Electrical Connector Segmented Housings Bracket Molding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrical connectors face challenges in molding and insulative material usage due to the need for increased passageways to accommodate more terminals, leading to complex production processes and inefficient use of material.
Innovation Solution
The design features a plurality of separate housings and a bracket with receiving sections that simplify the molding process and improve insulative material injection, allowing for a more efficient assembly of electrical connectors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of passageways in the housing is increased to accommodate more terminals, then the electrical connection capability is improved, but the molding process becomes more difficult and insulative material may not be fully injected
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple separate housings, each containing a subset of terminals. This segmentation reduces the complexity of the molding process for each individual housing while maintaining the overall electrical connection capability through the combination of multiple housings held together by a bracket.
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple smaller sections are joined together with separating ribs to address molding problems, then the molding process is simplified, but a substantial depopulated area is provided which consumes significant space
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate housings are combined using a bracket that holds them together, eliminating the need for separating ribs within a single housing. This merging approach reduces the depopulated area and improves space utilization while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
An electrical connector (5) includes a plurality of housings (52), a plurality of contacts received in each housing (52), a bracket (51) defining a plurality of sections (511) for receiving the housings (52) therein. Relative to the related art, the electrical connector (5) defines a plurality of separately housings (52) and a bracket (51) having a number of receiving section (511) for receiving the housings (52) therein, which simplifies the mold process and improves the insulative material injected quality.