Magnetic Pouch Attachment with Crash-Stable Latch Teeth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile application storage solutions are inadequate for space-limited environments, as they are often rigidly attached and fail to allow for easy relocation or reconfiguration without tools, and the securing fasteners face increased stress, which is not crash-ready for inertial and impact forces.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic pouch attachment mechanism with alignment plates, magnetic areas, mounting apertures, latch apertures, and a latch handle that transitions between retention and release positions, allowing pouches to be removably coupled to magnetic pouch mounts using attractive magnetic forces, ensuring secure attachment and easy relocation without tools, and designed to withstand crash forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If furniture is rigidly attached in mobile applications, then structural stability is improved, but relocation flexibility deteriorates and tool requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system transitions from static rigid attachment to dynamic reversible attachment. The magnetic coupling allows the pouch to be firmly held during normal use (stable) but can be easily released by overcoming the magnetic force (flexible), enabling relocation without tools while maintaining structural integrity during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
Traditional mechanical fasteners (screws, bolts, clips) are replaced with a magnetic coupling system. The magnetic force provides sufficient holding strength for structural stability during use, but can be easily overcome for relocation, eliminating the need for tools and providing both stability and flexibility simultaneously.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional fasteners are used in mobile applications, then ease of installation is improved, but crash readiness deteriorates due to increased stress on securing fasteners
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic force strength is optimized to provide adequate holding power for normal mobile application stresses while being replaceable. The system allows for parameter adjustment through selection of different magnetic strength levels and pouch configurations to meet both ease of installation and crash readiness requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The magnetic pouch assembly is designed as a replaceable unit. In the event of crash forces exceeding design parameters, the pouch or magnetic coupling can be replaced rather than requiring repair of the mounting system, ensuring continued reliability while maintaining ease of installation through standardized interfaces.
3Adaptability or versatility
If magnetic coupling is used for pouch attachment, then relocation flexibility is improved, but attachment strength deteriorates under high stress
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into multiple interaction points: magnetic coupling for primary attachment, alignment pegs and apertures for positional stability, and latch mechanisms for enhanced security. This segmentation distributes stress across multiple elements, maintaining attachment strength while preserving magnetic relocation flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines multiple coupling mechanisms (magnetic, mechanical alignment, latching) into a composite attachment system. Each mechanism contributes different properties: magnetic force provides flexible attachment, alignment features provide positional stability, and latches provide enhanced strength, achieving both relocation flexibility and high attachment strength simultaneously.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a crash-ready, portable compartmentalization system that allows for flexible configuration and secure storage of items in space-limited environments, enabling easy relocation and withstanding inertial and impact forces, ensuring items remain secure and organized.
Implementation Method 1
an attractive magnetic force is exerted between the pouch and the one or more magnetic pouch mounts such that the pouch aligns with and couples to the one or more magnetic pouch mounts
Data Source
AI summary
A magnetic pouch attachment mechanism may include one or more magnetic pouch mounts having an alignment plate with one or more magnetic areas disposed within the alignment plate. The magnetic pouch mount may also include a pouch that may be removably coupled with the one or more magnetic pouch mounts such that when the pouch is placed in proximity to the one or more magnetic pouch mounts, an attractive magnetic force is exerted between the pouch and the one or more magnetic pouch mounts such that the pouch aligns with and couples to the one or more magnetic pouch mounts. A mounting bracket coupled to the pouch may include one or more bracket magnetic areas disposed within the mounting bracket and configured to induce an attractive magnetic force with the one or more magnetic areas.