Temperature-controlled storage device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing insulated boxes for outdoor use are inconvenient to carry and lack the ability to actively adjust temperature for extended periods, limiting their usability during outdoor activities like walking or cycling.
Innovation Solution
A temperature-controlled storage device with a soft outer package wrapping a storage module and temperature control module, allowing for protrusions that increase storage volume while maintaining compactness, and featuring a power supply assembly with a battery mounting portion for easy portability and temperature adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a simple insulated box is used for outdoor refrigeration, then the device is easy to carry, but the insulation performance is poor and cannot maintain temperature for extended periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible insulated box made of soft materials like Oxford fabric or polyester with integrated insulation layers. This flexible shell design allows the box to be compressed and carried easily while maintaining adequate insulation performance through the integrated thermal insulation material, resolving the contradiction between portability and insulation effectiveness.
2Reliability
If an active temperature control system is added to improve refrigeration performance, then the temperature control capability is enhanced, but the device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical refrigeration systems with electronic temperature control modules that use solid-state components. These modules integrate heating and cooling functions through electronic circuitry and small Peltier elements, significantly reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining effective temperature control capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The temperature control module is designed as a multi-functional integrated unit that can both heat and cool the storage space, control temperature remotely via wireless communication, and monitor internal conditions. This universal design consolidates multiple functions into a single module, enhancing temperature control capability without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
3Volume of stationary object
If the storage module size is increased to improve storage capacity, then the storage volume is enhanced, but the portability and ease of carrying are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the storage system into modular components including removable storage modules, detachable temperature control units, and separable power sources. This segmentation allows users to carry only the necessary components for each outing, effectively increasing usable storage volume without requiring the entire system to be portable, thus resolving the contradiction between storage capacity and carrying convenience.
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
The device provides improved heat preservation, visual lightness, enhanced carrying comfort, and protection of internal components, while increasing storage volume and maintaining miniaturization.
Implementation Method 1
the temperature control module is configured for cooling to adjust a temperature inside the storage module
Implementation Method 2
the soft outer package wraps a periphery of the storage module... the heat preservation effect of the storage device is improved
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a temperature-controlled storage device, including a storage module, a soft outer package, and a temperature control module, and the soft outer package covers a periphery of the storage module; and when being powered, the temperature control module is configured for cooling, such that a temperature inside the storage module can be adjusted. By providing the soft outer package, the temperature-controlled storage device in the present disclosure has the following advantageous effects: first, the heat preservation effect of the storage device is improved; second; the soft outer package can modify an overall appearance of the storage device without increasing a weight of the device, giving the user a sense of visual and actual lightness; third, a soft appearance can improve the comfort of carrying the device; and fourth, the soft outer package can protect the temperature control module.