Floating Connector Single Resilient Contact Spring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floating connectors require two spring portions for floating and contact, making them larger in size due to the need for independent resilient deformation.
Innovation Solution
A connector design where a single resiliently deformable portion serves both as a spring for floating and contact, allowing the movable housing to move relative to the fixed housing while maintaining sufficient contact pressure without being fixed to the movable housing, thereby reducing the connector's size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If two spring portions are provided for floating and contact functions, then the connector achieves sufficient contact pressure and floating capability, but the size of the connector increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate spring portions (floating spring and contact spring) into a single integrated resiliently deformable portion. This contact member has a holding portion fixed to the fixed housing, a resiliently deformable middle portion, and a contact arm extending to the movable housing, allowing one component to perform both floating support and contact pressure functions simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The single resiliently deformable portion serves multiple functions: it acts as both the floating spring (supporting the movable housing) and the contact spring (providing contact pressure). The contact member is designed to be resiliently deformable in a manner that simultaneously achieves both floating capability and sufficient contact pressure without requiring separate dedicated components for each function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If two spring portions are provided for floating and contact functions, then the connector achieves independent resilient deformation for each function, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the floating spring and contact spring into a single integrated resiliently deformable portion. The contact member's structure allows it to be resiliently deformable in a way that simultaneously achieves both floating support and contact pressure, eliminating the need for two separate spring components and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The resiliently deformable portion is designed to perform multiple functions independently through its geometric configuration. The middle resilient portion provides floating support while the contact arm provides contact pressure, both through the same component's elastic deformation capabilities, maintaining adaptability without increasing the number of parts.
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 design enables a reduction in the size of the floating connector by utilizing a single resiliently deformable portion for both floating and contact functions, ensuring sufficient contact pressure and maintaining spring characteristics during movement.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the resiliently deformable portions is resiliently deformable and is, at least in part, accommodated in a corresponding one of the contact-accommodation portions
Implementation Method 2
A movement of the movable housing relative to the fixed housing enables the facing portions to be pressed against the catching portion while allowing movements of the facing portions at least in the upper-lower direction
Data Source
AI summary
A connector comprises a fixed housing, a movable housing and a plurality of contacts. The movable housing is accommodated in the fixed housing and is movable relative to the fixed housing. The movable housing has a catching portion. Each of the contacts has a resiliently deformable portion which is resiliently deformable. Each of the resiliently deformable portions is provided with a contact portion and a facing portion. Each of the facing portions is in contact with the catching portion or faces the catching portion at a distance apart therefrom in the width direction (X-direction). A movement of the movable housing relative to the fixed housing enables the facing portions to be pressed against the catching portion while allowing movements of the facing portions at least in the upper-lower direction (Z-direction).