Swingable Gemstone Ornament with Protective Shell
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal ornaments with swingable gemstones are prone to deformation and entanglement due to exposed base-side and frame-side engaging ring portions, leading to instability and design limitations.
Innovation Solution
A personal ornament design featuring a protective member that covers the frame-side engaging ring portions and coupling parts of the base-side engaging ring portions, preventing external forces and entanglement, while maintaining the gemstone's swingability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the base-side and frame-side engaging ring portions are exposed to allow the gemstone to swing freely, then the swingability and brilliance of the gemstone are enhanced, but the engaging ring portions become prone to deformation and entanglement due to external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies a protective member that functions as a flexible shell covering the engaging ring portions. This protective member allows the gemstone to swing freely while protecting the engaging ring portions from external forces that could cause deformation or entanglement, thus resolving the contradiction between swingability and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The protective member acts as an intermediary between the engaging ring portions and the external environment. It mediates the interaction by allowing necessary movement for gemstone swingability while blocking harmful external forces, thus maintaining both swingability and reliability
2Ease of manufacture
If the engaging ring portions are exposed for functional access, then the structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but the design flexibility is limited due to visibility of functional components
Solution Approach 1:
The protective member serves as an intermediary that conceals the engaging ring portions from external view while maintaining their functional accessibility. This allows the design to achieve aesthetic flexibility by hiding functional components, while the simple structure of the protective member itself maintains ease of manufacture
3Reliability
If the engaging ring portions are covered to prevent deformation, then the reliability is improved, but the swingability and brilliance of the gemstone may be restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The protective member is designed as a flexible shell that selectively covers only the engaging ring portions while leaving the gemstone and its swinging path exposed. This flexible design allows the gemstone to swing freely and maintain brilliance while the protective member prevents deformation of the engaging ring portions by blocking external forces
Data Source
AI summary
A personal ornament that includes: a base portion that includes a pair of right-and-left base-side engaging ring portions, and fixes and holds a gemstone; and a frame portion that includes a pair of right-and-left frame-side engaging ring portions to be coupled to the base-side engaging ring portions, and that supports the base portion, the base portion and the gemstone being supported to be swingable with respect to the frame portion. The personal ornament also includes a protective member that protects, from an outside, at least the frame-side engaging ring portions, and coupling parts of the base-side engaging ring portions with respect to the frame-side engaging ring portions.