Coaxial Cable Extender With Adjustable Connector
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Solution Overview
Problem
Coaxial cables often break during installation or maintenance, leading to insufficient length to connect with wall outlets, requiring extensive work to extend the cable, including tearing down constructions or digging up existing installations.
Innovation Solution
A coaxial cable extender with a flexible, adjustable connector system that includes a baseplate with a bendable clip, allowing for easy connection and secure locking of the connector to the baseplate, and an adjustable opening to accommodate various cable diameters, ensuring reliable RF signal transmission and electromagnetic compatibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If coaxial cable is pre-assembled in building constructions, then cable installation is simplified, but cable becomes too short when center conductor breaks and extensive work is required to extend it
Solution Approach 1:
The cable extension solution is divided into separate modular components: a connector with cable clamp, an extender body, and a baseplate. This segmentation allows the extension device to be installed independently without affecting the existing pre-assembled cable system, enabling easy extension while preserving the original installation simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cable extender acts as an intermediary device between the broken cable end and the wall outlet. It provides a mechanical bridge that extends the cable reach without requiring demolition or digging, thus maintaining ease of operation while solving the length insufficiency problem.
2Ease of manufacture
If cable clamp has fixed opening diameter, then manufacturing is simplified, but adaptability to various cable diameters is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cable clamp incorporates a movable jaw that can adjust its position to accommodate different cable diameters. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the clamp to adapt to various cable sizes while maintaining a relatively simple manufacturing process, as the adjustment mechanism uses basic mechanical components like springs and movable joints.
Solution Approach 2:
The opening diameter of the cable clamp is made variable rather than fixed. By introducing adjustable parameters (jaw position, clamp tension), the device can adapt to different cable diameters without requiring multiple specialized clamps, thus improving versatility while keeping manufacturing feasible.
3Stability of the object's composition
If connector is rigidly fixed to baseplate, then structural stability is improved, but installation flexibility and ease of alignment are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connector assembly incorporates movable and adjustable components that allow for dynamic positioning during installation. The baseplate and connector can be aligned and positioned flexibly before final securing, providing ease of operation. Once installed, the structure achieves rigid stability through secure mounting mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector and baseplate are designed to be pre-positioned and aligned before final fixation. This preliminary adjustment phase allows for easy alignment and positioning, after which the structure is secured to achieve structural stability, combining both installation flexibility and structural rigidity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a coaxial cable extender comprising a first connector; a first cable, wherein the first connector is arranged to couple a first end of the first cable with an end of a second cable, the coaxial cable extender being mountable in an outlet box terminating the second cable; and the coaxial cable extender further comprising a male connector or a female connector coupled to a second end of the first cable.