Connector Regulating Members Prevent Half-Fitted States
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connector devices face issues with half-fitted states, where connectors are incompletely fitted, leading to indeterminate electrical connections that may alternate between closed and open states, and existing solutions require additional solder pegs to ensure a closed circuit.
Innovation Solution
The connector device employs regulating members with projecting portions that provide elastic forces to ensure either a non-fitted or fitted state, preventing half-fitted states by generating repulsive and pull-in forces when the projecting portions engage, thus maintaining a stable electrical connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If additional solder pegs are used to ensure a closed circuit, then the reliability of electrical connection is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the sensing switch and solder pegs from the connector structure, extracting the problematic components that caused complexity. The regulating members alone are used to control the fitting state, eliminating the need for additional sensing mechanisms while maintaining connection reliability through mechanical regulation of contact pressure.
Solution Approach 2:
The regulating members are designed to automatically regulate the fitting state through their own elastic deformation and geometric constraints. The projecting portions and recessed portions create a self-regulating mechanism that ensures proper contact pressure without requiring external sensing switches or additional control components.
2Ease of operation
If the connector allows flexible fitting, then the ease of operation is improved, but the stability of electrical connection deteriorates due to half-fitted states
Solution Approach 1:
The regulating members are designed to prevent half-fitted states before they can cause electrical connection instability. The geometric configuration of projecting portions and recessed portions creates preliminary constraints that guide the fitting process, ensuring that the connector either achieves full fitting or remains in a non-fitted state, eliminating the unstable intermediate half-fitted condition.
Solution Approach 2:
The regulating members utilize elastic deformation to dynamically adapt to fitting variations while maintaining stable electrical connection. The elastic forces generated by the regulating members allow the connector to accommodate operational flexibility while automatically regulating the contact state to prevent unstable half-fitted conditions.
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
The solution effectively prevents half-fitted states by ensuring that connectors are either fully connected or fully disconnected, maintaining a stable electrical connection and reducing the risk of unintended connection alternations.
Implementation Method 1
a first projecting portion of either one of the first and the second regulating members provides a second projecting portion of the other regulating member with a first elastic force acting in a first direction which urges the first and the second insulating housings to separate from each other
Data Source
AI summary
A connector device includes a first connector and a second connector. A first regulating member attached to the first insulating housing of the first connector and a second regulating member attached to the second insulating housing of the second connector include projecting portions, respectively. A first projecting portion of either one of the first and second regulating members provides a second projecting portion of the other regulating member with a first elastic force acting in a first direction in which the first and second insulating housings separate from each other. Additionally, the first projecting portion provides the second projecting portion with a second elastic force acting in a second direction in which the first and second insulating housings move toward each other. The regulating members also form latch members that act to separate the connectors towards a placed or initial state (e.g., FIGS. 10A, 10B) until a latching or retention position is reached in order to prevent the conductive terminals from engagement with the connectors in a half-fitted state (e.g., FIGS. 11A, 11B).