Corner Connector Layout for Flexible Speaker Enclosure Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing speaker enclosures face challenges in positioning flexibility without damaging cables or connectors, reducing available technical volume, or generating vibrations and interference noise, especially when installed on horizontal or vertical surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A speaker enclosure design featuring a connector positioned at a 45-degree angle within a bisector plane of two perpendicular faces, allowing connection in two symmetrical positions, enabling installation on either horizontal or vertical surfaces without cable damage or noise interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a guide path for the power cable is implemented in the casing to enable multiple installation positions, then the speaker enclosure can be installed in several positions (horizontal and vertical), but the available technical volume inside the speaker enclosure is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is positioned in a corner of the external casing where two first faces join, and is arranged to be connected to a complementary connector by translation along an axis of connection comprised in a first bisector plane of first planes into which the two first faces extend. This angular/ diagonal arrangement in the corner space allows the connector to accommodate multiple installation positions (horizontal or vertical) without requiring a guide path that would consume internal volume, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and volume preservation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adapters are used to change the orientation of the power connector for different installation positions, then the speaker enclosure can be installed in multiple positions, but additional parts cause vibrations and interference noise during operation
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is integrated directly into the external casing at the corner where two first faces join, merging the connector structure with the casing itself. This eliminates the need for separate adapters that would otherwise be required to achieve multiple installation positions, thereby preventing the vibrations and interference noise that adapters generate during speaker operation.
3Ease of operation
If the power cable connector is positioned to allow connection on horizontal surfaces, then the connector can be connected properly, but the speaker enclosure cannot be installed against vertical surfaces without damaging the cable or connector
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is positioned asymmetrically in the corner of the external casing where two first faces join, with its axis of connection oriented along a bisector plane of the two faces. This asymmetric corner positioning allows the connector to accommodate both horizontal installation (cable extending parallel to one face) and vertical installation (cable extending parallel to the other face), resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
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AI summary
A piece of equipment includes an external casing having two first adjacent faces, and a connector positioned at least partially inside the external casing, the connector being arranged to be connected to a complementary connector by translation of the complementary connector with respect to the connector along an axis of connection comprised in a first bisector plane of first planes into which the two first faces extend.