Ceramic Oven Sensor Socket for Stable High-Temperature Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oven temperature sensor sockets have a complex structure and unstable electrical connections, leading to unreliable operation and are not suitable for temperatures above 400°C.
Innovation Solution
A connection socket design featuring a plug guide hole seat, shell, inner and outer ceramic plates, long and short leads, and elastic contact clips with lug bosses, ensuring stable electrical connectivity through the clamping action of the ceramic plates and snap rings, and a cap for moisture protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional socket structure is used to connect the temperature sensor plug, then the electrical connection can be established, but the structure becomes complicated and the electrical connection becomes unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The socket is divided into functional modules: ceramic insulating plate, elastic contact clips, lead wires, and sealing components. Each segment performs a specific function (insulation, electrical contact, signal transmission, moisture protection), allowing the complex system to be managed through modular design while maintaining overall simplicity and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic contact clips are designed to be deformable, allowing them to automatically adjust and maintain stable electrical contact with the plug pins through elastic deformation. This dynamic property ensures reliable connection without requiring complex mechanical locking mechanisms
2Temperature
If traditional materials are used in the socket, then the structure can be manufactured, but the socket cannot withstand temperatures above 400°C
Solution Approach 1:
The socket uses ceramic materials (alumina or aluminum oxide) as the main insulating structure, combining high temperature resistance, electrical insulation, and mechanical strength. This composite material approach allows the socket to withstand temperatures above 400°C while maintaining manufacturability through standard ceramic processing techniques
3Ease of manufacture
If the socket structure is simplified, then the manufacturing becomes easier, but the electrical connection stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic contact clips are designed with specific dimensional parameters (thickness, length, clip force) that are optimized to provide sufficient contact pressure for stable electrical connection. By carefully controlling these parameters, the simple clip structure achieves reliable connection performance without complex mechanisms
4Temperature
If the socket is exposed to the oven environment, then the temperature sensor can detect high temperature, but moisture ingress affects the insulating properties
Solution Approach 1:
The ceramic insulating plate serves as an intermediary barrier between the high-temperature oven environment and the electrical components. It provides both thermal insulation and moisture protection, allowing the temperature sensor to detect high temperatures while preventing moisture from reaching and affecting the insulating properties of internal components
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 design provides a simple, stable, and high-temperature-resistant electrical connection for oven temperature sensors, ensuring reliable operation and maintaining insulation properties.
Implementation Method 1
a long elastic contact clip and a short elastic contact clip... the lug bosses are clamped by the inner ceramic plate and the outer ceramic plate
Implementation Method 2
an inner ceramic plate and an outer ceramic plate... high-temperature insulating materials
Implementation Method 3
high-temperature insulating materials... not applicable to normal working above a high temperature of 400° C
Implementation Method 4
a conductive snap ring disposed outside the shell... connected with the conductive snap rings to ensure the electric connectivity of joints
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a connection socket for oven temperature sensor, including a plug guide hole seat, a shell, an inner ceramic plate, an outer ceramic plate, a long lead, a short lead, a long elastic contact clip and a short elastic contact clip, wherein one end of the shell is sleeved and fixed on the plug guide hole seat, and the other end is internally disposed and fixedly provided with the inner ceramic plate and the outer ceramic plate; the long elastic contact clip and the short elastic contact clip respectively traverse the inner ceramic plate and the outer ceramic plate, and are respectively connected with the long lead and the short lead; since lug bosses between the long elastic contact clip and the short elastic contact clip are clamped by the inner ceramic plate and the outer ceramic plate, which ensures the firmness thereof, the stability of being electrically connected with a temperature sensor plug is thus improved. The present invention has simple structure and good insulativity, and has stable electric connection when being connected with a temperature sensor plug, so that the temperature sensor works stably.