Embedded-Filter Connector Using Multistage Pin Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors with filter structures are complex and costly, limiting design scope and increasing costs due to the need for separate adapter components.
Innovation Solution
A connector with an embedded filter, featuring a multistage pin structure and complementary insulator, allowing for miniaturization and simplification of the module by integrating the filter function directly into the connector.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a filter structure is implemented in a separate adapter component, then the filter function is achieved, but the overall structure becomes complicated and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the filter structure with the connector body into a single integrated component. The connector body includes an inner space with an insulator and pin structure that forms the filter, eliminating the need for a separate adapter component while maintaining the filter function. This merging reduces structural complexity and overall cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector body is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides mechanical connection functionality and simultaneously incorporates the filter function through its internal pin and insulator structure. This multi-functionality allows the connector to replace both the original connector and the separate filter adapter, simplifying the overall system.
2Reliability
If a separate adapter with filter is used, then frequency filtering is achieved, but module size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filter structure is merged into the connector body, with the insulator and pin forming the filter elements within the existing connector volume. This integration eliminates the need for additional space that would be required for a separate adapter, thereby reducing overall module size while maintaining frequency filtering capability.
3Reliability
If a separate adapter with filter is used, then filtering capability is achieved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filter structure is integrated into the connector body as a single manufacturing unit. The insulator and pin are formed within the connector body's inner space, allowing for combined manufacturing processes rather than separate production and assembly of filter and connector components. This reduces manufacturing steps, assembly operations, and overall production cost.
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AI summary
The present invention allows a connector other than an adapter to have a pin and an insulator, and thus the connector functions as a filter. A module using the connector of the present invention has a small size so as to be economically and widely applicable. The pin is formed to have a multistage structure of at least two stages having different heights to provide a proper filter function.