Communication Socket Integrating Power and Signal Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional communication sockets are designed only for signal transmission and cannot simultaneously transmit signal and power, requiring the use of additional power transmission cables, which can be hazardous due to wire entanglement.

Innovation Solution

A communication socket and device design that incorporates a power terminal passage and circuit board with insulating power terminals, allowing for simultaneous signal and power transmission without increasing the socket's volume, and featuring a communication connector and indicating lamps for status monitoring.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional communication socket is used for signal transmission only, then the socket structure is simple, but it cannot transmit power simultaneously requiring additional power cables

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesignal and power transmission capabilityVSAvoidsocket structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines signal transmission and power transmission functions into a single communication socket. The power terminal passage and power terminal set are integrated into the socket structure alongside the communication connector, allowing both signal and power to be transmitted through the same device without requiring separate power cables.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The communication socket is designed to perform multiple functions: it can transmit both communication signals and electrical power simultaneously. The socket accepts a communication plug that contains both signal contacts and power terminals, making the socket a universal interface for both data and power delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If separate power transmission cables are used, then power can be transmitted, but wire entanglement and safety hazards occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecable managementVSAvoidwire entanglement and safety hazards

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

By merging the power transmission function into the communication socket itself, the patent eliminates the need for separate power cables. Users only need to connect the communication plug to the socket, and both signal and power are transmitted simultaneously through the same connection, avoiding wire entanglement and associated safety hazards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If power terminal passage is added to the socket, then power transmission is enabled, but the socket volume increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepower transmission capabilityVSAvoidsocket volume

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The power terminal passage is arranged in a spatial configuration that utilizes the vertical dimension and side wall area of the socket housing. By positioning the power terminal passage on the side wall rather than expanding the front face area, the design adds power transmission capability while minimizing the increase in overall socket volume.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The power terminal passage is localized to a specific area on the side wall of the socket housing, rather than expanding the overall socket structure uniformly. This localized addition allows power transmission functionality to be integrated without significantly increasing the total volume of the socket.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

4Adaptability or versatility

If power terminal set passes through circuit board, then power transmission is achieved, but signal interference may occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepower transmission capabilityVSAvoidsignal interference from power

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The circuit board serves as an intermediary element that separates the power terminal set from the communication connector. The insulating structure of the circuit board prevents direct electrical contact between power terminals and signal traces, thereby blocking the transmission of electromagnetic interference from the power transmission path to the signal path while still allowing both functions to coexist in the same device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8979556B2Communication socket and communication device

Publication Date: 2015.03.17 CONTACT

AI summary

A communication socket comprises an outer casing, a circuit board, a communication connector, and a power terminal set. The outer casing has a power terminal passage formed penetratingly in the outer casing. The circuit board and the communication connector are arranged inside the outer casing. The communication connector is disposed between a side wall of the outer casing and the circuit board, and the communication connector electrically connects to the circuit board. The power terminal set is arranged in the power terminal passage and passed through the circuit board, wherein one end of the power terminal set exposes from the side wall of the outer casing, and another end of the power terminal set passes through the circuit board, and wherein the power terminal set and the circuit board are insulating to each other. The instant disclosure also provides a communication device.