Housing Element Assembly for Angled Electrical Contact Insertion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The production of housing elements for electronic circuits with angled electrical contacts is complex and prone to errors, leading to high costs and defective products due to the complexity of integrating contacts that do not pass through the housing in a straight line.
Innovation Solution
A housing element with a through opening that allows for the easy insertion and connection of angled electrical contacts, where the first contact element is plugged into the housing element body from one side and the second contact element is inserted from the other side, forming a mechanically stable connection with an angle of at least 45 degrees and no more than 135 degrees, simplifying the production process and reducing defects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If contacts are inserted into a carrier, bent and then integrated into the housing element, then angled electrical contacts can be achieved, but the production process becomes complex and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical contact is divided into two separate contact elements (first contact element and second contact element) that are routed through the housing element body from opposite sides. This segmentation allows each contact element to be inserted independently in a straight line, avoiding the need for complex bending operations while achieving the angled configuration through their relative positions and directions of extent.
2Ease of manufacture
If already bent contacts are moulded into the housing element, then production can be simplified, but contacts can slip during moulding causing faulty contacts and high number of deficient housing elements
Solution Approach 1:
The contact elements are pre-formed with their final angled configuration before being inserted into the housing element body. The first contact element is inserted from the first side and the second contact element from the second side, both in straight lines. This preliminary preparation ensures correct positioning and orientation before final assembly, eliminating the risk of slippage during the moulding process while maintaining production efficiency.
3Ease of manufacture
If contacts are inserted from one side only, then the production process is simplified, but achieving angled contacts becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of achieving the angled contact configuration through complex insertion paths from a single side, the solution utilizes the third dimension by inserting the first contact element from the first side and the second contact element from the opposite second side. This dimensional approach allows both contacts to be inserted in straight lines while their spatial arrangement and directions of extent create the required angle between them, simplifying the insertion process while maintaining manufacturing precision.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a housing element for an electronic circuit. The housing element has a housing element body made from an insulating material. The housing element body has a through opening, wherein the opening passes from a first side of the housing element body to a second side of the housing element body. An electrical contact passes through the opening. The electrical contact has a first contact element and a second contact element. The first contact element is connected to the second contact element. The first contact element has a first direction of extent and the second contact element has a second direction of extent. The first direction of extent and the second direction of extent have an angle of at least 45 degrees and no more than 135 degrees relative to each other.