Splitboard Tail Clip with Elongated Apertures for Skin Tension

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Solution Overview

Problem

Splitboard ski skins face challenges in touring mode due to improper alignment, loose or tight coupling, and varying board shapes, leading to difficulties in uphill climbing and rearward sliding.

Innovation Solution

A tail clip and nose clip system with adaptable hooks and elongated apertures that can engage various splitboard ski designs, combined with a stretcher providing a friction interface, allowing for adjustable tension and secure adhesion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a skin is coupled to each splitboard ski, then traction and friction are improved for uphill climbing, but the skin may become improperly aligned or improperly tensioned leading to difficult touring

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveskin adhesionVSAvoidtouring difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The tail clip incorporates multiple elongated apertures that allow the stretcher to be positioned at different locations along the tail clip, enabling dynamic adjustment of skin tension and alignment to match different board shapes and user preferences, thereby maintaining reliable adhesion while ease of operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows changing the position parameter of the stretcher along the elongated apertures of the tail clip, and adjusting the tension parameter of the skin through the stretcher mechanism, to optimize both adhesion reliability and touring ease for different board shapes and conditions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If an adaptable nose clip and tail clip are used, then compatibility with multiple board shapes is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompatibility with board shapesVSAvoidclip structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The tail clip is designed with multiple elongated apertures and a configuration that allows it to accommodate various board tail shapes (swallowtail, square, rounded) through a single universal design, achieving adaptability without proportionally increasing structural complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The tail clip is segmented into multiple functional elements including multiple hooks for engagement and multiple elongated apertures for adjustment, allowing each segment to serve a specific function while collectively providing versatile compatibility across different board shapes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

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

The system enhances skin adhesion and retention on splitboard skis, improving traction and ease of use in touring mode by accommodating different splitboard shapes and providing optimal tension.

Implementation Method 1

the strap configured to provide a friction interface with the tail clip

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentUS11413517B2Tail clip kits, skin assemblies, and systems for splitboard skis

Publication Date: 2022.08.16 SPARK R&D IP HOLDINGS LLC

AI summary

A nose clip and a tail clip for a splitboard ski assembly may each comprise at least three hooks. The nose clip and the tail clip may be adaptable to various splitboard ski designs. A stretcher for a skin assembly may be configured to interface with the tail clip. The tail clip may comprise at least two elongated apertures defining a rail. The stretcher may be configured to interface with the rail via friction and/or secure a skin assembly to a splitboard ski assembly.