Compatible Female Socket With Adjustable Interface for Easy Retrofit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional sockets have high maintenance costs and damage rates due to their inability to be disassembled or upgraded, leading to frequent replacements and labor-intensive renovations, which do not meet user needs and pose safety risks.
Innovation Solution
A compatible female socket with an intelligent concealed box design featuring a rotatable adjustment unit and slidably connected interface unit, allowing for adjustable mounting and easy style changes without wiring, reducing maintenance costs and improving safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional sockets are designed as integrated units for pre-buried pouring and mounting, then structural stability and electrical safety are improved, but adaptability to different decoration styles and ease of maintenance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The socket is divided into three main segments: a fixed box body (concealed box) that remains embedded in the wall, a removable socket body that can be detached and replaced, and an adjustable interface unit. This segmentation allows the stable box body to remain in place while the socket body can be easily replaced to match different decoration styles without affecting electrical safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The socket body is designed with dynamic adjustability through the interface unit that can be rotated and slid to change the angle and position of the socket opening. This dynamic capability allows the same socket structure to adapt to various wall angles and decoration requirements, improving versatility while maintaining the stable mounted structure.
2Stability of the object's composition
If traditional sockets are designed as integrated units for pre-buried pouring and mounting, then structural stability is improved, but ease of repair and maintenance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The socket is divided into a permanently mounted box body and a removable socket body. The box body contains the electrical connections and remains fixed in the wall, while the socket body can be easily detached and replaced for maintenance or upgrading, significantly improving ease of repair without compromising structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The socket body is extracted as a separate removable component from the box body. This allows the socket body to be taken out for maintenance, replacement, or upgrading without disturbing the mounted box body or electrical wiring, making repair and maintenance straightforward while maintaining structural stability.
3Reliability
If traditional sockets require complete replacement for upgrading or appearance changes, then electrical safety is maintained, but labor cost and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The socket is segmented into a fixed box body and a removable socket body. When upgrading or changing appearance, only the socket body needs to be replaced by detaching it from the box body, rather than replacing the entire socket assembly. This reduces replacement time and labor cost while maintaining electrical safety through the preserved box body and wiring.
Solution Approach 2:
The box body is pre-mounted and wired during construction, preparing the electrical infrastructure in advance. Later, socket bodies can be quickly attached or replaced without needing to perform wiring work again, significantly reducing the time and labor required for upgrades or replacements while maintaining electrical safety.
4Stability of the object's composition
If traditional sockets are designed with fixed mounting positions, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different positions and functions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The interface unit incorporates rotational and sliding mechanisms that allow the socket opening to be adjusted to different angles and positions. The socket body can be rotated around the box body and slid to change the orientation of the socket opening, enabling adaptation to various wall angles and functional requirements while the box body remains stably mounted in its fixed position.
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 solution provides a high-adaptability socket with reduced maintenance costs, improved safety, and ease of use, accommodating various home decoration styles and meeting diverse user needs, thus enhancing market value and user satisfaction.
Implementation Method 1
the interface unit is in threaded fit with the adjustment unit; and the adjustment unit is rotated to drive the interface unit to move
Implementation Method 2
the interface unit is slidably connected to the box body
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a compatible female socket and an intelligent concealed box. The compatible female socket includes a box body, an adjustment unit, and an interface unit; the adjustment unit is rotatably connected to one side, facing an opening of the box body, in the box body; one end of the interface unit facing the opening of the box body is configured to connect various external plugs, and the other end of the interface unit is connected to various wires; the interface unit is slidably connected to the box body; the interface unit is in threaded fit with the adjustment unit; and the adjustment unit is rotated to drive the interface unit to move. The present disclosure has a wide range of application scenes and has the advantages of no wiring and ease of mounting. Therefore, the socket is easy for marketing and has a good market value.