Sliding Rotating Mobile Device Support for Stable Eye-Level Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile device supports are inconvenient for adjusting the device to eye level, difficult to maintain for long use, and have poor portability due to weight and cantilever structures.
Innovation Solution
A support system with a fixing portion, an extending portion that slides and rotates, and an end support portion, allowing for adjustable height and position, easy carrying, and stable support through a slidable structure and magnetic or adhesive attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If a bellows-connected support with a long bending allowable member is used to support the mobile device, then the mobile device can be supported at a distance from the fixture, but the support rotates based on a fixed end while falling due to a cantilever structure and falls below an expected position due to the weight of the mobile device
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure transitions from a static cantilever to a dynamic system with a rotatable joint at the fixing portion. This allows the support to adapt its angle and maintain stability by rotating around the fixed end rather than rigidly holding position, resolving the contradiction between extended reach and position stability.
2Length of moving object
If the support is designed with a cantilever structure to extend from the fixture, then the mobile device can be positioned at a distance, but the support is further twisted in an opposite direction to the rotation direction than the expected position
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable joint introduces dynamic adjustability to the support system. Users can easily rotate the support to the desired angle without dealing with twisting forces, making position adjustment intuitive and straightforward while maintaining extended reach capability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a fixture-supported support is used to support the mobile device, then the support is stable on the fixture, but a thick book or the like needs to be filed below the mobile device in order to adjust a height of the mobile device
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable joint enables dynamic height and angle adjustment by simply rotating the support to different positions. This eliminates the need for static height adjustment mechanisms like stacking books, providing both stability and ease of operation.
4Ease of operation
If a hand-supported support is used to support the mobile device, then the mobile device can be adjusted to eye level easily, but it is difficult to use the mobile device for a long time due to the limitation of the power of the hand or arm
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into a fixed portion attached to the fixture and an extendable rotatable portion. This allows the stable fixed portion to bear the weight while the rotatable portion provides easy adjustment capability, combining the benefits of both hand-supported and fixture-supported designs.
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
Enables easy adjustment and maintenance of the mobile device's position, improved portability, and stable support, minimizing thickness and facilitating wireless charging.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet provided on any one of the other surface of the fixing member and the mounted portion; and a magnet response member which is provided on the other one of the other surface of the fixing member and the mounted portion
Implementation Method 2
a double-sided tape attaching the other surface of the fixing member to the mounted portion
Data Source
AI summary
A support for a mobile device which is provided on a mounted portion of a mobile device or a case of the mobile device to support the mobile device, includes: a fixing portion provided on the mounted portion; an extending portion extended while being drawn in or out in a longitudinal direction; a rotating portion provided between the fixing portion and the extending portion to relatively rotate the fixing portion; and an end support portion rotatably provided at an end of the extending portion.