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The core innovation of this work is the proposal of a synchronous potential barrier regulation mechanism for multiple subsystems based on a rhombus linkage mechanism. This study introduces a novel multi-subsystem bistable vibration energy harvester (MBEH) integrated with a rhombus linkage mechanism to achieve tunable potential barriers. The mechanism facilitates the coupling of four bistable subsystems, where adjusting the magnet spacing of one subsystem allows for the synchronous regulation of magnetic gaps in others. This architecture ensures a continuous and precise optimization of the potential barrier. Consequently, this mechanism yields remarkable performance advancements, achieving highly efficient coupling among subsystems. Furthermore, potential barrier regulation efficiency is substantially increased, while operating bandwidths of subsystems are complementary and superimposed. Results from numerical investigations indicate that at an excitation acceleration of 0.6 g, MBEH outperforms conventional BEH with a 13.58 Hz increase in summed subsystem bandwidth and a 0.0223 \u03bcW gain in output power. 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