Connecting Apparatus Conductive Member Splitting for Tool-Free Continuity Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing connecting apparatus requires special tools like a press pin and receiving jig to break electrical continuity, which is inconvenient for users.
Innovation Solution
A connecting apparatus with a conductive member that includes held portions, contact portions, extending portions, and coupling portions, where the extending portions can be split to remove the coupling portions without needing special tools, allowing for easy modification of electrical continuity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If special tools (press pin and receiving jig) are used to remove coupling portions, then electrical continuity can be broken, but the operation becomes complex and requires specialized equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The extending portions are extracted as separate, removable elements from the conductive member. By making the extending portions detachable while keeping the coupling portions integrated, the design allows selective removal of specific extending portions to break electrical continuity between adjacent held portions, eliminating the need for special removal tools
Solution Approach 2:
The conductive member is segmented into distinct functional parts: held portions, contact portions, coupling portions, and extending portions. The extending portions can be selectively removed to control electrical continuity, providing a simple segmentation-based solution that replaces complex tool-based removal methods
2Adaptability or versatility
If the conductive member structure is made complex with multiple components, then electrical continuity can be selectively controlled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling portions are merged into the conductive member body as an integrated feature rather than separate components. This merging reduces device complexity while maintaining the ability to selectively remove extending portions to control electrical continuity, balancing adaptability with structural simplicity
Data Source
AI summary
A connecting apparatus comprising a holding member and a conductive member. The holding member has holding portions. The conductive member has a plurality of held portions, a plurality of contact portions, a plurality of extending portions and a plurality of coupling portions. Each of the extending portions extends rearward in a front-rear direction from one of the held portions and protrudes rearward in the front-rear direction beyond the holding portion. The extending portions are positioned apart from each other in a right-left direction. The coupling portions are positioned apart from each other in the right-left direction. The coupling portions are positioned rearward of the extending portions in the front-rear direction. Each of the coupling portions couples two of the extending portions with each other. Two of the held portions, which are adjacent to each other in the right-left direction, are coupled with the two extending portions, respectively.