Operation Cord Coupling Solid Fitting Protrusion Durability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing operation cords, especially those with hollow fitting mechanisms, lack durability and fail to withstand significant usage, leading to premature breakage under conditions requiring durability.

Innovation Solution

An operation cord design featuring a coupling portion with solid fitting protrusions and holes, where the protrusions are resiliently fitted into the holes, providing enhanced durability and a fail-safe mechanism that breaks under excessive force, allowing for easy reconstruction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a hollow fitting mechanism is used in the coupling portion, then the operation cord can be easily manufactured and assembled, but the durability is insufficient and the cord breaks prematurely under significant usage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of manufactureVSAvoiddurability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical state of the fitting protrusion from hollow to solid, fundamentally altering the structural parameter to enhance durability while maintaining the overall coupling mechanism design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The coupling portion combines solid fitting protrusions with hollow fitting holes, creating a composite structure where the solid protrusion provides strength and durability while the hollow hole allows for assembly and potential flexibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If a solid fitting protrusion is used in the coupling portion, then the durability is significantly improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovedurabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The solid fitting protrusion is designed to be self-forming through molding processes, where the molding technique automatically creates the solid structure without requiring additional manufacturing steps or assembly operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Object-affected harmful factors

If the coupling portion is designed to be uncoupled under fast and furious force, then safety is improved by preventing accidents, but the durability is reduced as the cord breaks before predetermined usage count is reached

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoiddurability
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the force threshold parameter by changing the protrusion from hollow to solid, raising the force required to break the cord while preserving the ultimate fail-safe mechanism against excessive force

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP2447568B1Operation cord and method of manufacturing operation cord
Publication Date: 2019.08.28 TACHIKAWA
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AI summary

An operation cord that is excellent in durability is provided. According to the present invention, an operation cord comprising a cord whose both ends are coupled by means of a coupling portion is provided, the operation cord characterized in that the coupling portion has a first coupling part and a second coupling part which are coupled with each other directly or via a coupling member, one of the coupling parts or the coupling member adjacent to each other has a fitting protrusion, and the other of the coupling parts or the coupling member adjacent to each other has a fitting hole capable of fitting with the fitting protrusion, and the fitting protrusion is a solid body.