Insulating Body Connector Conductor Alignment Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing insulating bodies for multi-pole connectors face difficulties in efficiently and quickly inserting electrical conductors due to complex geometries of holes, making assembly time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A cylindrical insulating body with a connecting part featuring recesses and clamping ribs, and a positioning sleeve with radial webs that align and clamp conductors, allowing them to be pressed into insulation displacement terminals when the parts are assembled, ensuring easy and efficient electrical contact.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If individual conductors are inserted into holes with radial components in the insulating body, then electrical contact can be achieved, but the assembly process becomes difficult and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical contactVSAvoidassembly time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The insulating body is divided into a connecting part and a contacting part that can be assembled separately. The connecting part contains axially parallel channels for easy conductor insertion, while the contacting part contains the insulation displacement terminals. This segmentation allows each part to be optimized for its specific function, making assembly straightforward.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The connecting part is prepared in advance with axially parallel channels that guide conductors directly into position. This preliminary structuring eliminates the need for complex radial insertion operations during final assembly, significantly reducing assembly time while ensuring reliable electrical contact when the contacting part is attached.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If complex hole geometries are used in the insulating body, then conductor accommodation is possible, but insertion becomes difficult and assembly complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconductor accommodationVSAvoidassembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The insulating body is segmented into two functional parts: the connecting part with simple axially parallel channels for conductor insertion, and the contacting part with insulation displacement terminals. This segmentation simplifies the overall device complexity while maintaining the ability to accommodate multiple conductors efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of creating complex holes in a single insulating body to achieve both conductor accommodation and electrical contact, the invention inverts the approach by using simple axial channels in the connecting part and adding the contacting part with terminals separately. This reverse engineering approach simplifies the structure while achieving the same functional goals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

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

Facilitates a simple and efficient assembly process by aligning and clamping conductors into the correct position within the insulating body, ensuring reliable electrical contact and electromagnetic shielding, thereby reducing assembly time and complexity.

Implementation Method 1

the individual conductors of the multi-core cable are pressed into insulation displacement terminals and thereby electrically contacted

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInsulation displacement: Mechanical Force

Implementation Method 2

the contacting part also contains a shielding element which electromagnetically shields the electrically contacted conductors from one another at least in pairs

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic shielding: Faraday Cage

Data Source

PatentEP2842197B1Insulating body of a connector
Publication Date: 2018.08.08 HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO KG
  • EP2842197B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP2842197B1 patent drawingFigure 2~3

AI summary

The invention relates to a insulating body that can be inserted into a housing (11) of a plug connector (10) and that is formed from a connection part (2) and a contacting part (3), wherein contacting means (4) are arranged in the contacting part (3) and the connection part (2) is provided with recesses (5), into which individual conductors of a multi-core cable can be clamped. The connection part (2) and the contacting part (3) can be plugged together, as a result of which the individual conductors in the multi-core cable can be electrically contacted with the individual contacting means (4). According to the invention, the connection part (2) has means that align the individual conductors along the recesses (5) in the connection part (2) such that each of the conductors is pressed into the respective recesses and the direction of the conductor changes along the recesses.