Trampoline Wiring Loom Sensor Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trampoline systems face challenges in accurately measuring user activity due to multiple sensors being triggered simultaneously by a single bouncing load, leading to inconsistent signal outputs and difficulties in determining user location.
Innovation Solution
A trampoline system comprising multiple movement sensors associated with the trampoline mat or spring elements, connected via an electrical wiring loom that extends to a controller, allowing for precise signal transmission and improved user activity measurement. The wiring loom is routed in various configurations around the mat, including branches and connectors, to ensure effective sensor connectivity and data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are spaced apart on the trampoline mat, then user location can be determined through signal comparison, but a single bouncing load triggers multiple sensors simultaneously causing inconsistent signal outputs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensor signals into a unified wiring loom system that aggregates data from all sensors simultaneously. The wiring loom integrates signals from multiple sensors into a single coordinated output, allowing the controller to process combined sensor data for more reliable user location determination while maintaining signal consistency despite multiple sensors being triggered by a single bounce.
2Measurement precision
If sensors are attached to the trampoline mat, then user activity can be measured, but wiring routing becomes complex to ensure effective sensor connectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The wiring loom is segmented into multiple branches, each connecting to specific sensors or sensor groups distributed across the trampoline mat. This segmentation allows independent routing paths for different sensor signals, simplifying the overall wiring architecture while maintaining effective connectivity between all sensors and the controller.
Solution Approach 2:
The wiring loom utilizes three-dimensional routing through pockets formed in the trampoline mat structure, allowing wires to be routed along the periphery and through available spaces rather than across the surface. This dimensional approach to wiring routing reduces complexity by utilizing the vertical and peripheral spaces within the trampoline structure.
3Ease of operation
If the wiring loom extends from sensors to a common connector, then signal transmission is simplified, but the wiring loom requires routing around the mat periphery increasing installation complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The wiring loom is pre-configured with branches and routing paths designed to follow the periphery of the mat before final installation. Sensors are pre-attached to the mat with their corresponding wiring loom branches already connected, allowing for simplified final assembly where pre-routed wiring is simply integrated into the pockets and peripheral structures rather than routing during final installation.
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AI summary
A trampoline comprises multiple movement sensors associated with one or more parts of the trampoline which move when the trampoline is bounced on by a user such as the trampoline mat, and an electrical wiring loom which connects to the movement sensors to a controller or a common connector at another end of the wiring loom. Various sensor mount and wiring loom options are described.