Adjustable Anti-Theft Lock with Movable Buckling Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional anti-theft locks for portable electronic devices are not adaptable to diverse specifications, leading to consumer confusion and the need for multiple locks, increasing cost and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An anti-theft lock design featuring a base with a mounting shaft, buckling units, a split-abutting unit, and a controlling unit with an annular curved surface, allowing adjustable distances between buckling points to accommodate different anti-theft locking hole specifications, enabling a single lock to fit various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single anti-theft lock design is used, then the adaptability to different portable electronic devices is improved, but the ability to match diversified locking hole specifications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The buckling units are designed to be movable relative to each other along the base, allowing the distance between them to be dynamically adjusted. This enables the lock to adapt to different locking hole specifications while maintaining reliable matching through controlled movement mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The distance parameter between the two buckling units can be changed to match different locking hole specifications. The controlling unit with annular curved surface enables parameter adjustment by limiting the movable range to specific positions, allowing the lock to accommodate various device specifications
2Device complexity
If the distance between buckling units is fixed, then the structural simplicity is improved, but the adaptability to different locking hole specifications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The buckling units are designed to be movable relative to each other along the base, allowing the distance between them to be dynamically adjusted. This enables the lock to adapt to different locking hole specifications while maintaining reliable matching through controlled movement mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The lock structure is segmented into movable buckling units that can independently adjust their positions. This segmentation allows the distance between units to be modified without redesigning the entire lock structure, maintaining relative simplicity while enabling adaptability
3Reliability
If multiple anti-theft locks are purchased for different devices, then the matching capability with various locking hole specifications is improved, but the cost and convenience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The lock is designed with universal adaptability through movable buckling units that can adjust to different locking hole specifications. This multi-functionality allows a single lock to serve multiple devices with different specifications, eliminating the need to carry and manage multiple locks
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AI summary
An anti-theft lock for a portable electronic device has a mounting shaft, two buckling units, a split-abutting unit, and a controlling unit. The two buckling units are moveably mounted around the mounting shaft. The split-abutting unit is moveable and has an engaging end and a split-abutting end. The split-abutting end selectively abuts the two buckling units via the movement of the split-abutting unit. The controlling unit has an annular curved surface. The annular curved surface slidably abuts the engaging end of the split-abutting unit. During the rotation of the controlling unit, the annular curved surface is capable of pushing the split-abutting unit to make the split-abutting end abut the two buckling units with inclined surfaces to move the two buckling units away from each other. The larger a distance the split-abutting unit moves, the larger a distance the two buckling units move away from each other.