26-Terminal Connector Layout for Compact High-Current Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in arranging multiple terminals of a connector in a way that minimizes its volume while meeting the performance needs of large-scale devices requiring high power and high current transmission.
Innovation Solution
A connector design with a housing containing 26 terminals, including first, second, and third terminals, is optimized by arranging their projections to minimize the diameter of the cross-sectional circumcircle, using a positioning plate with symmetrically distributed holes and guards/partitions to ensure alignment and protection, and incorporating a mounting member for integration on a single mounting plate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If more terminals are added to meet high power and high current transmission needs, then the connector volume increases, but the integration density decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional linear or planar terminal arrangements to a three-dimensional spatial configuration. Terminals are distributed in multiple layers and angular positions around a central axis, utilizing vertical and radial dimensions to pack more terminals into a compact cylindrical volume, thereby increasing integration density without proportionally increasing overall volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector employs a nested structure where terminals are arranged concentrically around a central axis, with inner terminals positioned closer to the center and outer terminals arranged in surrounding layers. This nested configuration allows multiple terminals to occupy overlapping projection areas when viewed from certain angles, maximizing the number of terminals that can be integrated within the connector housing.
2Volume of moving object
If terminals are arranged to minimize connector volume, then integration density improves, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal assembly is divided into multiple independent terminal units, each with standardized connection interfaces. These modular terminals can be manufactured separately and then assembled into the housing in the optimized three-dimensional configuration, simplifying the overall manufacturing process by decoupling terminal production from connector assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector design incorporates standardized terminal structures and connection interfaces that can accommodate different terminal types and configurations. This universal design allows the same basic connector housing and terminal arrangement framework to be used across multiple product variants, reducing manufacturing complexity despite the complex spatial optimization.
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AI summary
The disclosure discloses a connector including a housing and provided with therein: at least one first terminal configured to transmit a first current; at least one second terminal configured to transmit a second current; and at least one third terminal configured to transmit a signal; wherein, a total number of the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal is 26, and projections of the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal in a cross section of the housing is arranged to minimize a diameter of a circumcircle of the cross section.