Wireless Positioning Housing With Screw-Locked Edge Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protection housings for wireless positioning devices, such as Air Tags, lack firmness and stability in complex environments, leading to a risk of falling and affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A protection apparatus with a first and second attachment element, featuring aligned engagement bodies and a screw-lock mechanism, enhances structural strength and stability by ensuring firm attachment and impact resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a simple protection housing is used for wireless positioning devices, then the device is convenient to carry and easy to manufacture, but the firmness and stability are insufficient in complicated environments
Solution Approach 1:
The protection housing is divided into a first protection component and a second protection component that can be assembled together. Each component has attachment elements with engagement bodies that interlock to provide enhanced firmness while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular construction
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment elements extend from the edges of the base portions in a dimensional direction, creating aligned engagement bodies that provide additional structural reinforcement without significantly increasing overall device complexity
2Strength
If additional protection housing is added to wireless positioning devices, then the firmness is improved, but the device volume increases and portability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The protection housing uses segmented components that attach to the wireless positioning device only where needed at the edges, providing firmness reinforcement without enclosing the entire device and thus minimizing volume increase
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment elements are positioned at the edges of the base portions where structural reinforcement is most needed, providing local firmness enhancement without adding material throughout the entire device structure
3Strength
If the attachment elements are designed with aligned engagement bodies, then the structural strength is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement bodies have asymmetric geometries with specific shaping that provides inherent alignment guidance during assembly, ensuring proper positioning through the shape complementarity rather than relying solely on tight tolerances
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment elements are designed to naturally align the engagement bodies during the assembly process before final tightening, pre-positioning the components correctly to reduce the precision required in the final fastening operation
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 apparatus provides increased firmness and stability, preventing the wireless positioning device from falling in complex environments, improving reliability and durability.
Implementation Method 1
the first base portion and the second base portion are screwed and locked with each other
Implementation Method 2
the first engagement body and the second engagement body are in aligned engagement, so as to fasten the first attachment portion with the second attachment portion
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a protection apparatus which includes: a first attachment element including a first base portion and a first attachment portion, the first attachment portion being provided at an edge of the first base portion, and the first attachment portion being provided with a first engagement body; a second attachment element including a second base portion and a second attachment portion, the second attachment portion being provided at an edge of the second base portion, the second attachment portion being provided with a second engagement body, and central axes of the first and second base portions coinciding with each other; and an internal space defined and formed between the first base portion and the second base portion for accommodating a wireless positioning device; the first and second base portions are screwed and locked together, with their attachment portions coinciding, ensuring the first and second engagement bodies align and engage.