Universal Phone Mounting Apparatus with Spring-Loaded Pusher
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multipurpose mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, lack a convenient method for stabilization during photography and video recording, and are incompatible with standard camera tripods and accessories, limiting their ability to attach accessories like flashes and battery packs.
Innovation Solution
A universal phone mounting apparatus featuring a rectangular main clamp with vertical posts, an inverted V-shaped clamp, and a pusher mechanism with compression springs, allowing for adjustable mounting and attachment of accessories, enabling stabilization and compatibility with various devices and accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard camera tripods and accessories are used, then stabilization and accessory attachment are achieved, but compatibility with multipurpose mobile devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus is designed with a universal interface that can accommodate multiple types of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, action cameras) while providing stable mounting capability. The clamp structure with adjustable opening width and the standardized mounting port create a universal solution that bridges the gap between traditional tripod systems and modern mobile devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting apparatus acts as an intermediary device between standard tripods/stands and mobile devices. It features a mounting port compatible with standard tripod threads on one side and a customizable clamp mechanism on the other side that can securely hold various mobile device types, thus mediating the connection between incompatible systems.
2Ease of operation
If mobile devices are held handheld, then ease of operation is maintained, but stabilization during picture and video taking deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into two independent components: the portable mobile device and the mounting apparatus. This segmentation allows the device to remain lightweight and easy to operate handheld, while the mounting apparatus provides stabilization when needed. The clamp mechanism is designed to be compact and attachable to various surfaces without adding significant weight to the mobile device itself.
3Adaptability or versatility
If accessories are attached to mobile devices, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus provides a universal mounting port that can accommodate multiple types of accessories (tripods, stands, flashes, battery packs) through a single standardized interface. This universal design reduces the need for multiple specialized attachment mechanisms, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high accessory attachment capability.
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 apparatus provides secure stabilization and attachment of mobile devices, enabling improved photo and video quality by allowing for the use of accessories like flashes and battery packs, while being adaptable to different device sizes and types.
Implementation Method 1
Each first main post cavity comprises one or more springs. Each spring is preferably a compression spring with a spring cavity through its length.
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AI summary
A universal mounting device is presented. The device includes a main clamp with a left and right vertical main posts, an inverted v-shaped clamp connecting the top ends of the main posts, and a handle bar connecting the bottom ends of the main posts. A compression spring resides inside a cavity in each main post. A bottom clamp with a v-shaped clamp base and a left and right bottom post is coupled to the main clamp via a pusher. The pusher has a horizontal handle and a vertical leg at opposing ends that couples the main clamp to the base clamp through the springs in the main posts to the bottom posts. Each vertical leg has a lower leg through a cavity in the spring and an upper leg that pushes on the spring. The pusher is secured with a nut coupler at the bottom post.