Dual BNC Connector Wire Positioning via Grooved Pick-Up Plate

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional dual type BNC connectors have unfixed conducting wires at the rear end, which require labor-intensive alignment and adjustment, leading to potential signal instability and short circuits due to misalignment and contact between wires.

Innovation Solution

The proposed dual type BNC connector features a housing with pick-up plates and engagement grooves that securely fix the conducting wires at specific positions, ensuring proper alignment and preventing contact between them, allowing for simultaneous and stable insertion into circuit board slots.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If conducting wires are left unfixed at the rear end of the connector, then the structure is simpler, but the assembly process becomes more complex requiring manual alignment and adjustment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure complexityVSAvoidassembly convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The pick-up plates are pre-formed with engagement grooves during the housing manufacturing process. These grooves are positioned in advance to match the pin spacing requirements, eliminating the need for manual alignment during assembly. The conducting wires are designed to be inserted into these pre-positioned grooves,实现ing preliminary positioning action.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The pick-up plates serve as intermediary components between the housing and the conducting wires. They provide a fixed reference structure with engagement grooves that mediate the positioning relationship, ensuring that the conducting wires are held at correct positions without requiring direct complex fixation mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of manufacture

If conducting wires are unfixed and movable, then installation is easier, but signal transmission stability deteriorates due to potential inclination and short circuits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation easeVSAvoidsignal transmission stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The engagement grooves are pre-formed in the pick-up plates with precise dimensions and positions. This preliminary action ensures that when conducting wires are inserted, they are automatically positioned at the correct spacing and orientation, preventing inclination and ensuring stable signal transmission without requiring complex post-installation adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The pick-up plates with engagement grooves enable the conducting wires to self-position and self-align during insertion. The grooves guide the wires into correct positions automatically, allowing the system to self-regulate the positioning without external intervention, thus maintaining both installation ease and signal stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If multiple conducting wires are retained without specific position fixation, then the structure is simpler, but short circuits may occur due to mutual contact between wires

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefixation structure complexityVSAvoidshort circuit risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The pick-up plates are segmented with multiple separate engagement grooves, each dedicated to holding a specific conducting wire at a predetermined position. This segmentation physically separates the wires from each other, preventing mutual contact and short circuits while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The engagement grooves in the pick-up plates act as intermediary structures that mediate between the conducting wires and the housing. They provide fixed positional references that keep wires separated and prevent harmful interactions, reducing short circuit risk without requiring complex wire management systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8057257B2Dual type BNC connector
Publication Date: 2011.11.15 INSERT ENTERPRISE
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AI summary

A dual type BNC connector comprises an insulating housing, two BNC plugs and a plurality of conducting wires; a rear end of the housing is disposed with at least one pick-up plate; the pick-up plate is disposed with a plurality of engagement grooves; the plurality of engagement grooves are respectively engaged with the plurality of conducting wires electrically connected to at least one BNC plug to allow the plurality of conducting wires to be respectively retained at specific positions, not to inclined to influence the stability of the signal transmission and not to contact one another to form a short circuit and to be convenient for being respectively inserted into a plurality of slots on a circuit board simultaneously.