Electrode Structure with Integrated Conductive Layer for Shock Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrode structures for electric shock prevention are complex and difficult to install in small electrical outlets and other applications, limiting their convenience and effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A simple electrode structure body with a pair of flat conductors connected to the power transmission and distribution path, featuring a non-conductive housing that separates the conductors and maximizes their exposure, reducing electrical resistance and preventing electric shock when submerged.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a metal plate or metal net is used for electric shock prevention, then electric shock prevention effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the electric shock prevention function with the existing electrode structure by integrating a conductive layer directly onto the electrode body. This merging eliminates the need for separate metal plates or nets, reducing structural complexity while maintaining prevention effectiveness through the combined design.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrode structure is designed to serve multiple functions: electrical contact/measurement and electric shock prevention. The conductive layer on the electrode body provides both the electrical function and the safety function, allowing one component to fulfill multiple roles and simplifying the overall system.
2Reliability
If a metal plate is connected through wires to terminal stand, then electric shock prevention is achieved, but installation convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The conductive layer is integrated directly onto the electrode body, merging the prevention component with the electrode structure. This eliminates the need for separate wires and terminal connections, allowing installation to be completed by simply mounting the electrode assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the wire connection step from the installation process by integrating the conductive path directly into the electrode structure. The prevention function is built-in rather than added through separate components, removing the complex wiring step.
3Reliability
If a conductive layer is formed on the electrode structure, then electric shock prevention is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The conductive layer uses materials and formation methods that match the existing electrode manufacturing parameters. By selecting conductive materials compatible with current electrode production processes (such as conductive paints or metal coatings applied during electrode fabrication), the patent adds the prevention function without requiring separate manufacturing steps.
4Reliability
If existing prevention apparatus are designed for large installations, then prevention effectiveness is ensured, but adaptability to small outlets deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated electrode structure with conductive layer is designed to be universally applicable across different scales and applications. The same basic design can be implemented in small electrical outlets, power breakers, or outdoor street lamps, providing adaptability while maintaining the electric shock prevention function through the inherent conductive layer design.
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
The solution effectively minimizes electric current flowing into the human body by creating a high electrical resistance path, preventing electric shock in submerged equipment and reducing installation complexity.
Implementation Method 1
The first flat conductor has one end that is fixed to the first input terminal and the other end that is fixed to the first output terminal, has a width and a length that are greater than the first electric wire, and has an area, which is obtained by multiplying the width and the length, and which is 4 times to 100,000 times a cross-sectional area of the first electric wire
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AI summary
The present invention relates to electric equipment technology, and more particularly to an electric structure used in various devices of electric equipment. The electrode structure body with electric-shock prevention function is connected to a power transmission and distribution path to electric equipment. The electrode structure body with electric-shock prevention function prevents electric shock when the electric equipment connected to the electrode structure body or other equipment electrically connected thereto at a near place is submerged.