Speaker Flat Cable Fold Structure for Thin Chassis Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic apparatuses face challenges in accommodating installation errors between speakers using thin flat cables, which lack routing flexibility and require excessive bending, hindering miniaturization efforts.
Innovation Solution
A flat cable with ridge and valley fold lines is used to connect speakers, allowing for flexible routing and accommodating installation errors while maintaining a thin chassis design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If a thin flat cable (FFC) is used to connect speakers, then the chassis can be made thinner, but the cable lacks routing flexibility and cannot accommodate installation errors
Solution Approach 1:
The flat cable is segmented into multiple rigid sections connected by flexible joints, allowing the cable to maintain overall rigidity for thin chassis design while having localized flexibility to accommodate installation errors and routing requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The cable incorporates dynamic flexible sections that can bend and adapt to different installation configurations, transforming a static rigid cable into a dynamically adaptable connector that maintains thin profile while providing routing flexibility
2Adaptability or versatility
If excessive bending is formed in the cable to accommodate installation errors, then installation flexibility is improved, but the space capacity increases which goes against miniaturization
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the cable into rigid segments with small flexible joints, the accommodation of installation errors is achieved through multiple small bends rather than one large bend, significantly reducing the space required while maintaining installation flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The cable utilizes multi-dimensional routing capabilities through its segmented structure, allowing it to navigate installation errors in multiple directions and planes rather than requiring excessive bending in a single plane, thus reducing space requirements
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic apparatus includes a pair of speakers in a chassis. The pair of speakers are connected via a flat cable. The flat cable has a ridge fold line that is convex on one face and a valley fold line that is convex on the other face so that the ridge and valley fold lines extend in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the flat cable. The chassis has a flat shape, and the flat cable is placed along the flat surface and has a long extending portion partially overlaps a protrusion of a battery in a plan view.