Magnetic Accessory Mount With Self-Alignment and Impulse Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional accessory mounts often require tools for removal, are not self-zeroing, and can be shaken loose by impulse forces, making them inconvenient and potentially dangerous.
Innovation Solution
The accessory mount design includes a mounting portion with an alignment projection and an accessory portion with an alignment recess, allowing for quick attachment and detachment using hand force, and incorporates magnets for alignment and retention, ensuring the mount remains secure against impulse forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional accessory mounts use tool-based removal mechanisms, then secure attachment is achieved, but removal time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical tool-based removal systems with a magnetic field-based release mechanism. The accessory portion contains magnets that interact with magnets in the mounting portion, enabling tool-free attachment and detachment. The magnetic force provides secure holding during operation but allows easy release when opposing magnetic force is applied by the user, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and quick removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is designed to be self-aligning through the interaction between the alignment projection and alignment recess, which are magnetically attracted to each other. This self-alignment eliminates the need for manual positioning or adjustment tools, allowing the accessory to automatically align and attach securely to the mounting surface without external intervention.
2Reliability
If conventional accessory mounts lack self-alignment features, then manufacturing is simpler, but positioning accuracy and operational reliability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses magnetic fields to achieve self-alignment between the alignment projection and alignment recess. The magnets in the accessory portion are attracted to corresponding magnets in the mounting portion, automatically guiding the accessory into the correct position during attachment. This magnetic self-alignment system provides high positioning accuracy without requiring complex mechanical alignment mechanisms or manual adjustment procedures.
3Reliability
If accessory mounts use strong retention mechanisms, then stability against impulse forces is improved, but ease of removal deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses magnetic forces for retention instead of mechanical locking mechanisms. The magnets in the accessory portion interact with magnets in the mounting portion to provide strong holding force that resists impulse forces during operation. However, because magnetic force can be easily counteracted by applying an equal and opposite force, the user can quickly remove the accessory by pulling it away with sufficient hand force, maintaining ease of removal while ensuring operational stability.
4Reliability
If accessory mounts require tools for attachment and removal, then secure connection is achieved, but operational speed and convenience decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces tool-based attachment mechanisms with a magnetic field-based system. The magnets in both the accessory and mounting portions create an attractive force that automatically secures the accessory when brought near the mounting surface. This eliminates the need for tools entirely, allowing rapid attachment by simply bringing the accessory close to the mount, thereby significantly increasing attachment speed while maintaining connection security through the magnetic holding force.
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 solution enables rapid and tool-free attachment and detachment of accessories, ensures self-alignment, and maintains stability against impulse forces, enhancing convenience and safety.
Implementation Method 1
incorporates magnets for alignment and retention, ensuring the mount remains secure against impulse forces
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a mounting portion with a planar elongated geometry and an accessory portion having a geometry similar to the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes an alignment recess formed centrally on one side of the mounting portion to extend partially into a thickness of the mounting portion, a mount-side magnet seat formed in the one side of the mounting portion, and a mount-side magnet disposed in the mount-side magnet seat. The accessory portion includes an alignment projection formed centrally on one side of the accessory portion to extend outward from the accessory portion to engage with the alignment recess to align the accessory portion with the mounting portion, an accessory-side magnet seat formed in the one side of the mounting portion, and an accessory-side magnet disposed in the magnet seat to engage with the mount-side magnet to removably secure the accessory portion relative to the mounting portion.