Resilient Coupling Control Mechanism for Rapid Object Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for coupling objects to devices using screws are inefficient and difficult to demount, lacking the ability to couple and separate objects repeatedly and rapidly.
Innovation Solution
A control device with a head portion and a body portion that allows for lateral, vertical, or rotational buoyancy, featuring a resilient component for movement and restoration, enabling rapid coupling and separation of objects through engagement and disengagement mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If screw-based coupling is used, then objects are securely fastened together, but demounting becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling system is divided into separate components: a fastening portion that remains attached to the device, and a control device that can be independently removed. This segmentation allows the objects to stay securely coupled while enabling rapid demounting by simply separating the control device from the fastening portion.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening portion incorporates a resilient component that provides dynamic movement capability. The fastening portion can move between a fastening state (secured) and a released state (demounted), allowing rapid transition between coupled and separated conditions without the time-consuming process of unscrewing.
2Strength
If screw-based coupling is used, then objects are firmly connected, but the coupling process becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling system separates the fastening function (performed by the fastening portion) from the control function (performed by the control device). This allows the coupling process to be completed rapidly by simply attaching the control device to the fastening portion, while maintaining strong connection through the resilient fastening mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient fastening portion automatically engages and secures the control device when brought into proximity. The resilient component provides automatic self-alignment and self-locking, eliminating the need for manual screw tightening and significantly improving coupling efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If resilient component is added for movement capability, then coupling and separation become rapid, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient component is confined to only the fastening portion, which is a separate modular component. This segmentation allows the movement capability to be added without complicating the overall system, as the resilient fastening portion can be independently designed, manufactured, and replaced.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient component is strategically placed only where movement is needed (in the fastening portion), rather than throughout the entire device. This localized approach provides the necessary movement capability for rapid coupling and separation while minimizing the overall structural complexity of the device.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and rapid coupling and separation of objects by allowing the head and body portions to shift, tighten, or rotate, facilitating repeated use without the difficulties associated with screw-based systems.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient component is disposed between the head portion and the body portion and adapted to abut against the head portion or the body portion and thereby cause the head portion or the body portion to undergo a lateral, vertical or rotational movement
Data Source
AI summary
A control device includes a head portion and a body portion. The body portion is movably fitted to the head portion. Lateral buoyancy level, vertical buoyancy level or rotational buoyancy level between the head portion and the body portion enables the shifting, tightening, restrictive abutment or rotational abutment between the head portion and the body portion. Therefore, the body portion of the control device is fitted to a body portion of a first object, and the head portion of the control device engages or removes a second object, so as to achieve the coupling and separating of the first and second objects. Hence, the control device can couple together and separate the first and second objects repeatedly and rapidly.