Connector Quick Positioning Structure with Variable Hooks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cable connectors face issues with secure connection in limited spaces and lack flexibility to accommodate different thread specifications, leading to potential loosening or detachment under external forces and limited compatibility with various sockets.
Innovation Solution
A connector with a quick positioning structure featuring a positioning ring with hooks of varying heights that engage with multiple thread types, ensuring secure and flexible connection by abutting at least three hooks with the socket's threads, allowing compatibility with different socket specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If quick plug and unplug method is used, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates as the connector may be loosened or detached easily under external forces
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into multiple functional components: a plug structure with a positioning ring containing multiple elastic plates with hooks, and a socket structure with corresponding notches. This segmentation allows the connection to be achieved through multiple discrete engagement points rather than a single mechanism, improving both ease of operation and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple hooks from different elastic plates are combined to work together with corresponding notches in the socket structure. The hooks are arranged such that at least three hooks engage with the socket simultaneously, creating a merged engagement system that prevents loosening while maintaining quick connection capability.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional single-type plug and socket design is used, then manufacturing precision is simplified, but adaptability deteriorates as different types of plugs work with one respective type of socket only
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning ring is designed with multiple elastic plates having hooks of different heights, allowing a single plug structure to engage with multiple types of socket structures with different thread specifications. This universal design enables one plug to work with various sockets, improving adaptability while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through a standardized plug design.
Solution Approach 2:
Different elastic plates have hooks with different local qualities (heights) to match different socket thread types. The first, second, and third elastic plates have hooks at different heights that can correspond to different thread specifications, allowing the same plug to adapt to various socket types through selective engagement of different hooks.
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AI summary
A connector with a quick positioning structure and having a plug structure (1) includes a base (10), a terminal group (20), an inner socket (30), a positioning ring (40) and an outer socket (50). The terminal group (20) is installed in the base (10); the inner socket (30) is fixed onto the base (10) for passing the terminal group (20); the positioning ring (40) is sheathed on the inner socket (30) and has an axial direction (400) and a horizontal plane (401) perpendicular to the axial direction and includes a ring plate (41), elastic plates (42) and hooks (43) connected to the ring plate (41), and the elastic plates are spaced from each other and arranged circularly on the ring plate (41); the hooks (43) are formed on the elastic plate and configured to be different or partially the same up to an axial distance of the horizontal plane; the outer socket (50) includes an outer circular seat (51) outside the inner socket (30) and connected to an outer circular plate (52) of the outer circular seat (51), and the outer circular plate (52) has notches (520) corresponding to the hooks (43), and the outer circular seat (51) is sheathed on the positioning ring (40) to protrude the hook (43) from the notches (520); and the connector further includes a socket structure (2) for engaging the plug structure (1).