Connector Wafer Limiting Structure for Mounting Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors lack a robust limiting structure to securely support wafers in both mounting and mating directions, leading to potential shaking and instability during the mounting process.
Innovation Solution
The connector design incorporates a housing with top and bottom walls featuring first and second limiting structures, along with mate limiting structures on the wafers, which include T-shape, V-shape, or dovetail shapes, and latching grooves and holes, to securely lock the wafers in place, preventing movement along both mounting and mating directions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single holding member is used to limit wafers in the mounting direction, then the structure is simple, but the wafers cannot be firmly supported in both mounting and mating directions
Solution Approach 1:
The holding member is divided into multiple independent holding structures (first holding structure and second holding structure), each responsible for limiting wafers in different directions. The first holding structure limits wafers in the mounting direction, while the second holding structure limits wafers in the mating direction, providing comprehensive support without excessive complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the holding member are designed with different functions: some portions are configured to limit wafers in the mounting direction, while other portions limit wafers in the mating direction. This localized functional differentiation ensures stable wafer support in both directions while maintaining overall structural efficiency
2Device complexity
If no limiting structure is provided between wafers and housing, then the structure is simple, but the wafers may shake between top wall and bottom wall in mounting direction and/or mating direction
Solution Approach 1:
The limiting structures extend in multiple dimensions within the housing: the first holding structure limits wafers along the mounting direction (vertical dimension), while the second holding structure limits wafers along the mating direction (horizontal dimension). This multi-dimensional limiting approach prevents wafer shaking in both directions without requiring overly complex structures
Solution Approach 2:
The holding member acts as an intermediary component between the housing and the wafers, providing the necessary limiting functions. The holding member includes multiple holding structures that mediate the interaction between wafers and housing, ensuring stable wafer positioning in both mounting and mating directions
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a connector that comprises a housing and wafers. The housing comprises a top wall and a bottom wall separated from each other in a mounting direction. The wafers are mated to the housing in a mating direction and supported by the housing. A first wafer is configured to be limited in the mounting direction. A second wafer is configured to be limited in the mating direction. A possible benefit from a match between a limiting block of the first wafer and a limiting groove of the housing and a match between the limiting block of the first wafer and a limiting opening of the housing is that the first wafer is less easy to move between the top wall and the bottom wall of the housing along the mounting direction and can be more firmly supported by the housing.