Curtain Drive Stroke Head Power Switch Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional curtain drive apparatuses face issues with power depletion during storage, leading to potential operational failures and safety hazards during transportation due to active power consumption.

Innovation Solution

A stroke head with a power switch integrated into the circuit board, allowing for easy on/off control, preventing power depletion and enhancing safety by enabling the apparatus to be switched off during storage and switched on only when needed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the power pack and control unit are kept in an active state for ready use, then the drive apparatus can be immediately operated when needed, but electricity is continuously consumed during storage and transportation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereadiness for operationVSAvoidelectricity consumption during storage
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The power switch enables the drive apparatus to dynamically transition between active and inactive states. During storage and transportation, the switch is turned off to stop energy consumption, while during operation it is turned on to enable immediate functionality, thus resolving the contradiction between readiness and energy conservation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the power pack is kept active during storage, then the drive apparatus is ready for immediate use, but safety hazards arise during transportation due to potential explosion risks

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereadiness for operationVSAvoidexplosion risk during transportation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The power switch allows dynamic control of the power pack's active state. During transportation, the switch is turned off to eliminate explosion risks, while during operation it is turned on to ensure readiness, thus resolving the contradiction between operational readiness and safety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

By providing a power switch that can be turned off before transportation, the system takes preliminary action to prevent potential explosion hazards before they can occur, while maintaining the capability for immediate operation when the switch is turned on at the destination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

3Ease of operation

If the drive apparatus is stored with active power supply, then it can be immediately used after installation, but the electricity quantity may be exhausted leading to operational failure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimmediate operation after installationVSAvoidoperational reliability after storage
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The power switch enables the system to be in an active state only when needed for operation, rather than continuously during storage. This resolves the contradiction by allowing immediate operation when the switch is turned on after installation, while preventing power exhaustion during storage periods

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11293221B2Stroke head of a drive apparatus for driving curtain lifting
Publication Date: 2022.04.05 NINGBO LIYANG NEW MATERIAL CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a stroke head of a drive apparatus for driving curtain lifting, comprising a body, and the body is internally provided with a circuit board where a power switch is disposed, and the power switch is exposed outside the body. The power switch disposed on the stroke head brings the effects of facilitating switching on/off a power supply for people and saving electricity. When the stroke head after manufactured is assembled with a tubular drive unit and then warehoused, the power switch can be switched off to prevent power depletion, thereby ensuring sufficient electricity quantity left in the power supply after the power supply is assembled and switched on to debug the drive apparatus, and maintaining normal operation of the drive apparatus. In addition, a closed power supply is beneficial to lowering its explosion risk in transportation and improving safety.