Magnetic Hose Connector for Easy Fluid-Tight Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hose and tube connectors often require significant hand strength and dexterity to establish a secure, fluid-tight connection, posing difficulties for individuals with limited dexterity or those wearing gloves, and are prone to jamming in extreme temperatures or with debris accumulation.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic hose connector system featuring a male and female coupler with embedded magnets, allowing for easy connection and disconnection with minimal effort, suitable for various applications, including gardening and medical uses, and designed to accommodate different hose diameters, with optional additional security measures like secondary magnets or latches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional threaded or pronged hose connectors are used, then a secure fluid-tight connection can be established, but significant hand strength and dexterity are required, making operation difficult for people with limited dexterity or those wearing gloves
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the conventional threaded mechanical connection system with a magnetic field-based connection system. Magnets embedded in the connector components create magnetic attraction forces that automatically draw the male and female connectors together and maintain a secure fluid-tight connection without requiring manual threading or prong engagement, thereby eliminating the need for significant hand strength and dexterity
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic connector system performs the connection function automatically through magnetic attraction. When the male and female connectors are brought into proximity, the magnetic field self-generates the connection force, drawing the components together and sealing the fluid path without requiring the user to manually thread or secure the connection, enabling easy operation even while wearing gloves or with limited dexterity
2Reliability
If conventional threaded connectors with metal exteriors are used, then secure connections can be made, but they are prone to jamming in extreme temperatures or with debris accumulation in crevices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the threaded mechanical interface that creates crevices and complex moving parts by using a magnetic field-based connection. This substitution removes the pathways where debris can accumulate and prevents jamming caused by thermal expansion or contraction of metal threads, while still achieving secure connections through magnetic attraction and sealing mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the fundamental operating parameter from mechanical threading to magnetic field interaction. This parameter change eliminates sensitivity to temperature-induced dimensional changes that cause threading jamming, and removes the geometric complexity that allows debris accumulation, thereby preventing harmful factors while maintaining connection reliability
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
Enables quick, effortless, and secure connections and disconnections of hoses, tubes, and other materials, reducing frustration and injury risks, while maintaining fluid-tight seals and functioning across diverse environmental conditions.
Implementation Method 1
a magnetic hose connector in the form of a male and female coupler, each having a magnetic component
Data Source
AI summary
A hose connector is disclosed that provides a magnetized connection of hoses, tubes, cables, ducts, pipes, chains, straps, wires, twine, cord and/or rope creating a continuation in length for versatile and extended flow for, but not limited to, watering needs eliminating conventional connector threads currently requiring multiple turns to release or attach or existing pronged coupling requiring a degree of hand agility and strength. Thereby the disclosed matter provides the means for a fast, single motion attachment or twisting detachment of, but not limited to hose, tube, cable, duct, pipe, chain, strap, wire, twine, cord and/or rope ends without requiring the hand strength or precision that some conventional hose, tube, cable, duct, twine, cord, and/or rope connectors may require. There may be any combination of connecting the ends of hoses, tubes, cables, ducts, pipes, chains, straps, wires, twines, cords, and/or ropes. In some scenarios, flow is not required.