Connector Detector Resilient Piece Tactile Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors lack precise movement of detectors due to insufficient tactile feedback, leading to potential misalignment during the transition from the restricting to the allowing position.
Innovation Solution
A connector design featuring a housing with a protrusion and a detector with a resilient piece that bulges outward during movement to the detection position, providing tactile feedback through a rearward-facing surface, allowing precise movement and eliminating bulge at the detection position, while the interfering portion and protrusion do not lock the detector, enhancing structural freedom.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a resiliently deforming arm is used to hold the detector at restricting and allowing positions, then the detector can be positioned at discrete locations, but the click feeling is insufficient and the worker may finish the moving operation at an intermediate position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a tactile feedback mechanism through the resiliently deforming arm that provides a distinct click feeling when the detector reaches the allowing position. The arm is designed to elastically deform and produce audible/ tactile feedback, ensuring the worker can confirm the detector has reached the correct position and preventing intermediate positioning errors.
2Ease of operation
If the interfering portion and protrusion are configured to interfere with each other during movement, then tactile feedback is provided, but locking function may restrict detector positioning freedom
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the interfering portion and protrusion to dynamically interact during detector movement. The resiliently deforming arm allows the interfering portion to temporarily engage with the protrusion during transition, providing tactile feedback, but the design ensures they do not create a permanent locking effect that would restrict the detector's ability to reach the allowing position freely.
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
Enables precise and tactilely guided movement of the detector to the detection position, reducing the risk of misalignment and improving operational ease by providing clear tactile cues and minimizing interference concerns.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient piece configured to bulge out by interfering with the protrusion in a moving process to the detection position
Data Source
AI summary
A connector has a housing (10) and a detector (11) is movable in the housing (10) in a front-rear direction from a standby position to a detection position in front of the standby position when the housing (10) and a mating housing (90) are connected properly. The housing (10) includes protrusions (27) on side surfaces, and the detector (11) includes side walls (53) configured to cover the side surfaces of the housing (10). The side wall (53) includes a resilient piece (55) configured to bulge outward by interfering with the protrusion (27) in a moving process to the detection position and eliminates bulge at the detection position. The side wall (53) includes the resilient piece (55) and rearward facing surfaces (57) at positions adjacent to the resilient piece (55) via slits (54) on a side surface.