Connector Terminal Groove Guide for Housing Insertion
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connector terminals are difficult to insert into their corresponding housings, leading to inefficient assembly and potential misalignment during connection.
Innovation Solution
The connector terminal design includes a main body part with a bottom wall and side walls, featuring a groove system that guides insertion, with one side wall protruding to facilitate easier alignment and reduce positional shifts, ensuring smooth and accurate insertion into the housing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the terminal is inserted into the space formed in the housing without a groove, then the structure is simpler, but the insertion is difficult and misalignment occurs
Solution Approach 1:
A groove is introduced as an intermediary guiding structure between the terminal and the housing space. The groove receives the tip of the side wall of the terminal during insertion, providing a path that guides the terminal into the correct position within the housing, thereby facilitating easier and more accurate insertion.
2Manufacturing precision
If all side walls are of equal length, then the structure is more symmetric and simpler, but alignment during insertion is less accurate
Solution Approach 1:
The side walls of the terminal are designed with different lengths, creating an asymmetric structure. Specifically, one side wall has a groove formed therein that extends further than the corresponding groove on the other side wall. This asymmetry provides unique alignment features that guide the terminal into the correct orientation during insertion, improving positioning accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A connector includes a housing and a terminal held in the housing and to be mounted on a mounting member. The terminal includes a main body part inserted into a space formed in the housing and a mounting part provided continuously from the main body part and to be mounted on the mounting member. The main body part includes a bottom wall and a side wall provided continuously from the bottom wall. A groove is formed in the space. A tip of the side wall is inserted into the groove, and the groove guides insertion of the main body part into the space. The space includes an insertion opening opened toward the outside of the housing and an insertion main cavity which communicates with the insertion opening and in which to house the main body part of the terminal. The groove is formed in the insertion main cavity.