Adaptable Electrical Connector with Parallelepiped Seat
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional adaptable electrical connectors are high and require a metal cover for protection, increasing manufacturing costs and not adaptable to mounting orientations, which hinders the development of miniature electronic products and limits conductor orientation on PCBs.
Innovation Solution
A parallelepiped insulative seat with lengthwise parallel grooves and cylindrical conductors that can be soldered directly to a PCB, allowing for mounting in either parallel or perpendicular orientations without a metal cover, reducing height and enhancing adaptability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a metal cover is used to protect the conductors, then the protection of conductors is improved, but the manufacturing cost increases and the height increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the metal cover from the connector structure entirely. Instead of protecting conductors with a separate metal cover component, the design exposes the conductors directly, allowing them to be soldered to the PCB for both mechanical support and electrical connection, thereby eliminating the need for cover installation and reducing overall height.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the functions of the metal cover and the mounting structure by integrating conductor support and PCB mounting into a single insulative seat structure. The conductors are directly mounted to the insulative seat, which is then soldered to the PCB, merging protection, support, and electrical connection functions into one integrated solution.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a metal cover is used to protect the conductors, then the protection of conductors is improved, but the height increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the metal cover from the connector structure entirely. Instead of protecting conductors with a separate metal cover component, the design exposes the conductors directly, allowing them to be soldered to the PCB for both mechanical support and electrical connection, thereby eliminating the need for cover installation and reducing overall height.
3Ease of manufacture
If the conductors are mounted in a fixed orientation, then the manufacturing process is simplified, but the adaptability to different PCB orientations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the insulative seat with a symmetrical structure featuring grooves on multiple sides that can accommodate conductors in different orientations. The mounting structure allows the connector to be installed on the PCB in either parallel or perpendicular orientations, making the same component universally adaptable to different PCB layouts and connector requirements without requiring separate specialized components.
Data Source
AI summary
An adaptable electrical connector is disclosed that includes a parallelepiped insulative seat including a front end, a rear end, a bottom, a top, and a plurality of lengthwise parallel grooves through the bottom, the groove being open to the front end, the rear end, and the bottom respectively; and a plurality of cylindrical conductors each including a rear cylindrical section; wherein the conductors are fastened in the grooves with the rear cylindrical sections exposed. The invention can decrease height and is adapted to mount on a PCB in either a first orientation or a second orientation perpendicular to the first orientation.