Magnetic Engaging Module With Guided Locking Against Pull Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional engaging modules, including magnetic types, face challenges in alignment convenience during assembly and stability after assembly due to potential separation under external forces.
Innovation Solution
An engaging module with male and female elements featuring magnetic attraction and structural matching structures, including guiding notches, extending channels, and positioning channels, ensures quick alignment and stability through magnetic retention and structural locking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If magnetic units are used to attract male and female buckles, then alignment convenience is improved, but assembly stability deteriorates due to separation under external force
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement system is divided into two functional parts: magnetic units for alignment and positioning protrusions for stable connection. The male buckle contains positioning protrusions that extend from its surface, while the female buckle has corresponding positioning cavities. This segmentation allows magnetic attraction to handle alignment while mechanical structures handle stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention combines magnetic attraction and mechanical interlocking into a single engagement system. The magnetic units provide initial alignment and holding force, while the positioning protrusions and cavities provide structural stability and prevent separation under external force, merging both functions into one integrated solution.
2Reliability
If screwed elements are used for connection, then assembly stability is improved, but alignment convenience deteriorates due to difficulty in alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The invention replaces the traditional mechanical screwing system with a magnetic field-based alignment system. Instead of requiring manual alignment and rotation of screwed elements, magnetic units automatically attract and align the male and female buckles. The mechanical stability function is then handled by positioning protrusions and cavities rather than threads.
Solution Approach 2:
Magnetic units serve as an intermediary mechanism between the user's action and the final mechanical connection. The magnetic field mediates the alignment process, guiding the positioning protrusions into the cavities without requiring direct manual alignment of the mechanical connection points.
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
Enhances assembly convenience by eliminating the need for precise alignment and maintains stability against external forces, ensuring the male and female elements remain connected.
Implementation Method 1
the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are magnetically attracted to each other
Data Source
AI summary
An engaging module has a male engaging element and a female engaging element. The male engaging element is connected to the female engaging element and has a first casing, a first magnetic element disposed in the first casing, and multiple matching structures disposed around an external surface of the first casing. Each matching structure has a guiding notch, an extending channel, and a positioning channel. The female engaging element has a second casing, a second magnetic element disposed in the second casing, and multiple positioning protrusions respectively corresponding to the multiple matching structures. The positioning protrusions respectively engage in the positioning channels when the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are magnetically attracted to each other, and will not leave the positioning channels when an external pulling force is applied on the engaging module, and this simultaneously improves the convenience of assembly and the stability after assembly.