Cable Connector Structural Body for Multi-Core Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing cable connection structures for multi-core cables to substrates are cumbersome and time-consuming due to the need for manual positioning of internal insulators using adhesives, leading to misalignment issues during the connection process.

Innovation Solution

A cable connection structural body with a substrate fixation portion and a cable holding portion that forms a space for signal lines, allowing easy alignment and soldering without the need for adhesives, using a conductive material with a concave shape for ground line connection and a bundling portion to manage multiple signal lines efficiently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If internal insulators are attached to the substrate surface using adhesives or double-sided adhesive tape for positioning, then misalignment of coaxial cables is prevented, but the positioning process requires much time and work, making the whole connecting operation complicated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment precisionVSAvoidprocess complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the internal insulators from the substrate surface, eliminating the need for adhesive positioning. Instead, the insulators are held in position by the cable connector structure itself, which engages with the insulators to maintain alignment during soldering without requiring additional positioning materials or steps

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The cable connector structure provides its own positioning function through its design. The connector includes features that automatically engage with and hold the internal insulators in the correct position, making the system self-positioning without requiring external adhesives or separate positioning operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If internal insulators are attached to the substrate surface using adhesives or double-sided adhesive tape, then misalignment of coaxial cables is prevented, but the positioning process requires much time and work

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealignment precisionVSAvoidpositioning time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates the adhesive positioning step entirely by removing the insulators from the substrate surface and holding them in position through the cable connector structure, which automatically positions components during assembly without requiring time-consuming adhesive application and drying processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The cable connector is designed with pre-formed engagement features that automatically position the internal insulators and coaxial cables in the correct alignment during the assembly process, eliminating the need for separate positioning operations and reducing overall assembly time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10411374B2Cable connection structural body and cable connector
Publication Date: 2019.09.10 JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS IND LTD
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AI summary

A cable connection structural body is used for connecting a multi-core cable having a plurality of signal lines to a substrate, and the cable connection structural body includes a substrate fixation portion that is fixed to the substrate, and a cable holding portion that forms a space passing the plurality of signal lines therethrough between the cable holding portion and a surface of the substrate when the substrate fixation portion is fixed to the substrate.