, but the valve requires frequent replacement due to battery drainage
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment apparatus is designed to be discarded after a single use, while the valve with its sensor arrangement and battery is recovered and retained in the hollow body for prolonged use. The retention member ensures the valve remains securely in place, enabling the sensor arrangement to continue functioning without frequent replacement
3Ease of operation
If the valve is inserted directly into the hollow body, then installation is simple, but the sensor arrangement on the valve is caused harm
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment tube serves as a protective intermediary channel through which the valve is inserted into the hollow body. This tube prevents direct contact between the valve's sensor arrangement and potentially harmful elements during installation, maintaining both installation simplicity and sensor protection
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an apparatus for installing a valve in a hollow body. The apparatus has a first member and a second member, wherein a part of lengths of the first and second members are complementary to each other to accommodate the first member circumferentially over the second member at the complementary part. The second member is configured to be inserted in a hole on an outer surface of the hollow body; advanced inside the hollow body while retaining the first member against the hole; and withdrawn from the hollow body while retaining the first member against the hole. The apparatus is configured to install the valve into the hollow body while the first member is retained against the hole, and wherein the first member is withdrawn upon the installation of the valve into the hollow body.