Contact Socket With Spring Clamping Legs And Support Section
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing contact sockets for electrical connections are complex to produce and may not ensure a safe and reliable connection, particularly when dealing with misaligned plugs.
Innovation Solution
A contact socket design featuring clamping legs with spring sections that elastically enlarge to receive a plug, ensuring secure clamping and safe electrical contact, supported by a support section that stabilizes the socket against insertion forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a connection system is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled, then assembly speed and ease of operation are improved, but connection stability and reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into separate components: a housing with an integrated first contact socket, a second contact socket, and a connector. These segmented parts can be independently manufactured and assembled, enabling easy assembly/disassembly while maintaining connection stability through precise mating features and snap-fit mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector acts as an intermediary component that bridges the first and second contact sockets. It features engagement protrusions that snap into corresponding recesses, providing a reliable mechanical connection that is easy to assemble and disassemble while ensuring stable electrical contact.
2Device complexity
If contact sockets are integrated into a housing, then device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The first contact socket is integrated directly into the housing structure, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets or additional components. This merging reduces overall device complexity and simplifies manufacturing, while precision is maintained through molded-in features and tolerance-controlled assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is designed with localized precision features at critical contact points, while other areas can be manufactured with standard tolerances. This allows manufacturing precision to be concentrated where needed (contact alignment) without requiring high precision throughout the entire housing structure.
3Volume of moving object
If connection elements are made small and compact, then space utilization is improved and device size is reduced, but manufacturing difficulty and assembly precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connector and contact sockets are designed with nested geometries where smaller components fit within or between larger structures. This nesting approach minimizes overall volume and creates self-aligning features that reduce assembly precision requirements, while remaining manufacturable with standard processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection elements incorporate flexible or resilient features that allow for dynamic adjustment during assembly. This flexibility compensates for minor manufacturing variations and reduces the precision required during manufacturing and assembly, while maintaining a compact form factor.
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AI summary
A contact socket for electrical connection to a plug comprises a plug receiving section and a support section. The plug receiving section has a first clamping leg and a second clamping leg, which are opposite each other and define a plug receiving space for the plug between them. The plug receiving section has a first spring section and a second spring section for elastically enlarging the plug receiving space, with the first clamping leg being located on the first spring section and the second clamping leg on the second spring section. The support section is connected to the plug receiving section and is designed to support and thus protect the plug receiving section against a force during assembly, which is directed along a longitudinal axis of the plug receiving space and in the direction of the support section.