Jumper Cable Tracing with Integrated Light-Emitting Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
In network room construction and cable management, tracing and identifying multiple network jumper cables with dual-core or multi-core configurations becomes difficult due to tangled connectors, leading to potential erroneous disconnections.
Innovation Solution
A cable tracing type jumper cable with light-emitting devices integrated into electrical connectors, connected by a lead wire set, allowing for easy identification and tracing by emitting light when a voltage is applied, ensuring accurate connection management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple network jumper cables are used in network room construction, then network coverage and connectivity are improved, but cable tracing and identification become difficult due to tangled connectors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-coded identification bands on the outer insulation of jumper cables to enable visual differentiation and tracing. Different colors or color patterns are assigned to different cable groups or destinations, allowing technicians to easily identify and trace specific cables among multiple tangled connectors without physical manipulation.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If light-emitting devices are installed in each connector for cable tracing, then cable identification becomes easy, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses passive color-coded identification bands instead of active light-emitting devices. This approach provides clear visual identification for cable tracing while avoiding the complexity, power requirements, and cost associated with electronic light-emitting components in each connector.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy cable identification and replacement by illuminating connectors, reducing the risk of incorrect disconnections and improving cable management efficiency in complex network setups.
Implementation Method 1
a cable tracing type jumper cable with light-emitting devices integrated into electrical connectors, connected by a lead wire set, allowing for easy identification and tracing by emitting light when a voltage is applied
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AI summary
A cable tracing type jumper cable include a first electrical connector including an insulative holder shell, a pin block and a connection block at two opposite ends of the insulative holder shell and a first circuit board with a light-emitting device mounted in the connection block, a lead wire set connected with one end thereof to the first electrical connector and including multiple optical fibers, and second electrical connectors connected to an opposite end of the lead wire set each including a lower insulative holder shell, a second circuit board with a light-emitting device mounted in the lower insulative holder shell and electrical plugs mounted in one end of the lower insulative holder shell opposite to the lead wire set. When a voltage is applied to the lead wire set, the light-emitting devices in the first and second electrical connectors are electrically conducted to emit light for tracing.