Electric Connector Organizer With Segmented Apertures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric connectors for the USB 3.0 standard are complex in structure and consume excessive material, leading to lower production efficiency and higher costs, while also degrading the high-frequency characteristics of conductive terminals due to excessive plastic coverage.
Innovation Solution
The electric connector features a simpler organizer design with an elongate slot and apertures that allow soldering sections of conductive terminals to pass through and anchor, reducing material usage and plastic coverage, thereby improving production efficiency and high-frequency performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the organizer is designed with multiple apertures to anchor all soldering sections, then the positioning accuracy is improved, but the device complexity and material consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is segmented into different functional zones: a first region with a first aperture for USB 3.0 soldering sections and a second region with a second aperture for USB 1.0/2.0 soldering sections. This segmentation allows each aperture to be optimized for its specific function, achieving precise positioning without requiring a complex unified structure for all terminals.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the organizer are designed with different aperture configurations tailored to the specific requirements of each terminal type. The first aperture is positioned and sized for USB 3.0 soldering sections, while the second aperture is configured for USB 1.0/2.0 soldering sections, ensuring optimal positioning accuracy for each without unnecessary complexity elsewhere.
2Strength
If the organizer uses excessive plastic material to cover soldering sections, then the structural strength is improved, but the high-frequency characteristics are degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer provides structural support and anchoring only at the specific locations where apertures are needed, rather than using excessive plastic material to cover entire soldering sections. This localized approach maintains necessary structural strength at critical points while minimizing plastic coverage over soldering areas, thereby preserving high-frequency signal transmission characteristics.
3Manufacturing precision
If the organizer is designed with complex structure to anchor all terminals, then the positioning accuracy is improved, but the production efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer is divided into distinct regions with simplified aperture configurations for different terminal types. This segmentation creates a less complex overall structure that is easier and faster to manufacture, while still achieving accurate positioning for each soldering section through region-specific aperture design.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of designing a complex unified aperture structure to accommodate all terminal types, the invention inverts the approach by using simpler, separate aperture configurations in different regions. This inverted strategy achieves the same positioning accuracy with reduced structural complexity, thereby improving production efficiency.
4Strength
If the organizer consumes greater amount of plastic material, then the structural strength is improved, but the cost is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The organizer concentrates plastic material usage only where structurally necessary—at the aperture locations for anchoring soldering sections—rather than using excessive material throughout. This localized material distribution maintains structural strength at critical points while significantly reducing overall plastic consumption and associated costs.
Data Source
AI summary
An electric connector includes an insulation body, a shielding shell, first and second conductive terminals, and an organizer. The insulation body has a base portion and a tongue portion extended horizontally forward from the base portion. The shielding shell encloses the insulation body. Each first or second conductive terminal has a retaining section fixedly located in the insulation body, a contact section extended forward from the retaining section and located on the tongue portion, and a soldering section bent upward from the retaining section and extended outside the base portion. The organizer located on the base portion has an elongate slot and apertures that penetrate the base portion. The elongate slot allows the soldering sections of the first conductive terminals to pass through and anchor therein. Each aperture allows the soldering section of each second conductive terminal to pass through and anchor therein.