Buckle Socket Slit Design for Foreign Substance Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing buckles with cylindrical sockets struggle to efficiently remove foreign substances due to their continuous shape and lack of effective clearance, which restricts the removal efficiency and does not adequately enhance the weight reduction and guiding functions.
Innovation Solution
A buckle design featuring a socket with a slit extending along the insertion direction, allowing for easy removal of foreign substances and reducing weight, combined with a C-shaped cross section for improved guiding and structural rigidity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the socket is designed as a continuous cylindrical shape, then the structural integrity is maintained, but the efficiency in removing foreign substances is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The socket is segmented by introducing a longitudinal slit that divides the cylindrical cavity into two halves, allowing foreign substances to be efficiently removed while maintaining overall structural integrity through the connected front and back pieces
2Weight of stationary object
If the socket is made as a complete cylinder, then the structural strength is sufficient, but the weight reduction is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Material is extracted from the socket by forming a longitudinal slit that removes a portion of the cylindrical wall, reducing weight while maintaining structural strength through the C-shaped cross-section and connected pieces
3Ease of operation
If traditional guiding structures are used, then the guiding function is provided, but the device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The C-shaped cross-section and slit structure serve multiple functions: providing guiding function during insertion, reducing weight, enabling foreign substance removal, and maintaining structural integrity, eliminating the need for separate guiding components
Data Source
AI summary
A buckle with an enhanced efficiency in removing a foreign substance is provided. The buckle includes: a plug; and a socket provided with an insertion opening into which the plug is to be inserted. The socket includes: a pair of front pieces disposed side by side in a width direction intersecting with an insertion direction of the plug; a back piece disposed to face each of the front pieces; and a bottom piece that connects each of the front pieces and the back piece. A slit defined between the pair of front pieces extends in the insertion direction from the insertion opening across the bottom piece and the front pieces of the socket. Due to the presence of the slit, a cross section of the socket intersecting with the insertion direction is in a C-shape.