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dpunked@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Spider89@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is a lock to anchor your device to something.

  If you have a laptop/desktop. Look to the side and you will see a Rectangle

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  This lock uses that hole and this will anchor the device. (Just need a cable.)

  The offical K-Lock used by kensington are these. Image

  Get it?

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  • dpunked@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for the explanation. So these Kensington locks are super expensive? How does your desgin improve upon it?

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    • Spider89@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Firstly, these are open-source for community improvement.

      bending/tampering resistance by the use of guards.

      Front guard disallows the shackle from being bent. Image

      The Back guard protects the back shackle from bending. Image

      The ring guard protects tampering of the guards. Image

      (This info below may be inaccurate since I changed partial lock design. FEM testing wasn’t used right now.)

      The shackle is designed to withstand 2-7k netwons. (2k when aluminum is used, 7k if steel is used.)
      

      (This was found on the web. This may be mild/severly innacurate. Take this with a grain of salt.)

      These forces (2k) are similar to require a car to move.
      

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      • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And this is… plastic instead of metal? Or am I misunderstanding things?

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