Multifunctional Audio Speaker With Bottle Cap Mount and Misting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional small speakers are limited in functionality and flexibility, making them inconvenient for use during activities like cycling or running, as they cannot be easily mounted or integrated with handheld devices to provide auxiliary audio and additional electronic features.
Innovation Solution
A wireless audio speaker with a housing that includes a threaded portion for attachment to a drinking bottle, a misting subsystem, and electronic components such as an LED, accelerometer, and a handlebar clamp for versatile mounting options, enabling additional functions like heart rate monitoring, pedometer, and phone alarm.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If small speakers are made compact and integrated, then portability and ease of carrying are improved, but functionality and mounting flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker housing is designed with a threaded portion that enables it to function as a bottle cap for drinking bottles. This universal design allows the compact speaker to be mounted on bottles, providing portability while maintaining mounting flexibility through a simple threading mechanism that works with standard bottles.
Solution Approach 2:
The speaker system is divided into separate functional modules: the compact speaker housing, detachable bottle cap attachment, and optional mounting brackets. This segmentation allows the core speaker to remain small while flexibility is added through detachable attachments that can be configured as needed.
2Reliability
If speakers are made large-scale and high-end, then audio quality is improved, but portability and ease of carrying deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional large-scale mechanical audio components with compact electronic alternatives. High-quality audio is achieved through optimized electronic circuitry and efficient transducers rather than large mechanical structures, enabling good audio quality in a lightweight, portable form factor.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional small speakers are designed for fixed positions, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but usability during activities deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The speaker transitions from a static, fixed-position design to a dynamic, adaptable system. The threaded bottle cap attachment and optional mounting brackets enable the speaker to be dynamically repositioned and mounted in various locations (on bottles, handlebars, or other surfaces), making it suitable for activities like cycling and running while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized attachment mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The speaker system provides a flexible and functional audio solution that can be used during various activities, offering enhanced usability and integration with electronic features like heart rate monitoring and phone alerts, while also allowing for misting functionality using a water bottle.
Implementation Method 1
The housing contains a misting subsystem including an atomizer enabling expulsion of water from the bottle out of the speaker housing as a mist
Data Source
AI summary
The housing for a wireless audio speaker includes an inner threaded portion that is complimentary to a drinking bottle threaded neck portion, enabling the housed speaker to be screwed onto a drinking bottle neck. The housing contains a misting subsystem including an atomizer enabling expulsion of water from the bottle out of the speaker housing as a mist. The system includes an electronic chip that performs additional electronic functions including a built-in light emitting diode (LED). The system includes an attachment subsystem including a handlebar-type clamp with an extension having a replica threaded bottle neck to which the speaker housing can be attached. When attached to a person, the housed audio speaker can perform the additional electronic functions of: heart rate sensor, pedometer, step counting and recording, calorie calculation, and distance calculation. A lost phone alarm can be generated if the smartphone is left more than a predetermined distance away.