Target Magnet Mounting System With Spring Clips
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magnetic security switch systems face challenges with the alignment and installation of target magnets, which are labor-intensive and costly, especially when requiring adjustments or modifications, and external mounting makes them vulnerable to tampering.
Innovation Solution
A target magnet mounting system featuring a magnet housing with spring clip mounting hooks and flexible serrated teeth spring clips that snap together to form a cavity, allowing for quick and easy alignment and installation within a door U-channel, enabling easy adjustments and compatibility with existing security systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If target magnets are mounted inside the door using existing devices (screws or adhesives), then the magnets are protected from tampering, but the installation becomes labor intensive and expensive with permanent mounting locations
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a mounting bracket that attaches to the door and a target magnet that attaches to the bracket. This segmentation allows the bracket to provide secure, permanent mounting while the magnet can be easily installed and adjusted independently, resolving the contradiction between security and ease of installation
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is pre-installed on the door in the correct position before the target magnet is attached. This preliminary action ensures proper alignment and security from the start, while allowing the magnet to be quickly attached without requiring complex adjustment procedures, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining reliability
2Reliability
If target magnets are mounted inside the door using existing devices, then the magnets are secured in place, but adjustments and modifications become labor intensive and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system transitions from a static, permanent mounting method to a dynamic, adjustable system. The target magnet can be easily removed and repositioned on the mounting bracket, allowing for simple adjustments and modifications while maintaining secure mounting through the bracket's attachment mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket serves as an intermediary between the door and the target magnet. This intermediary component provides a secure attachment point on the door while simultaneously offering an easy-to-adjust interface for the magnet, resolving the contradiction between secure mounting and ease of adjustment
3Stability of the object's composition
If traditional mounting methods are used, then the target magnet is permanently fixed, but the installation time and skill requirements increase substantially
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the mounting system into a bracket and magnet components, the installation process is simplified. The bracket can be pre-installed while the magnet is quickly attached using a simple mechanism, substantially reducing installation time and skill requirements while maintaining stable, permanent mounting through the bracket's secure attachment to the door
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system facilitates rapid, cost-effective, and adaptable installation of target magnets, reducing labor and costs associated with alignment and modifications, while ensuring secure and accurate detection within existing security switch systems.
Implementation Method 1
first and second spring clips (50, 80), respectively, each including a flexible strip
Implementation Method 2
each of the first and second ends including serrated teeth (58, 88)
Data Source
AI summary
An embodiment is a target magnet mounting system including a magnet housing having first and second sets of spring clip mounting hooks on opposing sides of the housing and first and second spring clips mountable to the first and second spring clip mounting hook sets, respectively. Each of the spring clips includes a flexible strip having opposing first and second ends, each of the first and second ends including serrated teeth. The target magnet mounting system may be inserted into a channel to detachably engage the sidewalls of the channel to position a target magnet.