Adjustable Connector Cover for Eco-Friendly Vehicle Safety
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Solution Overview
Problem
In eco-friendly vehicles, exposed connectors pose a safety risk due to their exposure and require large, heavy covers that reduce fuel efficiency and increase manufacturing costs.
Innovation Solution
A connector cover that adjusts to fit various sizes, featuring sliding coupling portions and a tightening mechanism with a fixing gear and internal gear to securely fasten over the connector, preventing accidental contact and reducing cover size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a large engine room cover is used to protect electronic parts, then safety is improved, but weight and fuel consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the protective function into two separate components: a general engine room cover and a dedicated connector cover. The connector cover specifically protects the exposed connector area, while the engine room cover protects the broader engine compartment. This segmentation allows reduction of the engine room cover's size and weight while maintaining overall safety through the specialized connector cover.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the connector protection function from the general engine room cover, creating a separate dedicated connector cover. This extraction allows the engine room cover to be smaller and lighter, while the connector cover specifically addresses the safety hazard of exposed connectors.
2Reliability
If a dedicated connector cover is added, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector cover is designed with universal applicability through adjustable coupling portions that can adapt to connectors of various sizes. The tightening means mechanism is universally applicable across different connector configurations, reducing the need for multiple specialized covers while maintaining safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector cover incorporates dynamic elements including slidable coupling portions and a tightening means with movable components. These dynamic features allow the cover to adapt to different connector sizes and be securely fastened, achieving safety without requiring an overly complex fixed structure.
3Weight of moving object
If the cover width is reduced to improve fuel efficiency, then adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector cover features dynamic coupling portions that can slide along the cover body to adjust the effective width. This allows a compact cover design that can adapt to connectors of various sizes through the sliding mechanism, maintaining both weight efficiency and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover width parameter is made variable through the sliding coupling portions. By changing the position of the coupling portions, the same cover can accommodate different connector widths, achieving adaptability without increasing the base cover dimensions and weight.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The connector cover effectively prevents accidents by securing the connector and reducing the size and weight of the cover, thereby improving fuel efficiency and lowering manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
A wire connects the tightening wheel to the coupling portions
Implementation Method 2
A tightening wheel is rotatably installed to the cover and is formed with an internal gear engaging with the fixing gear
Data Source
AI summary
A connector cover in an eco-friendly vehicle covers the outside of a connector for an electronic part mounted to the eco-friendly vehicle. The cover covers the outside of the connector, and a width thereof is adjusted. The cover grasps both sides of the connector, is coupled to the outside of the connector as the width of the cover becomes narrower, and maintains a state in which the width is narrowed.