Vibration Detecting Device Polymer Elastic Mount

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vibration detecting devices often face inconvenience due to their complex structure and difficulty in minimizing vibration noise, which can lead to malfunctions or failures.

Innovation Solution

A vibration detecting device is designed with a housing, vibration sensor, circuit board, flexible wiring member, and an elastic member made of polymer material, where the circuit board is held by the housing through the elastic member, and the elastic member is detachable, reducing vibration transmission and resonance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If the circuit board is rigidly fixed to the housing, then structural stability is improved, but vibration noise transmission to the vibration sensor increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidvibration noise transmission
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

An elastic member is introduced as an intermediary component between the circuit board and the housing. This elastic member serves as a mediator that provides mechanical support while attenuating vibration noise, thus resolving the contradiction between structural stability and vibration noise transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The elastic member is pre-installed between the circuit board and the housing to provide cushioning before vibration noise can transmit. This prior cushioning approach prevents vibration noise from reaching the vibration sensor while maintaining structural stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

2Ease of manufacture

If conventional fixed structures are used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but ease of repair and replacement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidease of repair and replacement
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting structure is segmented into separate components: the housing, the elastic member, and the circuit board. This segmentation allows the circuit board to be easily detached from the housing by removing the elastic member, significantly improving ease of repair and replacement while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Object-affected harmful factors

If complex vibration isolation structures are used, then vibration noise attenuation is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevibration noise attenuationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The vibration isolation function is extracted as a separate elastic member component rather than being integrated into the housing or circuit board structure. This extraction approach achieves effective vibration noise attenuation while keeping the overall device structure simple and easy to understand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

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 effectively attenuates vibration noise, preventing it from reaching the vibration sensor and reducing the likelihood of device malfunctions, while allowing easy detachment of the circuit boards from the housing.

Implementation Method 1

an elastic member which contains a polymer material and is accommodated in the housing in contact with the housing and the circuit board

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

The elastic member contains a polymer material, and is accommodated in the housing in contact with the housing and the circuit board

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectViscoelasticity: Viscoelasticity

Data Source

PatentUS11506532B2Vibration detecting device
Publication Date: 2022.11.22 KK TOSHIBA
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AI summary

According to one embodiment, a vibration detecting device includes a housing, a vibration sensor, a circuit board, a flexible wiring member, and an elastic member. The vibration sensor is accommodated in the housing. The circuit board is accommodated in the housing, and is provided with a first electric component configured to process a detection signal of the vibration sensor. The wiring member electrically connects the vibration sensor and the circuit board to each other. The elastic member contains a polymer material, and is accommodated in the housing as being in contact with the housing and the circuit board, and being detachable from the housing. The circuit board is held by the housing through the elastic member.