Touch Sensor Frame with Variable Member for Dust and Water Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices with touch sensors require enhanced dust-proof and water-proof properties to maintain functionality and tactile sensation transmission, while existing technologies struggle to balance these requirements effectively.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a vibrating body, a supporting plate, a base, and a frame body with a protruding portion connected through a variable member, which includes a deformable adhesive tape to create a space that reduces dust and water ingress while allowing tactile sensation transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the touch sensor is exposed to the outside environment for tactile sensation transmission, then tactile sensation transmission is improved, but dust-proof and water-proof properties deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The operation plate is nested within the housing structure, with the housing surrounding both the operation plate and supporting plate. This nested configuration allows the touch sensor to maintain tactile sensation transmission capability while being protected from dust and water by the enclosing housing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
A variable member acts as an intermediary element between the operation plate and supporting plate, allowing relative movement and tactile sensation transmission while maintaining a sealed environment. The variable member enables the operation plate to vibrate and transmit tactile sensations without compromising the dust-proof and water-proof properties of the overall structure.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the operation plate is supported rigidly to maintain structure, then structural stability is improved, but tactile sensation transmission deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting plate is designed with a variable member that allows it to dynamically adjust its position relative to the operation plate. This dynamic configuration maintains structural stability while enabling the operation plate to vibrate and transmit tactile sensations effectively, resolving the contradiction between rigidity and tactile transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The variable member changes the physical parameters of the connection between the operation plate and supporting plate, allowing controlled movement and vibration while maintaining overall structural integrity. This parameter change enables both structural stability and effective tactile sensation transmission.
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
This configuration provides a certain level of dust-proof and water-proof protection while ensuring the transmission of satisfying tactile sensations to the user, enhancing the device's durability and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
a first variable member connecting the extending portion to the protruding portion
Data Source
AI summary
According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic device includes an operation plate, a supporting plate which supports the operation plate, a vibrating body which vibrates the operation plate, a base arranged opposite to the supporting plate through a space, and a frame body provided on the base so as to surround the operation plate and the supporting plate. The supporting plate includes an extending portion that extends outward from the operation plate. The frame body includes a protruding portion that protrudes inward so as to be opposed to the extending portion. The extending portion is connected to the protruding portion through a first variable member.