8 Anti-weight
To compensate for the weight of an object, merge it with other objects that provide lift.
• Inject foaming agent into a bundle of logs, to make it float better.
• Use helium balloon to support advertising signs.
To compensate for the weight of an object, make it interact with the environment (e.g. use aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, buoyancy and other forces).
• Aircraft wing shape reduces air density above the wing, increases density below wing, to create lift. (This also demonstrates Principle 4, Asymmetry.)
• Vortex strips improve lift of aircraft wings.
• Hydrofoils lift ship out of the water to reduce drag.
• Inject foaming agent into a bundle of logs, to make it float better.
• Use helium balloon to support advertising signs.
To compensate for the weight of an object, make it interact with the environment (e.g. use aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, buoyancy and other forces).
• Aircraft wing shape reduces air density above the wing, increases density below wing, to create lift. (This also demonstrates Principle 4, Asymmetry.)
• Vortex strips improve lift of aircraft wings.
• Hydrofoils lift ship out of the water to reduce drag.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 44 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/3 1/9 1/10 1/35 2/10 2/23 2/27 3/1 3/9 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/19 4/8 4/21 8/4 9/3 9/14 9/19 9/32 10/1 10/23 12/1 13/38 14/1 14/3 14/9 19/9 21/1 26/38 27/1 27/2 27/10 27/35 32/9 32/38 33/15 33/27 35/1 35/12 35/27 37/27 38/18
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When a principle appears in first position, it means that it is statistically the most used in the patents studied for this type of problem.