Wheeled Carry Case With Horizontal Stabilization for Stacked Recorders

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing recording devices, such as those described in JP-A-2021-87130, are difficult to transport due to their bulk and lack of convenient handling features.

Innovation Solution

A carry case with a housing main body that accommodates multiple recording devices in stacked tiers, a power supply device, and features like opening and closing doors, wheels, and a horizontal maintaining section for stable transport and operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If recording devices are accommodated in a cabinet, then storage capability is improved, but transportability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of recording devices accommodatedVSAvoidtransportability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The cabinet is divided into multiple accommodation sections (first accommodation section for recording devices, second accommodation section for power supply device) that can be independently organized. This segmentation allows efficient space utilization while maintaining the ability to transport the entire structured unit as an integrated system on wheels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Recording devices are stacked in the vertical direction (up-down direction) within the cabinet, utilizing the vertical dimension for storage. This vertical stacking arrangement maximizes storage capacity without increasing the horizontal footprint, making the cabinet more manageable and easier to transport while accommodating multiple devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Quantity of substance

If multiple recording devices are stacked vertically, then space utilization is improved, but stability deteriorates when inclined

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of recording devices per unit volumeVSAvoidstability when cabinet is inclined
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The horizontal maintaining section actively counteracts gravitational effects when the cabinet is inclined by generating a force that maintains the recording devices in a horizontal orientation. This creates an equipotential state where the devices remain stable regardless of the cabinet's inclination angle, preventing liquid leakage and ensuring proper operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #12Equipotentiality

Solution Approach 2:

The horizontal maintaining section acts as an intermediary mechanism between the inclined cabinet and the vertically stacked recording devices. It mediates the mechanical connection, providing support and maintaining horizontal orientation of the devices even when the cabinet body is tilted during transport.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If power supply device is integrated with recording devices, then convenience is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of power supplyVSAvoidstructural complexity of integrated system
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The power supply device is merged with the recording devices by placing it in the second accommodation section of the same cabinet. This combining allows the power supply to be easily moved together with the recording devices, providing convenient power supply capability while maintaining a relatively simple modular structure that doesn't significantly increase overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20250282152A1Carry case and recording system
Publication Date: 2025.09.11 SEIKO EPSON CORP
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AI summary

The carry case includes a housing main body; a first accommodation section configured to accommodate a plurality of recording devices in a state of being stacked in plurality of tiers in a vertical direction in the first accommodation region within the housing main body; a second accommodation section configured to accommodate the power supply device that supplies electric power to the plurality of recording devices in the second accommodation region within the housing main body; a first opening and closing door configured to open and close in a first surface; a second opening and closing door configured to open and close on a second surface; and a wheel configured to move the housing main body.