Angled Fuel Connector Sensor Mounting Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors with sensors for fuel lines require a cover member to maintain fuel impermeability, limiting flexibility in sensor placement and potentially necessitating additional openings.
Innovation Solution
A resin-made connector body with a sensor mounting part that forms an angle between main tubular parts, incorporating a tubular intake part with a bottom face and sensor mounting seat, eliminating the need for a cover member by integrating the sensor mounting within the existing mold formation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the sensor is disposed at a peripheral surface of a tubular intake part, then flexibility in sensor placement is improved, but a cover member becomes necessary to maintain fuel impermeability
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor mounting part is merged with the tubular intake part by forming the sensor mounting seat as an integral extension of the intake part in the mold. This integration eliminates the need for separate cover members while maintaining fuel impermeability, as the sensor mounting seat is formed within the existing mold cavity without requiring additional openings.
Solution Approach 2:
The tubular intake part is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides fluid passage and simultaneously incorporates the sensor mounting seat. By forming the sensor mounting seat as an integral part of the tubular intake part, the structure achieves multi-functionality without requiring separate components or additional openings that would necessitate cover members.
2Ease of manufacture
If the connector body forms an opening for sensor insertion, then the sensor can be mounted, but fuel impermeant performance deteriorates requiring a cover member
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor mounting seat is merged with the connector body by forming it as an integral extension of the tubular intake part within the existing mold cavity. This eliminates the need for separate sensor insertion openings that would compromise fuel impermeability, while still providing adequate space for sensor mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating a separate opening in the connector body for sensor mounting, the sensor mounting seat is formed by extending the mold in another dimension from the tubular intake part. This allows the sensor to be mounted without creating additional openings that would require cover members, thereby maintaining fuel impermeant performance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sensor mounting part requires a separate opening, then the sensor can be mounted, but the connector body structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor mounting part is merged with the connector body structure by forming the sensor mounting seat as an integral extension of the tubular intake part. This integration is achieved by extending the existing mold used for forming the tubular intake part, eliminating the need for separate openings or additional structural components.
Solution Approach 2:
The tubular intake part is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides fluid passage and simultaneously incorporates the sensor mounting seat. By forming the sensor mounting seat as an integral part of the tubular intake part, the structure achieves multi-functionality without requiring separate components or additional openings that would increase complexity.
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
This design enhances flexibility in sensor placement while maintaining satisfactory fuel impermeability without requiring additional openings for cover members, ensuring reliable fluid pressure detection.
Implementation Method 1
a pressure sensor that is mounted to the sensor mounting part and detects pressure of fluid that passes through the connector body
Data Source
AI summary
A connector includes a resin-made connector body and a pressure sensor. The connector body includes a first main tubular part that is connected to a first pipe, a second main tubular part that is connected to a second pipe, and a sensor mounting part. The first main tubular part and the second main tubular part connect with each other to form an angle. The sensor mounting part includes: a tubular intake part that is formed in line with a line extending from one of the first main tubular part and the second main tubular part and has a bottom face; and a sensor mounting seat that is capable of being mounted with the pressure sensor and communicates with a peripheral-surface opening of the tubular intake part.