The Ideal Final Result is a powerful, yet underappreciated, TRIZ tool. It guides inventors to solve a problem “in reverse” rather than intuitively improving an existing system.
A detailed explanation of this tool can be found in this article. Below you will find examples of Ideal Final Results.
Problem 1 – Overheating of electronics in a compact enclosure.
Ideal Result 1a: The interior of the device automatically maintains an optimal temperature on its own, without investment, energy expenditure, or effort.
Ideal Result 1b: Despite the compact design, the electronics effectively dissipate excess heat even under demanding conditions without costly modifications, effort, or delays.
Ideal Result 1c: Our idea prevents the electronics from overheating—without any investment, effort, or energy.
Ideal Result 1d: The compact electronics enclosure prevents the interior from overheating even under adverse conditions—at no cost.
Problem 2 - Fire risk in a warehouse storing flammable materials.
Ideal Result 2a: Thanks to our idea, the warehouse cannot catch fire—at absolutely no cost and without causing any additional inconvenience.
Ideal Result 2b: The warehouse itself, without any effort, cost, or delay, prevents a fire from spreading. And this is achieved without any losses resulting from the stored goods getting wet.
Ideal Result 2c: Flammable goods in the warehouse become non-flammable, reducing the risk of fire. At no cost, with no effort, no risks, and no additional hassles.
Ideal Result 2d: Factor X ensures that the risk of fire in the warehouse is practically zero, even though the goods are flammable. No costs, no effort, no side issues.
Problem 3 - Long heating time in a building (when people rarely go in there and need heat).
Ideal Result 3a: The room temperature is immediately comfortable, even though we don’t pay for it to be heated constantly—without investment, health and safety risks, or effort.
Ideal Result 3b: The room heats up instantly on its own when needed, without additional costs or effort.
Ideal Result 3c: The room is constantly warm, even though we don’t incur heating costs when no one is inside, and this is achieved without any investment.
Ideal Result 3d: Thanks to our idea, as soon as someone enters the room, it’s immediately warm, even though we don’t pay to heat the room when no one is there.
Problem 4 – A rodent damages to car cables.
Ideal Result 4a: The cables are resistant to rodent bites at no cost.
Ideal Result 4b: The car protects the cables from rodents on its own.
Ideal Result 4c: Factor X prevents rodents from chewing through the cables at zero cost and with no effort.
Ideal Result 4d: Rodents avoid this car and do not even approach its cables. All of this is achieved effortlessly, without side effects, and at no cost.
Problem 5 – Clogging of filters in industrial equipment due to contaminants.
Ideal Result 5a: The filters unclog themselves automatically, requiring no additional effort, and contaminants are separated into a special container. All of this happens without incurring operating costs or capital expenditures, without reducing productivity, and without increasing maintenance costs.
Ideal Result 5b: The filter-equipped device unclogs the filter on its own, eliminating the need for disruptive shutdowns and manual unclogging. No costs, no effort, no risks.
Ideal Result 5c: Our solution enables cost-free, automatic, continuous filter unclogging without additional costs, effort, or hassle.
