Magnetic Helmet Mounting System for Accessory Swapping
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Children resist wearing helmets for sports due to their uniform and undesirable appearance, and existing helmet add-on products are either permanently attached or poorly secured, requiring new helmets for changes in appearance.
Innovation Solution
A magnet-based mounting system that integrates magnetic bases into helmets, allowing for easy attachment and detachment of decorative units without compromising safety, using strong adhesives and rare earth magnets to secure attachments, enabling personal expression and swift swapping of accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If permanent adhesives are used to attach decorative units to helmets, then the attachment is secure and durable, but the design becomes static and cannot be easily changed
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the attachment into separate components: a magnetic base integrated into the helmet and a separate decorative unit with magnetic attraction. This segmentation allows the decorative unit to be easily attached and detached while maintaining secure attachment during use, resolving the contradiction between attachment security and design changeability.
2Ease of operation
If suction cups are used to attach helmet add-on products, then the attachment can be easily removed and repositioned, but the add-on products fall off easily and lack reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the suction cup mechanical system with a magnetic field-based attachment system. The magnetic base with embedded magnets provides reliable attachment through magnetic attraction to the helmet's magnetic base, eliminating the need for suction cups while maintaining ease of attachment and removal.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple helmet add-on products are purchased to change appearance, then the design versatility is achieved, but the cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic base integrated into the helmet serves as a universal mounting platform for various decorative units. Different decorative units can be attached to the same magnetic base, providing appearance customization without requiring multiple separate attachment systems or helmets, thereby reducing overall system 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 system allows users to change helmet attachments frequently without purchasing new helmets, ensuring safety by shearing off in impacts and providing a centralized power source for powered attachments, enhancing user experience with customizable and functional features.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one magnetic base is configured to connect to the helmet opposite the decorative top via a magnetic force between the magnet in the magnetic base and the metal disk decorative top
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology includes methods, systems, and apparatus related to utilizing high strength magnets to adhere accessories, decorative units, and other features to a helmet without compromising the safety features of the helmet. The magnets may be attached in magnet-based mounting systems to the helmet or integrated into the helmet. The mounting systems may include rare-earth magnets and high strength adhesives to adhere to a helmet surface and maintain attachment during high speed or contact, such as during sports activities. In some embodiments, accessories, decorative units, and other features include electronics for lighting, music, video, GPS, or other features.