Magnetic Building Block Structure for Multi-Angle Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magnetic suction building blocks have limited stacking angles and connecting modes, leading to a lack of variety in building designs and reduced interest in modeling among children.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic building block design featuring a first and second compartment part with rotating magnets and a stop assembly, allowing for misplaced connections and various stacking angles through crossed corners, enhanced by a partition plate and reinforcing ribs for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If magnetic suction building blocks are designed with single stacking angles and same-axis connection, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the connecting modes are limited and playing methods are simple
Solution Approach 1:
The building block is divided into multiple compartments (first compartment part and second compartment part) separated by a partition plate, with each compartment containing independent magnets. This segmentation allows different compartments to provide different stacking angles and connecting modes, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity by organizing multiple functions into distinct segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces crossed corners (first crossed corner and second crossed corner) that extend beyond the traditional single-axis stacking, adding spatial dimensions to the connection possibilities. This dimensional expansion enables misplaced modeling and diverse stacking angles without fundamentally complicating the basic block structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If magnetic suction building blocks are designed with single stacking angles, then the manufacturing precision requirement is low, but the building designs lack variety
Solution Approach 1:
Different compartments are designed with specific local qualities - the first compartment part contains a first magnet part for one type of connection, while the second compartment part contains a second magnet part for another type of connection. This local differentiation allows each part to excel at its specific function without requiring high precision across all connections simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnets are designed to be rotatable within their respective compartments, introducing dynamic adjustment capability. This allows the magnetic connection orientation to adapt during play rather than requiring precise pre-set stacking angles, resolving the contradiction between design variety and manufacturing precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enriches building modes and playing methods, enabling children to create more complex shapes and patterns, thereby enhancing their interest in modeling and imagination.
Implementation Method 1
a first magnet part and a second magnet part, wherein the first magnet part is arranged inside the first compartment part, and the first magnet part is able to rotate in the first compartment part; the first magnet part is provided with an N pole and an S pole; the second magnet part is arranged inside the second compartment part, and the second magnet part is able to rotate in the second compartment part
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a magnetic building block. Furthermore, the stop assembly is separated into the upper stop part and the lower stop part by the partition plate part, so that the strength of the stop assembly can be improved. The upper stop part may stop the first magnet part at the first compartment part, and the lower stop part may stop the second magnet part at the second compartment part.