Modular Measuring Device Contact Element Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular measuring devices face challenges in easy adaptation to self-protection and modular design, particularly in ensuring intrinsic safety and efficient assembly of electronic components, due to the integration of contact elements within the housing.
Innovation Solution
A separate, encapsulated contact element is introduced between electronic units, allowing for adjustable and angular connections without additional encapsulation, enabling easier monitoring and replacement of components, and simplifying the combination of different electronic devices within a modular system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If contact elements are integrated within the housing, then the housing structure is simplified, but the adaptability to self-protection and modular design is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The contact element is separated from the housing and electronic units, becoming an independent modular component. This segmentation allows the contact element to be independently designed, replaced, or adapted without affecting the housing structure, thereby improving adaptability to self-protection requirements while maintaining housing simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact element is extracted from the integrated housing structure and positioned as a separate component between electronic units. This extraction enables the contact element to be independently optimized for self-protection and modular design without being constrained by the housing integration, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and adaptability.
2Ease of manufacture
If contact elements are integrated within the housing, then assembly is simpler, but ease of monitoring and replacement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the contact element from the housing and electronic units, the component becomes independently accessible. This segmentation facilitates easier monitoring and replacement during maintenance operations, as the contact element can be independently removed and inspected without disassembling the entire housing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact element is extracted as a separate serviceable component positioned between electronic units. This extraction enables maintenance personnel to easily access, monitor, and replace the contact element independently, significantly improving ease of repair while the modular design maintains assembly simplicity through standardized interfaces.
3Reliability
If additional encapsulation is used for contact elements, then intrinsic safety is improved, but device complexity and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The contact element is segmented as an independent component with pre-defined safety characteristics. This segmentation allows the contact element to be independently designed with appropriate encapsulation or safety features, achieving intrinsic safety without requiring additional encapsulation of the entire assembly, thereby maintaining相对较低的 device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact element is extracted as a separate component that can be independently designed to meet intrinsic safety requirements. This extraction eliminates the need for additional encapsulation during assembly, as the contact element itself is designed with appropriate safety features, resolving the contradiction between reliability and assembly complexity.
4Stability of the object's composition
If contact elements are fixed within the housing, then structural stability is improved, but flexibility and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The contact element is segmented from the housing structure, allowing it to be independently positioned and configured. This segmentation maintains structural stability through defined interfaces and mounting mechanisms while enabling flexibility in the contact element's position, orientation, and type, thereby improving adaptability without compromising stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact element is designed as a dynamic, independently positionable component rather than a fixed integral part of the housing. This dynamic design allows the contact element to be adjusted, removed, or replaced based on different operational requirements, providing flexibility and adaptability while maintaining structural stability through standardized mounting interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A measuring device (1) with a housing (2) and two electronic devices (3, 4). To provide a measuring device whose electronics are modular, enabling easy adaptation to self-protection, the measuring device is provided with at least one encapsulated contact element (5) that is designed separately from the electronic units (3, 4) and the housing (2) and is arranged between the two electronic units (3, 4). Furthermore, the contact element (5) has at least one electronic transmission element (6) for creating an electric connection between the two electronic units (3, 4).