Pivoting Connector Cover for Jam-Free Locking and Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing plug connectors face challenges in efficient handling and secure locking mechanisms, often resulting in jamming issues during assembly and disassembly due to the design of locking and unlocking elements.
Innovation Solution
A housing with a pivotable cover featuring locking and unlocking elements, including stops and pins, that allows for secure contacting and fixing of connector elements, with lateral resilience and feed bevels on the unlocking stops to prevent jamming, and additional projections for enhanced stability, enabling easy assembly and disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If locking stops and unlocking stops are used on the cover, then secure locking and easy unlocking are achieved, but jamming may occur during assembly and disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The unlocking stops are designed with lateral resilience, allowing them to dynamically adjust during the unlocking process. This elasticity enables the stops to flex laterally when encountering the pin, preventing jamming while maintaining secure locking when engaged
Solution Approach 2:
Feed bevels are provided on the unlocking stops to guide the pin laterally before engagement. This preliminary guiding action ensures proper alignment and prevents the pin from blocking the unlocking stops during assembly and disassembly operations
2Stability of the object's composition
If the cover is made latchable to the housing, then fixing of the cover is ensured, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The latchable cover mechanism is designed to automatically engage and lock into the housing when the connector elements are properly assembled. The system self-secures without requiring additional manual operations or complex external locking mechanisms
3Ease of operation
If unlocking stops are made laterally resilient with feed bevels, then jamming is prevented, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The feed bevels on the unlocking stops are designed with specific geometric parameters that allow for tolerance compensation. The bevel angles and dimensions are optimized to ensure proper guidance function even with normal manufacturing variations, reducing the stringency of precision requirements
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures secure and reliable locking and unlocking of connector elements, preventing jamming and facilitating easy operation, while maintaining structural integrity through the use of a latchable cover and angled cable management.
Implementation Method 1
the unlocking stops are made laterally resilient on the cover and have feed bevels whose maximum transverse spacing corresponds at least to the end spacing of the pins on the second connector element
Data Source
AI summary
Plug connection with a plug connector (2) and a mating plug connector (3), which form a male connector and a female connector and can be latched with one another, at least indirectly, characterized by a housing (1) in which a plug connector (2) can be inserted and fixed and in which a space for receiving a mating plug connector (3) is provided, and by a housing cover (4) which is pivotably mounted on the housing (1) and has locking and unlocking elements which are spaced apart from the pivot bearing and which can be brought into contact with supporting elements on the mating plug connector (3).