Wireless Terminal Cover and Connector Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless communication terminals face challenges in portability due to limited antenna radial patterns and user inconvenience caused by protruding connectors, which can be damaged.

Innovation Solution

A wireless communication terminal design featuring a connector unit and cover unit that move in conjunction with a guide unit, allowing for a more varied antenna radial pattern and protecting the connector when not in use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Weight of moving object

If the terminal size is reduced to enhance portability, then portability is improved, but the antenna radial pattern becomes limited

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidantenna radial pattern

Core Design Contradiction:

Weight of moving objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The cover unit is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to switch between covering and uncovering the antenna. This dynamic structure enables the antenna to achieve varied radial patterns by adjusting the cover position, resolving the contradiction between compact size and antenna pattern versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal is divided into separate functional units: a movable cover unit and an antenna unit. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each component, enabling the antenna to maintain versatile radial patterns while the overall terminal remains compact and portable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If the connector protrudes from the terminal to connect to a computer, then connectivity function is improved, but user convenience deteriorates and the connector may be damaged

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnectivity functionVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The connector is designed with movable capability, allowing it to protrude when needed for connectivity and retract when not in use. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction by providing connectivity functionality only when required, thereby maintaining user convenience and preventing damage from constant exposure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The connector is extracted from a fixed position and made independently movable. This allows the connector to be separated from the terminal body when needed for connection, while being protected when retracted, thus resolving the contradiction between connectivity needs and user convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the connector protrudes from the terminal, then connectivity is enabled, but the connector is exposed to damage

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnectivity capabilityVSAvoidconnector durability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The connector's movable design allows it to dynamically adjust its position between protruding (for connectivity) and retracted (for protection). This resolves the contradiction by minimizing exposure time and providing a protected state when connectivity is not active, thereby improving reliability while maintaining connectivity capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS7833029B2Wireless communication terminal with a cover moving in conjunction with a connector unit to open and closed positions

Publication Date: 2010.11.16 PANTECH CORP

AI summary

A wireless communication terminal includes a terminal body having an arrangement portion, a connector unit hinge-connected to the terminal body and able to be accommodated in and taken out of the arrangement portion, a cover unit to move on the terminal body to cover and uncover the arrangement portion, and a guide unit to hold the cover unit in an open position, and to guide the cover unit into a closed position in conjunction with a movement of the connector unit. The cover unit includes an embedded intenna, and the connector unit includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector to provide a wireless communication function.