Magnetic buckling assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional buckling assemblies for baby carriers are difficult to operate and have complex structures, making them less user-friendly and efficient.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic buckling assembly that uses a combination of locking portions, magnetic components, and an operating component to securely connect and disconnect straps with a compact design, utilizing magnetic attraction and repulsion for reliable engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional buckling assembly uses multiple locking portions and mechanical components, then the connection reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical locking mechanisms with a magnetic field-based locking system. The magnetic locking component generates magnetic fields that interact with magnetic components in the buckling assembly, eliminating the need for complex mechanical interlocking parts while maintaining reliable connection. This substitution of mechanical systems with magnetic fields directly reduces device complexity while preserving connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes changes in magnetic field parameters (strength, direction, polarity) to control the locking and unlocking states of the buckling assembly. By adjusting magnetic field parameters through the operating component, the system achieves reliable locking without requiring multiple mechanical locking portions, thus simplifying the overall structure while maintaining connection reliability.
2Reliability
If a conventional buckling assembly uses multiple mechanical components for locking, then the connection reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical operation sequences with simple magnetic field control. The operating component modulates magnetic fields to achieve locking and unlocking, eliminating the need for users to manipulate multiple mechanical parts or follow complex operational procedures. This substitution maintains reliable connection while dramatically improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic locking system provides automatic engagement and disengagement based on the position of the operating component. The magnetic components automatically align and lock when brought together, and automatically release when the operating component changes the magnetic field configuration, reducing the operational effort required from the user while ensuring reliable connection.
3Ease of operation
If a magnetic buckling assembly uses magnetic components for locking, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability may deteriorate due to potential accidental disengagement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a protective component that prevents accidental operation of the operating component. This protective mechanism blocks unintended changes to the magnetic field configuration, ensuring that magnetic locking can be easily controlled intentionally while preventing accidental disengagement. The preliminary protective action maintains both ease of intended operation and reliability against accidental failure.
4Ease of operation
If a conventional buckling assembly uses a releasing button mechanism, then the disengagement function is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the disengagement function into the magnetic field control mechanism itself. The operating component serves dual purposes: controlling the magnetic locking mechanism and enabling disengagement through the same magnetic field modulation. This merging eliminates the need for separate mechanical releasing button mechanisms, reducing device complexity while maintaining ease of disengagement operation.
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
The magnetic buckling assembly provides easy operation, enhanced safety against accidental disengagement, and a compact structure, ensuring reliable connection and convenient use while preventing the buckling components from falling or becoming misplaced.
Implementation Method 1
The first magnetic component magnetically attracts or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component during a connecting process of the male buckling component and the female buckling component along the connecting direction
Implementation Method 2
The first magnetic component magnetically attracts the second magnetic component for preventing separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component
Implementation Method 3
or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component for promoting the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component
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AI summary
A magnetic buckling assembly includes a male buckling component, a female buckling component, a first locking portion, a second locking portion, an operating component, a first magnetic component, a second magnetic component and a clearance structure. The first magnetic component magnetically attracts the second magnetic component for preventing separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component for promoting the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component when the operating component is operated to disengage the first locking portion from the second locking portion for allowing the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component. The clearance structure allows the second locking portion to slide an offsetting position for preventing the separation of the male buckling component and the female buckling component after engagement of the first locking portion and the second locking portion.