Connection Socket Structure for Fast Plate Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
In various technical applications, plates with functional surfaces on underlying frame constructions require frequent replacement due to wear, leading to elaborate and cost-intensive complete removal and replacement processes.
Innovation Solution
A connection socket with a casing, base region, securing element, pressure surface, and undercut, enabling a detachable and stable attachment of plates, facilitating easy exchange of functional surfaces by providing a large contact surface and reducing surface pressure, thus enhancing long-term stability and allowing for dynamic loads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If plates are completely removed and replaced from the frame construction, then the functional surface can be exchanged, but the process becomes elaborate and cost-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into separate components: a connection socket remaining in the frame construction and a connecting plug attached to the plate. This segmentation allows the plate to be exchanged by only removing the connecting plug, while the connection socket remains in place, significantly simplifying the exchange process and reducing time required.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection socket acts as an intermediary element that remains permanently mounted in the frame construction. It provides a reusable interface that accepts different connecting plugs from various plates, enabling quick plate exchange without removing the entire plate assembly from the frame.
2Reliability
If the connection socket provides a large contact surface for stability, then long-term attachment is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional elements are merged into a single integrated connection socket component: the pressure surface for load distribution, the undercut for mechanical interlocking, and the securing element for fixation. This consolidation achieves reliable long-term attachment while avoiding the complexity of multiple separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection socket is designed with multi-functionality to reduce overall system complexity. It simultaneously provides a large pressure surface for stable load bearing, an undercut for positive mechanical engagement, and mounting features for secure installation in the frame construction, all within a single component.
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AI summary
A connection socket for use in a connector, having a casing which extends along a connection axis at least in some regions and which extends in the circumferential direction about the connection axis at least in some regions, a base region which is connected to the casing or is part of the casing and which extends perpendicular to the connection axis at least in some regions, said base region delimiting the connection socket in the direction of the connection axis on one side. The connection socket further comprises at least one securing element, at least one pressure surface which extends radially to the connection axis, and at least one undercut which forms a cavity in the interior of the casing. A connector with a connection socket, and to a double plate secured using at least one connector. A method for securing two plates to a support.