Elastic Clamp for LED Packages Maintaining Constant Pressure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing socket assemblies for optoelectronic packages, such as LED packages, face issues with pressure force degradation over time and temperature variations, affecting cooling performance.
Innovation Solution
A clamp design featuring an upper and lower plate connected by a pressing section, allowing for elastic deformation to maintain constant pressure on the optoelectronic package, independent of aging and temperature changes, using a metal clamp with a pressing section that can be adjusted by screw torque to ensure consistent contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a pressure force is exerted on the package to achieve cooling, then cooling performance is improved, but the pressure force deteriorates over age and with temperature differences
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp is designed with elastic deformation capability, allowing it to dynamically adjust and maintain constant pressing force on the optoelectronic package despite temperature variations and aging. The elastic material absorbs thermal expansion and contraction, ensuring stable contact pressure over time and across temperature ranges.
Solution Approach 2:
The pressing force is adjusted by controlling the screw torque applied to the screw element. By changing the torque parameter during assembly, the initial elastic deformation of the clamp is controlled, which determines the constant pressing force exerted on the package. This parameter control ensures optimal cooling contact while compensating for future thermal and aging effects.
2Reliability
If the clamp structure is made rigid to maintain stable pressure, then pressure stability is improved, but adaptability to temperature changes and aging is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp utilizes an elastic material that can deform flexibly under thermal stress and aging conditions while maintaining stable pressing force. The elastic portion acts as a flexible element that absorbs dimensional changes due to temperature and aging, ensuring the pressing force remains constant despite environmental variations.
3Ease of operation
If the clamp design includes adjustable screw mechanism, then ease of adjustment is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The screw mechanism allows the clamp to be self-adjusting through controlled torque application. During assembly, the screw is tightened to a specific torque value that automatically sets the correct elastic deformation and pressing force, eliminating the need for complex adjustment mechanisms or multiple components. The system self-regulates the pressing force through the elastic material's inherent properties.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The clamp provides a consistent pressure force, enhancing cooling performance and mechanical robustness, ensuring predictable behavior over temperature and lifetime.
Implementation Method 1
The upper plate is capable of being pressed toward the lower plate... using a metal clamp with a pressing section that can be adjusted by screw torque to ensure consistent contact
Data Source
AI summary
A clamp for a socket assembly is disclosed. The clamp comprises an upper plate, a lower plate arranged parallel to the upper plate, and a pressing section connected to the upper plate. The upper plate is capable of being pressed toward the lower plate.