Electrical Connector With Molded Wire Clip For Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrical connectors face challenges with stability due to flexible cables, which easily bend and loosen, causing instability in connections, and existing wire clips are bulky, complicating assembly and occupying excessive space.
Innovation Solution
The electrical connector design includes a housing with a locking mechanism and molded members that securely insert into the housing, along with a wire clamping component to organize and fix wires, ensuring stable connections and compact structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If flexible cables are used to achieve good flexibility and compact space utilization, then the cable can be easily routed and space is reduced, but the wires easily bend and displace causing connection instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a nylon cladding layer to clad the discrete wires, providing flexibility while maintaining structural integrity. This flexible protective layer allows the cable to bend and adapt to space constraints while preventing the wires from excessive displacement and maintaining connection stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a wire clip as an intermediary component between the flexible wires and the circuit board. This wire clip organizes and holds the plurality of wires, preventing them from bending and displacing excessively, thus ensuring stable electrical connections while allowing the use of flexible cables.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a wire clip is used to organize and hold the plurality of wires, then wire organization is improved, but the wire clip is bulky and difficult to accommodate in the housing
Solution Approach 1:
The wire clip is designed to be nested within the housing structure rather than being a separate external component. The wire clip is positioned within the housing to hold the wires, utilizing the existing housing space efficiently. This nested arrangement provides effective wire organization while avoiding the need for additional external space that a traditional bulky wire clip would require.
3Strength
If die-cast molded metal housings are used for the electrical connector, then structural strength is improved, but the volume and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple segments or sections, each serving specific functions. This segmentation allows for optimized use of material and space, providing necessary structural strength in critical areas while minimizing overall volume. The segmented housing also simplifies assembly by allowing components to be installed in a modular fashion.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed to perform multiple functions: providing structural strength, organizing wires, accommodating the electrical connection assembly, and facilitating assembly. By integrating these functions into a single multi-functional housing structure, the design avoids the need for separate components, thereby reducing overall volume and assembly complexity while maintaining necessary strength.
Data Source
AI summary
An electrical connector adapted to electrically connect with a mating electrical connector comprises a housing, a cable having a plurality of wires and a plurality of cladding layers each covering one of the plurality of wires, an electrical connection assembly electrically connected to the plurality of wires, and a first molded member adapted to be inserted into the housing in a plug-in manner in an extension direction of the cable. The electrical connection assembly is inserted into the housing and configured to be electrically connected with the mating electrical connector. The first molded member is molded on both a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are not stripped and a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are stripped.