Electric Strike Selectable Channel Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric strikes do not allow installers to select the location of channels, leading to potential misalignment with auxiliary bolts, which can cause operational issues in deadlocking latchbolt mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
The electric strike system includes a housing with pivotally mounted keeper and actuator, and a family of ramp members with channels at different longitudinal positions, allowing for selectable alignment with auxiliary bolts to ensure proper operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional electric strikes use a fixed channel location, then the device structure is simple, but the channel may not align properly with the auxiliary bolt causing operational issues
Solution Approach 1:
The ramp member is divided into multiple selectable positions, each with a channel at a different longitudinal location. This segmentation allows the installer to choose the specific position that achieves proper alignment with the auxiliary bolt, resolving the contradiction between fixed structure and alignment reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces adjustability to the previously fixed channel location. By allowing the ramp member to be positioned at different longitudinal locations along the housing, the system becomes dynamically adaptable to different installation scenarios, ensuring proper channel-bolt alignment without increasing overall device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If the channel location is fixed in conventional electric strikes, then manufacturing is simple, but installation requires cutout enlargement and reinstallation when misalignment occurs
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple ramp member positions are pre-manufactured with channels at different longitudinal locations. This preliminary preparation of varied positions allows the installer to select the correct position during installation without requiring cutout enlargement or reinstallation, simplifying the installation process while maintaining manufacturing efficiency through standardized components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional electric strikes have a single ramp member design, then the device is simple to manufacture, but it lacks adaptability to different auxiliary bolt positions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a family of ramp members where each member serves the same basic function but with a different channel position. This universal design approach allows a single standardized component type to adapt to different auxiliary bolt positions, providing versatility without significantly increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
An electric strike system including a housing, a keeper, an actuator, and a plurality of ramp members. The keeper is pivotally mounted to the housing, and is pivotable about a longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position. The actuator is operable to selectively retain the keeper in the closed position. Each ramp member is operable to be mounted to the housing and includes a corresponding and respective channel. The plurality of ramp members includes a first ramp member and a second ramp member. With the first ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the first ramp member has a first longitudinal position relative to the housing. With the second ramp member mounted to the housing, the channel of the second ramp member has a second longitudinal position relative to the housing. The second longitudinal position is different from the first longitudinal position.