Flat FPC Adapter Cable Structure for Comfortable Mobile Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional plug connection cables are prone to pricking hands, occupy large spaces, and create unevenness and mess due to their circular shape, hindering user operation when charging mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
A data adapter cable with a rectangular adapter plug, flexible FPC connection cable, and T-shaped mobile phone plug, designed to be flat and flexible, reducing hand pricking and space occupation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a traditional circular-shaped connection cable is used, then the cable structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the cable is prone to pricking hands, occupies large space, and creates unevenness and mess
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by changing the cable cross-section from a traditional circular shape to a flattened rectangular shape. This asymmetric geometry reduces the cable's height profile, allowing it to lie flatter against surfaces and reducing the risk of pricking hands while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standard extrusion or lamination processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the cable from a three-dimensional circular cross-section to a two-dimensional flattened rectangular cross-section. This dimensional change reduces the cable's vertical profile while maintaining its length and width, enabling it to adhere flatter to device surfaces and reduce space occupation without compromising structural integrity.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a traditional circular-shaped connection cable is used, then the cable maintains good structural integrity, but it occupies large space and creates mess
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible shell structure with a flattened rectangular cross-section, allowing the cable to conform to surfaces and occupy minimal vertical space. The flexible outer layer maintains structural integrity while enabling the cable to lie flat against devices, reducing overall volume occupation without compromising durability.
Solution Approach 2:
By flattening the cable cross-section from circular to rectangular, the patent redistributes the cable's volume, maintaining its internal structural integrity while significantly reducing its vertical height. This dimensional transformation allows the cable to occupy less space in the vertical dimension while preserving its length and connection functionality.
3Ease of operation
If a flat rectangular flexible connection cable is used, then the cable avoids pricking hands and occupies small space, but the cable structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The flattened rectangular cross-section creates an asymmetric geometry that improves user comfort by eliminating the circular profile that can prick hands. While this asymmetric shape adds some manufacturing complexity, it can be achieved through standard extrusion, lamination, or molding processes, balancing the trade-off between user comfort and manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible shell structure with flattened rectangular cross-section enables the cable to adhere to device surfaces, improving ease of operation. The flexible outer layer protects internal conductors while maintaining the flattened profile, achieving user comfort benefits without requiring overly complex internal construction.
4Ease of operation
If a flat rectangular flexible connection cable is used, then the cable adheres well to device surfaces, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible shell with flattened rectangular cross-section enables the cable to conform to device surfaces, improving adhesion and ease of operation. The flexibility of the outer layer allows tolerance for minor manufacturing variations in the rectangular profile, reducing the stringency of precision requirements while maintaining surface adherence benefits.
Solution Approach 2:
By flattening the cable to a rectangular cross-section, the patent improves surface adhesion by reducing the vertical profile. While this requires precise control of the flattening process, standard manufacturing techniques such as extrusion, lamination, or thermal compression can achieve the required precision without excessive complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a data adapter cable including: an adaptor plug, one end of the adapter plug is fixedly connected to a connection component; one end of a mobile phone plug component is connected to the connection component, and the other end of the mobile phone plug component is connected to a mobile phone; a flexible connection cable of the present disclosure is a FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) component. The flexible connection cable can turn 90 degree and swing 180 degrees, with higher flatness and higher comfort compared to a circular-shaped connection cable, which avoids pricking hands, occupies small space and being flat.