Connector With Spring Component For Ceramic Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ceramic applied electronic devices face challenges in achieving stable and reliable electrical connections due to variations in dimensions among ceramic elements and insulating plates, requiring high assembly forces and complicating the connection process.
Innovation Solution
A connector design incorporating two insulators, a spring component, and a cylindrical sleeve, where the spring component is elastically deformed to push the insulators closer, securely holding the ceramic element and ensuring stable contact with terminal electrodes, allowing for zero or low insertion force connections and maintaining a large contact force.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a metal ring is used to rigidly tighten the coupling unit, then electrical connection is achieved, but contact force stability deteriorates due to dimensional variations among components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the rigid metal ring with a spring component that provides elastic deformation. This dynamic element can accommodate dimensional variations in the ceramic element and insulating plates while maintaining stable contact force between the conducting wire and electrode terminal portion, resolving the contradiction between connection reliability and contact force stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the mechanical parameter from rigid constraint to elastic constraint by introducing a spring component. This allows the system to adapt to dimensional variations through elastic deformation, maintaining stable electrical contact despite manufacturing tolerances in component dimensions.
2Reliability
If a metal ring is used to attach the coupling unit, then electrical connection is achieved, but assembly difficulty increases due to large required force
Solution Approach 1:
The spring component enables gradual elastic deformation during assembly, allowing the coupling unit to be attached with smaller forces compared to rigid tightening. This improves assembly ease while maintaining reliable electrical connection through the elastic contact mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If dimensional variations among ceramic elements and insulating plates are accommodated, then adaptability improves, but contact force stability deteriorates in conventional rigid structures
Solution Approach 1:
The spring component provides a dynamic, elastic connection that naturally accommodates dimensional variations in ceramic elements and insulating plates. The elastic deformation absorbs the variations while maintaining consistent contact force, simultaneously achieving adaptability and contact force stability.
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 connector provides reliable and workable electrical connections for ceramic elements with reduced operational force, accommodating dimensional variations and ensuring stable contact forces, thus enhancing connection reliability and ease of assembly.
Implementation Method 1
The spring component is elastically deformed by mounting the cylindrical sleeve on the spring component
Data Source
AI summary
A connector includes two insulators which hold contacts connected to lead wires and are arranged on two surfaces of a ceramic element, a spring component which includes two cantilever-shaped spring pieces and has a flexed portion at a middle portion of each spring piece, and a cylindrical sleeve. The two spring pieces are located over two outer surfaces of the two insulators, and are elastically deformed toward the two insulators by the sleeve hanging over the two spring pieces. The two insulators pushed by the flexed portions of the two elastically deformed spring pieces hold the ceramic element from two sides to push the contacts against the terminal electrodes.