Integrated Multi-Standard Pin Assembly for Compact Power Converters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional power converters with multiple pins are bulky due to separate pin arrangements, making them inconvenient to carry during travel.
Innovation Solution
A pin assembly structure for power converters that integrates American, British, and European standard pins within a compact design, utilizing shared sliders and avoidance grooves to overlap pin assemblies, along with staggered operating rods and conductive strips, to reduce overall length and volume.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple pins are arranged separately in a power converter, then each pin can function independently, but the overall volume and length of the power converter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nesting by placing the American standard pin assembly inside the U-shaped British standard shared slider, and the European standard pin assembly inside the same avoidance space. This nested arrangement allows multiple pin assemblies to occupy overlapping spatial volumes, reducing the overall power converter volume while maintaining independent functionality of each pin type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the avoidance space within the U-shaped British standard shared slider as a third spatial dimension to house the American and European pin assemblies. This dimensional approach allows pins to be arranged in overlapping three-dimensional space rather than linear separation, achieving compact volume without compromising independent pin operation.
2Reliability
If multiple pins are arranged separately in a power converter, then each pin can function independently, but the overall length of the power converter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The American standard pin assembly is nested within the U-shaped British standard shared slider structure, allowing the pins to occupy the same longitudinal space rather than extending the device length. This nesting eliminates the need for sequential arrangement of pin assemblies along the length axis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from linear one-dimensional pin arrangement to three-dimensional spatial arrangement by utilizing the avoidance space within the U-shaped slider. This dimensional change allows multiple pin assemblies to coexist in the same longitudinal footprint, reducing overall device length.
3Volume of stationary object
If a U-shaped British standard shared slider is used to reduce volume, then space is optimized, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The U-shaped British standard shared slider serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as the British pin assembly structure, provides the avoidance space for American and European pin assemblies, and functions as the housing for the ground wire pin. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate structural components, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the structural housing function with the pin assembly function by making the U-shaped slider itself the housing that contains the American and European pin assemblies. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate housing components, reducing overall structural complexity despite the innovative U-shaped design.
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AI summary
The present invention discloses a pin combined structure for a power converter with a more compact volume, The present invention overlaps the space occupied by the American standard pin assembly, the European standard pin assembly and the British standard pin assembly, reduces the overall length of the power converter, reduces the overall volume of the power converter, and is more convenient for a user to carry on a trip.