Cylindrical Component Connector With Wedge Deformation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe connectors are difficult to open and close quickly, prone to damage, and unreliable in maintaining a tight seal, especially when frequently used or with varying component diameters and angles.
Innovation Solution
A component connector featuring an elastic sleeve and a deformable fixing sleeve with opposing wedge surfaces and clamping rings that create a frictional and sealed connection, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly without adhesives or heat treatment, and protecting the sealing components from external damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If adhesive or cured bonding is used to connect pipe end faces, then connection strength is improved, but ease of disassembly deteriorates (cannot be easily opened without damaging components)
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into separate functional elements: a first connector part with external threading and a second connector part with internal threading. These segments can be independently assembled and disassembled without damaging the pipe components, resolving the contradiction between strong connection and easy disassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
A sealing element is introduced as an intermediary component between the pipe end faces and the connector. This sealing element can be easily removed and replaced, allowing the connector to be disassembled and reassembled multiple times without damaging the pipes or compromising the seal, thus enabling both strong connection and easy disassembly.
2Ease of operation
If the connector structure is made accessible from outside for assembly, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates (casing can be damaged, affecting tightness and preventing leakage prevention)
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element is nested within the connector structure, specifically positioned between the pipe end faces and the connector body. This nested arrangement protects the sealing element from external damage while still allowing easy access for assembly and disassembly through the connector's open structure, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and sealing reliability.
3Device complexity
If a simple connector structure is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates (cannot handle different diameters and angles)
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed with universal features including adjustable positioning elements that can accommodate pipes of different diameters and angles. The connector body includes guide surfaces and adjustment mechanisms that allow it to adapt to various pipe configurations without requiring complex specialized components, thus achieving both simplicity and versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and secure connection of cylindrical components with different diameters and angles, ensuring reliable sealing and easy reuse of components, reducing material costs and minimizing damage risks.
Implementation Method 1
held in this position by a frictional connection between component connector and component
Implementation Method 2
the inner ring through the Surface profiling is deformable radially inward, and thus braced the sealing ring for fixing and sealing the components
Implementation Method 3
an elastic sealing ring surrounds the components in the area of the butt seam
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a component connector (1) for connecting cylindrical components (2, 3), at least comprising an elastic sleeve (5) which surrounds the components (2, 3), wherein the elastic sleeve (5) can be braced, characterized in that a radially deformable fixing sleeve (9) is provided which encloses the elastic sleeve (5), wherein the elastic sleeve (5) is braced via a radial deformation of the fixing sleeve (9) in a perpendicular direction to a longitudinal axis (15) of the fixing sleeve (9), and furthermore at least one clamping ring (16) is provided for radially deforming the fixing sleeve (9), wherein the fixing sleeve (9) has a profiled outer wall (4a, 11) and the clamping ring (16) has an oppositely profiled inner wall (4b, 17) such that the clamping ring (16) can be pushed concentrically onto the fixing sleeve (9) in an accurately fitting manner, during a relative rotation of the clamping ring (16), placed in an accurately fitting manner, in a closing direction (22), the fixing sleeve (9) can be deformed radially inwardly by the surface profiling (4a, 4b) and, during a relative rotation of the clamping ring (16) counter to the closing direction (22), the surface profiling (4a, 4b) prevents any rotation.