Retaining Clip with Lifting Mechanism for Quick Disengagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional retaining clips are difficult to connect and disconnect, necessitating an improved structural design for easier engagement and disengagement.
Innovation Solution
A retaining clip design featuring a first strap body with a first engaging portion and a second strap body with a ring-shaped portion, utilizing protrusions and abutting surfaces to facilitate secure engagement and quick disengagement by lifting the first strap body, allowing the first protrusion to abut against the second protrusion and surfaces to separate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional retaining clip structure is used, then the connection is secure, but it is difficult to connect and disconnect
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining clip employs a dynamic structure where the first strap body can be lifted to disengage from the second strap body. The engaging portion includes movable components that transition between engaged and disengaged states, allowing easy connection and disconnection while maintaining secure fastening when engaged.
Solution Approach 2:
The retaining clip is divided into separate engaging portions on the first and second strap bodies, with distinct protrusion and abutting surface features. This segmentation allows independent movement of the first strap body for disengagement while maintaining the overall structural integrity and connection security.
2Reliability
If the engaging portions are designed for firm engagement, then connection security is improved, but disconnection becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The engaging portions utilize a dynamic mechanism where lifting the first strap body creates movement that disengages the protrusion from the abutting surface. This dynamic action allows the structure to transition from a firm engaged state to an easily disengaged state, resolving the contradiction between engagement firmness and disconnection ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates a lifting motion as a preliminary action that prepares the engaging portions for disengagement. By lifting the first strap body, the protrusion is preliminarily moved away from the abutting surface, facilitating easy disconnection while maintaining firm engagement during normal use.
Data Source
AI summary
A retaining clip includes a first strap body and a second strap body. The first strap body includes a first engaging portion. The first engaging portion includes a first abutting surface and a first protrusion. One end of the second strap body is connected with one end of the first strap body. The second strap body includes a ring-shaped portion and a second engaging portion. The second engaging portion is adapted to be detachably engaged with the first engaging portion and includes a second protrusion and a second abutting surface. When the first engaging portion is engaged with the second engaging portion, the first strap body passes through the ring-shaped portion, and the first abutting surface faces the second abutting surface, and the first protrusion faces the second protrusion.