Modular Connector Housing Stacking for Mixed Interface Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connector housings lack flexibility in assembly and compatibility with various connector parts, leading to limited application and increased complexity in construction and space usage.
Innovation Solution
A modular stacking module system with fasteners and counter fasteners on opposite sides, allowing for the assembly of multiple modules with different connector part supports, including lower and upper end modules, to form a connector housing that can accommodate various connector parts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a modular stacking module system with fasteners and counter fasteners is used, then assembly flexibility and compatibility with various connector parts is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple modules and fastening components
Solution Approach 1:
The connector housing is divided into multiple independent stacking modules, each capable of being assembled separately and then stacked together. Each module contains a connector part support and fastening components, allowing for modular assembly and disassembly while maintaining structural integrity through the stacking mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The stacking module is designed with universal fastening features (fasteners and counter fasteners) that can accommodate various connector parts types. The module structure serves multiple functions: supporting connector parts, enabling modular assembly, providing fastening mechanisms, and allowing stacking configurations, thereby reducing the need for different specialized components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple stacking modules are assembled to form a connector housing, then compatibility with various connector parts is enhanced, but the space required for assembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stacking modules are designed to nest together through the stacking mechanism, where one module fits into or alongside another. This nesting arrangement allows multiple modules to be compactly organized in a vertical or layered configuration, reducing the overall footprint and space required for assembly while maintaining the ability to support various connector parts.
3Reliability
If fasteners and counter fasteners are provided at opposite sides of the connector part support, then assembly reliability is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening system is segmented into separate fasteners and counter fasteners positioned at opposite sides of the connector part support. This segmentation allows each fastening component to be manufactured independently and then assembled together, simplifying the manufacturing process for each individual component while ensuring reliable assembly through the distributed fastening arrangement.
Data Source
AI summary
A module for a connector housing which can be assembled with one or more other stacking module(s) in a stack to form the connector housing, the stacking module comprising a connector part support with an upper face and a lower face. At a first side of the connector part support an upper side wall extends away from the connector part support's upper face, and/or at a second side of the connector part support a lower side wall extends away from the lower face of the connector part support. A first fastener and a first counter fastener are provided at one of the first and a second sides of the connector part support. The connector part can be an electrical contact pin, an electrical contact bushing, an edge card, a coaxial connector part, a mating part of an optical fibre contact and a mating part of a fluid conduit.