X-Type Elevation Platform With Elastic Support for Easy Height Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing elevation working platforms for tablet computers are complex and cumbersome to adjust in height, lacking a simple and cost-effective solution for convenient height adjustment.
Innovation Solution
An elevation working platform with X-shaped elevating components and an elastic component that allows for easy height adjustment, utilizing hinging seats and sliding rails with a locking mechanism to stabilize the platform at any desired height, supported by an elastic component such as a gas or mechanical spring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a mechanical spring or torsion spring is used to provide lifting resilience, then the platform can achieve height adjustment, but the structure becomes complicated and height adjustment becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the lifting resilience function from complex mechanical spring systems and implements it through a simplified elastic component (such as a rubber elastic ring) that directly connects the upper and lower supports. This extraction eliminates unnecessary mechanical complexity while retaining the essential height adjustment capability, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and properties of the elastic component by specifying material parameters (such as rubber with specific elasticity coefficients) and geometric parameters (thickness, diameter, arrangement configuration). These parameter changes enable the elastic component to provide sufficient lifting resilience without requiring complex mechanical spring structures, thereby simplifying the overall device while maintaining operational ease
2Adaptability or versatility
If support rods are used to enable ascending or descending motion, then the platform can change height, but the structure becomes complicated and adjustment becomes bothering
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of multiple support rods into a single integrated elastic component that simultaneously provides structural support, lifting resilience, and height adjustment capability. This merging eliminates the need for separate mechanical spring systems and complex rod mechanisms, achieving adaptability in height adjustment while significantly reducing structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic component is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both the structural support element and the lifting mechanism, while also enabling height adjustment. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for dedicated separate components for each function, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity
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 platform provides a simple structure for convenient height adjustment and improved weight-bearing capabilities, allowing the upper support to be held at any height with enhanced mechanical strength and stability at a lower cost.
Implementation Method 1
The elevation working platform comprises an elastic component. A first end of the elastic component is connected between the two endpoints of the first support rod or the second support rod. A second end of the elastic component is connected to the lower support or the second hinging seat slidable relative to the lower support, and the elastic component bears at least a part of the weight of the upper support.
Implementation Method 2
Existing elevation working platforms provide a lifting resilience mostly through a mechanical spring or a torsion spring.
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AI summary
An elevation working platform includes a lower support and an upper support. At least one group of X-type elevation mechanisms is provided between the lower support and the upper support. The elevation working platform further includes an elastic element. A first end of the elastic element is connected between two end points of a first support rod or a second support rod. A second end of the elastic element is connected to the lower support or a second hinging seat capable of sliding relative to the lower support. Using the X-type elevation mechanisms, the front and back positions of the upper support do not change in an elevating process of the upper support, the structure is simple and practical, and the cost is relatively low.