Wireless Cooler Box Audio Integration Without Exposed Sockets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing leisure and recreational apparatus, such as ice and cooler boxes, suffer from socket damage and contamination due to exposure to weather, dust, and physical impact, disrupting wireless communication and audio systems.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a receiver and output device, such as speakers or video displays, within a sealed compartment or volume of the apparatus, protected from the environment, allowing for wireless communication and audio playback without the need for exposed sockets, using technologies like Bluetooth for short-distance wireless data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sockets are exposed for connecting portable electronic devices, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to socket fouling and damage from weather, water, dust, and impact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the physical socket interface from the cooler box and extracts the audio connection function to a wireless communication system. The receiver is positioned inside the cooler box body, eliminating the need for exposed external sockets that are vulnerable to environmental damage while maintaining audio playback capability through wireless technology.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical socket connection system with a wireless communication system. Instead of using physical electrical contacts that are prone to fouling and damage, the system uses wireless signals (such as Bluetooth or other wireless protocols) to transmit audio data from portable electronic devices to the cooler box's audio system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sockets are exposed for device connection, then adaptability is improved, but object-affected harmful factors worsen due to exposure to weather, water, dust, and sand
Solution Approach 1:
The receiver component is extracted from the external environment and positioned inside the cooler box body. This internal positioning protects the receiver from harmful environmental factors such as water, dust, and sand while maintaining the ability to receive wireless signals from various portable electronic devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication system replaces the mechanical socket interface, eliminating the physical opening that would allow environmental contaminants to enter and damage the connection points. Wireless technology maintains device compatibility without requiring exposed physical contacts.
3Ease of operation
If sockets are provided on the surface, then ease of operation is improved, but the surface integrity deteriorates due to socket breakage and discontinuity
Solution Approach 1:
The connection interface is extracted from the external surface of the cooler box. By positioning the receiver inside the body and using wireless communication, the patent eliminates the need for sockets that would create discontinuities or weak points in the surface structure, thereby maintaining surface integrity and stability.
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AI summary
A leisure apparatus comprises a body having a volume that is able to contain articles for storage therein and for removal therefrom, or that defines an internal space that is able to seal therein a gas, liquid or solid. An output device is arranged externally at the body. A receiver is located behind a wall of the body to be separated from articles stored in and removed from the body, or is located and sealed within the internal space of the body. The receiver is adapted for receiving an electronic signal transmitted wirelessly from a proximate device and for communicating that signal to the output device.