Universal Base Strip With Spring-Preloaded Locking Actuator
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and diversity of requirements for electronic devices, particularly in assembly systems, lead to the need for custom-designed terminal strips for each electronic component, increasing production costs and complexity due to the need for different terminal strips for different components.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device assembly featuring a spring element preloaded on the electronics housing to actuate the locking apparatus, allowing for simplified and automatable assembly and handling of plug modules, where the spring element preloads the actuating part counter to the actuating direction, enabling easy locking and unlocking of plug modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different terminal strips are designed for different electronic components, then the requirements for each component are met, but the production complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base strip is designed as a universal component that can accommodate different plug modules for various electronic components. Instead of creating different terminal strips for each electronic component, the invention uses a single base strip design that can work with multiple types of plug modules, thereby reducing production complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal strip is divided into two independent parts: a common base strip and interchangeable plug modules. This segmentation allows the base strip to remain standardized while the plug modules can be varied to meet different electronic component requirements, separating the fixed infrastructure from the variable interfaces.
2Reliability
If the actuating part is spring-preloaded via a compression spring on the base strip, then the locking function is achieved, but the assembly process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The spring element is extracted from the base strip and relocated to the electronics housing. This removes the spring from the terminal strip assembly process, simplifying the base strip manufacturing and assembly while maintaining the locking function through the spring's preloading action on the actuating part from the housing side.
Solution Approach 2:
The actuating part serves as an intermediary mechanism that transmits the spring force from the electronics housing to the plug modules. By positioning the spring on the housing and using the actuating part as a mediator, the system achieves reliable locking without complicating the base strip assembly process.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution simplifies the assembly and handling of electronic devices by allowing for preassembly of the spring element, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs by enabling the same locking apparatus to be used across different components, facilitating automatable manufacturing processes.
Implementation Method 1
a spring element arranged on the electronics housing and configured to preload the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly of an electronic device includes: an electronics housing for accommodating an electronic component; a base strip attachable to the electronics housing and having a plurality of plug receptacles to which plug modules are attachable; and a locking apparatus for locking the plug modules to the plug receptacles of the base strip. The locking apparatus has an actuating part movable in an actuating direction toward the electronics housing in order to remove the plug modules from the base strip. A spring element is arranged on the electronics housing for preloading the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction.