LED Backlight Connector with Eccentric Hinge for Board Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing connectors for LED backlight boards require bending during manufacturing, making it difficult to easily couple boards, and are not suitable for the eccentric movement needed in LED backlight assembly.
Innovation Solution
A connector system with a first and second connector that includes a receiving space, holding portions, stoppers, and contacted parts, allowing for easy alignment and secure fitting without the need for board bending, enabling boards to be coupled in the longitudinal direction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional connectors are used for LED backlight boards, then connections can be made in parallel to the longitudinal direction, but board bending is required during manufacturing which increases assembly complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The connector incorporates a hinge mechanism that allows dynamic movement between connected boards. The hinge enables the connector to adapt to angular misalignments and facilitates easier positioning during assembly without requiring board bending, thus reducing assembly complexity while maintaining connection functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the connection parameters by introducing eccentric movement capability. The rotation center of the hinge is positioned eccentrically relative to the connector's center, allowing the connector to move within a predetermined range and accommodate positional variations, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If connectors allow only parallel connections, then alignment is simplified, but the boards cannot accommodate eccentric movement needed in LED backlight assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge mechanism provides dynamic adaptability by allowing angular adjustment between connected boards. This enables the connector to accommodate eccentric movements and positional variations that occur during LED backlight assembly, while the physical constraints of the hinge maintain sufficient positioning precision for manufacturing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge acts as an intermediary element between the two connectors, absorbing and accommodating positional and angular variations. This mediator allows the connected boards to move relatively without requiring high precision alignment, thus improving adaptability while maintaining acceptable positioning accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A connector comprises a first connector and a second connector to be connected with the first connector. The first connector includes a first housing, a holding portion, and a stopper. The second connector includes a second housing, a held portion, and an engagement portion. At the waiting position, the first connector and the second connector are movable between positions in a wall contact state, at which the leading end of the second connector is in contact with the wall defining the receiving space of the first connector, and positions in a stopped state, at which the stopper of the first connector and the engagement portion of the second connector are in contact with each other.