Electrical Connector Housing With Pivoting Cable Support Sleeve
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Solution Overview
Problem
The demand for space-saving electrical connector housings that can redirect cables in various directions increases production and storage costs due to the need for a large stock of different housings, as existing solutions do not efficiently utilize minimal space.
Innovation Solution
A housing for electrical connectors featuring a housing body with pivoting cable covers that form a cable support sleeve, allowing the cable to be redirected in different orientations while maintaining strain relief and grounding, and utilizing a bayonet locking assembly for easy installation and space efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a housing is designed to redirect cables in various directions, then cable routing flexibility is improved, but the number of different housing variants increases production and storage costs
Solution Approach 1:
The cable cover is designed as a movable component that can pivot between different positions (first position for cable entry, second position for cable exit at different angles). This dynamic element allows a single housing variant to adapt to multiple cable routing directions, eliminating the need for producing and storing multiple fixed housing variants for different routing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The single housing design with a movable cable cover serves multiple functions: it provides strain relief in one configuration and enables cable exit at different angles in another configuration. This multi-functional design consolidates what would traditionally require multiple specialized housing variants, reducing production complexity and inventory requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cable covers are hinged to allow pivoting motion, then cable mounting flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into a stationary housing body and a movable cable cover component. This segmentation allows the cable cover to be independently pivoted relative to the housing body, providing mounting flexibility without requiring the entire housing structure to be complex. The segmentation isolates the moving mechanism to a specific component rather than the whole assembly.
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AI summary
A housing for an electrical connector includes a housing body having an opening receiving a cable in an insertion direction and a pair of cable covers hinged to the housing body at a proximal end of each cable cover of the pair of cable covers. The pair of cable covers extend away from the opening. Each of the cable covers is pivoted away from the other cable cover in a cable mounting position and each cable cover is pivoted toward the other cable cover to form a cable support sleeve supporting the cable in an operating position.