Cylinder Lock Generator Integration for Key Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing of cylinder locks with integrated generators is expensive and requires high precision, making them costly and challenging to produce, and their structure is not universally applicable to all types of cylinder locks.
Innovation Solution
A cylinder lock design where the generator is connected to the inner cylinder, allowing it to rotate with the inner cylinder, and featuring a generator shaft system, channel axis, transmission parts, and a key channel module, which simplifies the structure and makes it more economical, applicable to various lock types, and reduces manufacturing complexity by allowing sheet-like structures to form a cylindrical structure that can turn with the inner cylinder.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If a generator is integrated into the cylinder lock with precise positioning of parts, then electricity can be generated for key identification and electric means operation, but manufacturing cost increases and manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a generator structure that can be integrated into various cylinder lock types without requiring significant modifications to the lock body. The generator, channel axis, and transmission parts form a modular assembly that can serve multiple lock configurations, reducing per-unit manufacturing costs and complexity while maintaining the electricity generation function for key identification and electric means operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the generator system into distinct functional modules: the generator itself, the channel axis with gearwheel, transmission parts, and the key channel module. This segmentation allows for independent manufacturing and assembly of these components, reducing the need for high-precision positioning of all parts relative to each other, thereby lowering manufacturing costs and complexity while preserving the overall functionality.
2Use of energy by moving object
If a generator is integrated into the cylinder lock with precise positioning of parts, then electricity can be generated for key identification and electric means operation, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a generator structure that can be integrated into various cylinder lock types without requiring significant modifications to the lock body. The generator, channel axis, and transmission parts form a modular assembly that can serve multiple lock configurations, reducing per-unit manufacturing costs and complexity while maintaining the electricity generation function for key identification and electric means operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nesting by placing the generator, channel axis, transmission parts, and key channel module within the existing cylinder lock body structure. The channel axis with its gearwheel is positioned within the key channel module, and the entire generator assembly is integrated into the lock body without requiring external additions, thereby reducing structural complexity while maintaining functionality.
3Use of energy by moving object
If a generator is integrated into the cylinder lock with precise positioning of parts, then electricity can be generated for key identification and electric means operation, but manufacturing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the generator system into distinct functional modules: the generator itself, the channel axis with gearwheel, transmission parts, and the key channel module. This segmentation allows for independent manufacturing and assembly of these components, reducing the need for high-precision positioning of all parts relative to each other, thereby lowering manufacturing costs and complexity while preserving the overall functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-assembling the generator, channel axis, and transmission parts as a integrated unit that can be installed into the cylinder lock body as a single assembly. This pre-integration of the generator system into a unified structure reduces the number of separate assembly steps required during final lock manufacturing, thereby increasing manufacturing speed and productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design reduces manufacturing costs and complexity, making the cylinder lock more affordable and faster to produce while maintaining functionality across different lock types, without requiring significant modifications to the lock body.
Implementation Method 1
a generator (7) for generating electricity from the movement of the key (8) inserted in the cylinder lock
Data Source
AI summary
The cylinder lock according to the invention includes a body and, inside it, an inner cylinder unit provided with an inner cylinder. The cylinder lock also includes a generator for generating electricity from the movement of a key inserted in the cylinder lock. The electricity generated is used to identify the key, and the electricity generated is also used in the electric device if opening the cylinder lock is allowed on the basis of the identification of the key. In connection with the generator are also generator shaft system, a channel axis and transmission parts from the channel axis to the generator.