Vacuum Cleaner Carrier Assembly With Noise-Dampening Plenum
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vacuum cleaners lack a convenient and protective carrying solution that efficiently manages power supply and noise reduction during operation.
Innovation Solution
A vacuum cleaner and carrier assembly featuring a main body with flexible foam material, a plenum for noise dampening, and a battery receiving portion with a receptacle for power management, allowing for secure carrying and reduced noise operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a carrier is provided for the vacuum cleaner, then protection and carrying convenience are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier integrates multiple functions into a single structure: it provides protection for the vacuum cleaner, includes a battery receiving portion with receptacle for power management, incorporates a plenum for noise dampening, and provides carrying handles. This merging of functions resolves the contradiction by improving protection and convenience without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier serves multiple purposes simultaneously: it is a protective housing, a carrying device with handles, a noise reduction chamber with plenum, and a battery storage/recharging station. This multi-functionality approach allows a single component to address multiple needs, resolving the contradiction between improved functionality and device complexity.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a plenum is added for noise dampening, then noise reduction is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The plenum for noise dampening is integrated into the carrier structure itself rather than being a separate component. The carrier's housing incorporates the plenum chamber, combining noise reduction functionality with the protective carrying structure, thus resolving the contradiction by improving noise reduction without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If a battery receiving portion with receptacle is included, then power management convenience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The battery receiving portion and receptacle are integrated into the carrier structure, combining power management functionality with the protective housing. This allows convenient battery storage, organization, and recharging in a single integrated location, resolving the contradiction by improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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 solution provides enhanced protection, noise reduction, and ergonomic power management, enabling efficient operation and storage of vacuum cleaners.
Implementation Method 1
a plenum in fluid communication with the portion of the vacuum cleaner. The plenum includes at least one opening and is configured to receive an exhaust airflow generated by the vacuum cleaner during operation and to discharge the exhaust airflow through the at least one opening
Implementation Method 2
The main body includes a flexible foam material
Data Source
AI summary
A vacuum cleaner and carrier assembly includes a vacuum cleaner and a carrier. The vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a suction inlet and an air outlet, an airflow passage that extends from the air inlet to the air outlet, and a suction source disposed within the housing and operable to generate a suction airflow that travels through the air inlet and through the air outlet. The vacuum cleaner also includes a battery that supplies power to the suction source to generate the suction airflow. The carrier includes a main body in which at least a portion of the housing is received and a battery receiving portion configured to receive the battery therein when the battery supplies power to the suction source.