Contact Assembly With Separating Wall For Power Data Connector
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing combined power and data connectors face issues with limited power transmission due to low wire cross-sections and contact pin sizes, as well as mechanical instability and high space requirements, which complicates mating and unmating operations.
Innovation Solution
A compact contact assembly with a separating wall assembly and carrier unit that securely mounts data and power contacts, allowing for relative movement and positive locking, enabling efficient power and data transmission with additional features like electromagnetic shielding and reduced space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If data contacts are arranged in channels aligned parallel with the connecting direction, then the connector structure is simplified, but the signal terminals are at risk of being lost or loosened during frequent mating and unmating operations
Solution Approach 1:
The connector face is designed to move relative to the mounting member within a floating space, allowing dynamic adjustment during mating operations. This relative movement capability enables the connector face to accommodate deformation and manufacturing imprecisions while maintaining reliable contact with the mating socket, solving the contradiction between simplified structure and terminal stability.
2Ease of manufacture
If the core member is formed monolithically with the insulative housing, then manufacturing is simplified, but mating is complicated or prevented when the plug or socket is deformed or manufactured imprecisely
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into separate functional components: a mounting member, a connector face, and a floating space between them. This segmentation allows the connector face to move independently relative to the mounting member, accommodating deformation and manufacturing variations while maintaining mating capability. The separation enables each component to be optimized for its specific function.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modules carrying power or data contacts are arranged next to each other on a printed circuit board, then the connector can be customized, but space requirements increase and plug-in connector utilization is excluded
Solution Approach 1:
The data contacts are mounted on a carrier unit that is integrated into the connector face assembly, which itself is mounted on the mounting member. This nested arrangement consolidates multiple functions into a compact hierarchical structure, reducing overall space requirements while maintaining configuration flexibility. The nested design also enables plug-in connector utilization.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a contact assembly (1) for a combined power and data connector (3) and to a socket assembly (115) for a mating socket (117). In order to provide a combined power and data connector that allows combined transport of electrical power and data signals, which is compact, solid and may be produced cost-effectively, it is intended according to the invention that a connector face (5) of the contact assembly (1) comprises a data section (13) and a second section (10), wherein the data section (13) comprises a plurality of data contacts (43), which are separated from the second section (10) by at least one separating wall assembly (29), the data contacts (43) being arranged on a carrier unit (33) that is mounted on a data section side (31) of the separating wall assembly (29), that the carrier unit (33) further carries electric power and wherein the at least one separating wall assembly (29) comprises a fixation subassembly (53) that fixates the carrier unit (33) onto the separating wall assembly (29).