Wearable Neck Mount with Shape-Memory Strip for Mobile Device Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable devices for carrying mobile devices, such as cameras or smartphones, often wobble or turn over due to their leather or cloth straps, affecting the stability and performance of the device during use.
Innovation Solution
A wearable appliance featuring a flexible strip made of materials like an aluminum bar or steel wire, covered with a silicone, plastic, or rubber material, which encircles the user's neck and maintains its shape to securely hold the mobile device, along with a mounting assembly that includes locking mechanisms to ensure the device remains stable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a leather or cloth strip is used to carry the mobile device, then the wearable appliance is comfortable to wear, but the mobile device will easily wobble or turn over
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible strip is constructed as a composite structure with an aluminum bar core providing rigidity and shape memory, covered with a soft material layer (silicone, plastic, or rubber) that provides comfort against the skin. This composite design allows the strip to maintain its shape and support the mobile device stably while remaining comfortable to wear around the neck.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the flexible strip is made rigid to prevent wobbling, then the mobile device stability improves, but the comfort to wear deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible strip exhibits different mechanical properties in different regions and aspects: the aluminum bar core provides local rigidity and shape memory to prevent wobbling and maintain device stability, while the outer soft material layer provides local softness and comfort where it contacts the skin. This spatial differentiation of material properties resolves the contradiction between stability and comfort.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a locking mechanism is added to the mounting assembly, then the mobile device stability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly incorporates a magnetic locking mechanism that replaces complex mechanical fastening systems. The magnetic force automatically secures the mobile device to the mounting assembly when brought close together, providing stable fixation without requiring screws, clips, or other complicated mechanical components. This magnetic substitution simplifies the overall device complexity while maintaining stability.
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 flexible strip's ability to deform and maintain shape, combined with the mounting assembly's locking features, significantly reduces the likelihood of the mobile device wobbling or turning over, thereby enhancing the stability and usability of the device during use.
Implementation Method 1
the flexible strip is capable of deforming to a shape when subjected to an external force and maintaining the shape of the flexible strip when the external force is removed
Implementation Method 2
The mounting assembly further includes a first magnetic piece and a second magnetic piece attracting each other by magnetic force
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a wearable appliance for carrying a mobile device. The wearable appliance includes a flexible strip and a mounting assembly connected to the flexible strip. The flexible strip is configured to encircle a user's neck and is capable of deforming to a shape when subjected to an external force and maintaining the shape of the flexible strip when the external force is removed. The mounting assembly is configured to fix the mobile device.