Magnetic Buckling Assembly for Reliable Connection and Easy Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional buckling assemblies for baby carriers are difficult to operate and have complex structures, necessitating an improved design for easier operation and a more compact structure.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic buckling assembly that employs engagement of locking portions and magnetic cooperation between magnetic components for secure connections, allowing reliable connection and disconnection through magnetic attraction and repulsion, ensuring safety and convenience while maintaining a compact design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional buckling assembly structure is used with multiple locking mechanisms, then connection reliability is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical locking mechanisms with a magnetic field-based locking system. The magnetic buckling assembly uses magnetic attraction forces between the first and second buckling components to maintain connection, eliminating the need for multiple mechanical locking parts while maintaining connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental parameter of connection maintenance from mechanical interlocking to magnetic field interaction. By utilizing magnetic field strength as the connection parameter, the system achieves reliable connection with simpler structure and easier operation compared to conventional mechanical buckling assemblies.
2Reliability
If conventional buckling assembly with multiple locking portions is used, then connection security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual manipulation of multiple locking portions with automatic magnetic engagement. The magnetic field automatically secures the connection when components are brought close, and can be easily released by overcoming the magnetic force, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining connection security.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic buckling assembly performs self-locking through magnetic attraction without requiring manual operation of multiple locking mechanisms. The system automatically maintains connection security through the magnetic field, reducing the operational steps required by the user.
3Reliability
If magnetic components are added to provide magnetic cooperation, then connection reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the magnetic component directly into the buckling component structure itself, rather than adding separate magnetic elements. The first magnetic component is integrated into the first buckling component and the second magnetic component into the second buckling component, maintaining connection reliability while minimizing additional components and overall device complexity.
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 a safer and more convenient operation by ensuring the male and female buckling components remain connected due to magnetic forces, even if the locking portions are disengaged, and allows easy separation, enhancing user safety and reducing the risk of components falling or being misplaced.
Implementation Method 1
If the first magnetic component is configured to magnetically attract the second magnetic component, the male buckling component can still be connected to the female buckling component
Implementation Method 2
If the first magnetic component is configured to magnetically repulse the second magnetic component, the male buckling component can be connected to the female buckling component because the first locking portion and the second locking portion can be driven to abut against each other by magnetic repulsion
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AI summary
A magnetic buckling assembly (100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d) includes a male buckling component (2), a female buckling component (1), a first locking portion (1a), a second locking portion (2a), an operating component (3), a first magnetic component (4) and a second magnetic component (5). The first magnetic component (4) magnetically attracts or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component (5) during a connecting process of the male buckling component (2) and the female buckling component (1) along a connecting direction. The first magnetic component (4) magnetically attracts the second magnetic component (5) for preventing separation of the male buckling component (2) and the female buckling component (1) or magnetically repulses the second magnetic component (5) for promoting the separation of the male buckling component (2) and the female buckling component (1) when the operating component (3) is operated to disengage the first locking portion (1a) from the second locking portion (2a) for allowing the separation of the male buckling component (2) and the female buckling component (1).