Transmissive License Plate Holder for Visible Tags and Custom Emblems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing license plate holders often obscure the license plate numbers and regulatory stickers, and do not allow for customization or integration of additional emblems or stickers as required by different jurisdictions.
Innovation Solution
A license plate holder design featuring a transmissive substrate with customizable frame display regions and adjustable openings to accommodate various license plate sizes and additional emblems, secured by snap-fit connectors or mechanical fasteners, ensuring clear visibility of plate information and allowing for personalization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional license plate holder is used, then the license plate is secured to the vehicle, but the license plate numbers and regulatory stickers are obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies a transmissive substrate (clear or translucent material) that allows light to pass through, enabling the license plate numbers and regulatory stickers to be clearly visible through the holder while still providing structural support and protection. This resolves the contradiction by changing the optical property of the holder material from opaque to transmissive.
2Ease of manufacture
If a standard license plate holder design is used, then manufacturing is simplified, but customization with emblems or stickers is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the license plate holder into separate components: a base holder structure and detachable frame segments. These segments can be independently manufactured using standard processes, then assembled with custom emblems, stickers, or graphics applied to the frame portions. This segmentation allows both easy manufacturing of standard parts and flexibility for customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs the holder with universal mounting features and standardized dimensions that accommodate different license plate sizes and vehicle types, while simultaneously providing customizable frame areas. The same basic structure serves multiple functions: securing the plate, providing visibility, and allowing personalization through interchangeable or attachable decorative elements.
3Strength
If a solid license plate holder is used, then structural strength is maintained, but additional emblems or stickers cannot be integrated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite construction combining a rigid base holder (providing structural strength) with frame segments made from materials suitable for emblem attachment. The frame portions may use materials like molded plastic or metal with surface treatments designed for adhesive bonding or mechanical attachment of emblems and stickers, while the base maintains the necessary load-bearing capacity.
Data Source
AI summary
A license plate holder includes a frame defining a central opening to permit display of indicia on license plate display region(s) of a license plate and defining frame display region(s) adjacent the central opening. A transmissive substrate includes one or more connectors to removably connect the transmissive substrate to a license plate base. In an assembled state with the transmissive substrate removably connected to the license plate base via the connector(s) and the frame interposed between the transmissive substrate and the license plate base, a central region of the transmissive substrate is positioned in front of the central opening and the license plate display region(s) and a peripheral region of the transmissive substrate is positioned in front of the frame display region(s).