Handheld Vacuum Cleaner Battery Layout for Better Balance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Handheld cleaners with power supply devices located at the bottom of the handle are bulky and uncomfortable to hold due to their weight and volume, making them inconvenient for users.

Innovation Solution

The power supply device is positioned at the top of the handle casing, within the handle assembly, and the negative pressure device is housed in the dust cup assembly, balancing the gravity center and improving handholding comfort and convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the power supply device is disposed at the bottom of the handle, then the handle has a large volume and great weight, but this makes it inconvenient for users to hold and use

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower supply stabilityVSAvoidhandholding comfort
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the conventional placement of the power supply device from the bottom of the handle to the top of the handle. This inversion changes the gravity center position, making the handle lighter and more comfortable to hold while still maintaining reliable power supply to the negative pressure device through electrical connection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Reliability

If the power supply device is disposed at the bottom of the handle, then the handle has a large volume, but this increases the overall size and reduces portability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower supply stabilityVSAvoidhandle volume
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

By inverting the power supply device placement from bottom to top of the handle, the patent reduces the handle volume and improves portability. The electrical connection between the power supply device and negative pressure device ensures that power supply reliability is maintained despite the changed position

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentEP3479742B1Handheld vacuum cleaner
Publication Date: 2022.09.28 JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES
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AI summary

A handheld cleaner is provided and includes a dust cup assembly, including: a casing, a negative pressure device disposed in the casing and configured to suck an airflow from an environment into the casing, and a dedusting device disposed in the casing and configured to remove dust from the sucked airflow; and a handle assembly, including: a handle casing disposed to the casing and having a holding portion for user handholding, and a power supply device disposed at a top of the holding portion, and/or in the holding portion, and/or at a position in the handle casing opposite to the holding portion and electrically connected to the negative pressure device.