Fiber Optic Adapter Ring Structure Demolding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fiber optic adapters are difficult to demold from molds during manufacturing, requiring forced demolding which can cause clamping walls to deviate and result in errors and misalignment.
Innovation Solution
The fiber optic adapter design includes a shell body with a dividing wall and securing seat featuring a ring-shaped structure with gaps, allowing for easier demolding without force and maintaining the clamping walls' original configuration, along with guiding rail portions for compact and flexible connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the ring-shaped structure is formed from each base wall and two corresponding clamping walls, then the structural integrity and clamping function are improved, but the demolding difficulty increases requiring forced demolding
Solution Approach 1:
The ring-shaped structure is divided into multiple independent base walls and clamping walls instead of being formed as a continuous rigid ring. This segmentation allows each wall to flex independently during demolding while maintaining the overall structural integrity and clamping function when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping walls are designed with dynamic flexibility to bend and deform during the demolding process. This dynamic behavior allows the structure to temporarily open during manufacturing ejection, then return to its original rigid configuration after demolding, resolving the contradiction between strength and ease of manufacture.
2Productivity
If forced demolding is applied to remove the adapter from the mold, then the demolding process is completed, but the clamping walls deviate from their original position causing alignment errors
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping walls are pre-designed with inherent flexibility and recovery capability before the demolding process begins. This preliminary design ensures that the walls can naturally deform during forced demolding and then automatically return to their precise original positions without causing alignment errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The structure incorporates built-in flexibility as a cushioning mechanism that absorbs the shock and stress of forced demolding. This beforehand cushioning protects the clamping walls from permanent deformation or misalignment during the demolding process.
3Ease of manufacture
If the clamping walls are forced apart during forced demolding, then the adapter is removed from the mold, but the clamping walls do not restore to their original configuration generating errors
Solution Approach 1:
The physical parameters of the clamping walls are changed by introducing flexibility and elastic properties. This allows the walls to temporarily change their configuration during demolding (improving ease of manufacture) while ensuring they return to their original precise configuration afterward (maintaining reliability).
Data Source
AI summary
A fiber optic adapter includes a shell body defining an inner space, a dividing wall dividing the inner space into two receptacles, an installation seat, and a securing seat. The installation seat and the securing seat are respectively located in the receptacles. The securing seat includes a plurality of base walls connected in pairs, a plurality of pairs of clamping walls, and a plurality of clenching walls. Each base wall cooperates with a respective pair of the clamping walls and a respective clenching wall to form a ring-shaped structure, with each adjacent two of the base wall, the pair of clamping walls and the clenching wall defining a gap therebetween.