Fluid Handling Tube Connection With Movable Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
In microchannel assemblies, the individual adjustment of tube positions and angles for connection to connectors often results in poor connections and liquid leakage.
Innovation Solution
A fluid handling system with a tube featuring a flange and a support member with a through hole, along with an elastic member, allows for easy connection without requiring precise alignment, using a movable and elastic design to ensure secure attachment and prevent leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual adjustment of tube positions and angles is performed for connecting to connectors, then connection flexibility is improved, but connection reliability deteriorates due to poor connections and liquid leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The support member is designed to be movable, allowing the tube to automatically adjust its position and angle to align with the connector opening. This dynamic adjustment eliminates the need for manual individual adjustment while ensuring reliable connection, resolving the contradiction between connection flexibility and connection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tube with flange automatically positions itself relative to the connector opening through the movable support member mechanism. The system performs the alignment function automatically without requiring external adjustment operations, achieving both ease of connection and reliable sealing.
2Stability of the object's composition
If rigid fixed connection is used between tube and connector, then connection stability is improved, but adaptability to position misalignment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support member transitions from a fixed to a movable configuration during the connection process. Initially movable to allow position adjustment and alignment, then stabilizes when the tube is properly connected, providing both adaptability during connection and stability during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member changes its degree of freedom parameter during connection. It allows positional parameters to vary during alignment, then constrains them after proper connection is achieved, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively connects fluid handling devices to external devices without leakage, facilitating secure and efficient fluid handling operations.
Implementation Method 1
a first elastic member (180) including a second through hole (181), into which the tube (140) is inserted, and coming into contact with the flange (142) and the fluid handling device (120) or the support member (160)
Data Source
AI summary
A fluid handling system includes a fluid handling device including an opening for introducing a fluid or discharging the fluid; a tube including a flange, where one end of the tube is for connection to the opening, and the other end of the tube is for connection to an introduction device for supplying the fluid or to a discharge device for discharging the fluid; a support member including a first through hole into which the tube is inserted, and movably supporting the tube; and a first elastic member including a second through hole into which the tube is inserted, and holding a part of the tube while the first elastic member is in contact with the flange and the fluid handling device or the support member.