Sliding Cover Structure for Electronic Component Storage Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic component storage containers face issues with the cover being unstable and difficult to mount, leading to potential detachment during transportation and difficulty in smooth opening or closing due to non-uniform engagement.
Innovation Solution
The design includes a main body with recesses and a cover that slides in the longitudinal direction, featuring a guide section and fitting section for stable engagement, allowing the cover to be easily mounted and smoothly slid, with a warping fitting section for secure attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the cover is pressure-contacted to and held by the main body to ensure stable mounting, then the engagement stability is improved, but the cover cannot be smoothly opened or closed
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement mechanism is divided into two functional sections: a guide section that enables smooth sliding movement and a fitting section that provides stable engagement. This segmentation allows the cover to simultaneously achieve ease of operation during sliding and stability during engagement, resolving the contradiction between smooth opening/closing and engagement stability.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the cover are given different local qualities: the guide section has a shape that facilitates smooth sliding along the main body, while the fitting section has a shape that provides stable engagement when pressed. This local differentiation allows each region to perform its specific function optimally, enabling both smooth operation and stable engagement.
2Reliability
If the engagement between cover and main body is made strong to prevent cover detachment, then the reliability is improved, but the cover cannot be smoothly opened or closed
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement mechanism is segmented into a guide section for smooth sliding and a fitting section for strong engagement. The fitting section includes a pressing portion that can be pressed against the main body to create strong engagement, while the guide section maintains smooth movement capability. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by providing different engagement characteristics in different sections.
Solution Approach 2:
The fitting section is designed with a pressing portion that can dynamically adjust the engagement strength. When the cover is slid into position, the pressing portion engages with the main body to provide strong retention. When opening is required, the sliding action allows the pressing portion to disengage, enabling smooth removal. This dynamic behavior resolves the contradiction between strong engagement and smooth operation.
3Ease of operation
If the cover is made easily mountable on the main body, then the ease of operation is improved, but the engagement stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The cover's engagement structure is segmented into a guide section that facilitates easy mounting through smooth sliding, and a fitting section that ensures engagement stability through the pressing portion. The guide section allows the cover to be easily mounted by guiding the sliding movement, while the fitting section provides stable engagement once positioned, resolving the contradiction between mounting ease and engagement stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover is designed with different local qualities: the guide section has a shape that enables easy mounting by guiding the sliding motion, while the fitting section has a pressing portion that provides stable engagement. This local differentiation allows the cover to be both easily mounted and stably engaged, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and engagement stability.
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
The solution provides a stable and smoothly slidable cover that is easily mountable, reducing defects from external loads and ensuring smooth operation, facilitating automatic extraction of components.
Implementation Method 1
The fitting section is configured to warp in the width direction when the strip section of the main body is pressed to the cover in the height direction
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AI summary
The electronic component storage container of the present invention includes: a main body including multiple recesses to store electronic components, the multiple recesses being positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and respectively including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body; a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body; and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body and engaged with the main body, slidably in the longitudinal direction; wherein the cover includes: a guide section to guide sliding movement relative to the main body; and a fitting section engageable with the main body in the height direction; and the main body includes a strip section engageable with the guide section to allow the main body to be held by the cover in the height direction.