i-Blades | SolidWorks Mechanical Design + Industrial Engineering

Two of the biggest problems with smartphones today continue to be battery life and memory. i-Blades is out to change that with its smartcase technology, that it says can boost battery power up to 10 times and memory by up to 1 Terabyte.

The key is in the snap-on and snap-off ultra-thin "smart blades," that can be mixed and matched to add a variety of functions to smartphones. They attach to the back of the i-Blades smartcase magnetically, and each smart blade can be stacked one on top of another to add either a battery smart blade, a memory smart blade or both.

The i-Blades smartcase has a built-in MCU that can automatically detect whether a memory blade or battery blade is attached. It will adjust the functionality via an included app. The smartcase and multiple smart blades can be charged together while you are charging your phone, or charged separately.

Over 4 years of collaboration with the iBlades team, I helped with dozens of cell phone cases, accessories, and electronics enclosures product designs. My work involved:

Mechanical product design

SolidWorks 3D Modeling

Working to supplier accessory specifications (Apple, in particular)

Injection molding and overmolding DFM

DFA with top level assemblies containing dozens of smaller components