Modular Board Connector Layout for Counterpart Variation Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connectors lack flexibility in variation development to accommodate changes in counterparty connectors, requiring specific configurations that limit adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A connector design featuring multiple terminal units with inner and outer terminals, and dielectric bodies, arranged in a row with adjacent units contacting each other, allowing for easy adjustment of terminal unit numbers to accommodate various configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the connector is designed with a fixed number of internal conductor terminals and external conductor terminals to match a specific counterparty connector configuration, then connection reliability with that specific counterparty connector is improved, but adaptability to variations in counterparty connector configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into multiple terminal units, where each terminal unit includes an inner terminal, an outer terminal, and a dielectric body. These terminal units can be arranged in different numbers and configurations to match various counterparty connector variations, enabling easy adaptation while maintaining reliable connections through standardized terminal unit designs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the connector configuration is customized to match specific counterparty connector variations, then compatibility with those variations is improved, but device complexity and development effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is segmented into standardized terminal units that can be independently configured. By adjusting the number and arrangement of these modular terminal units, different connector configurations can be achieved without redesigning the entire connector, thereby reducing development complexity while maintaining compatibility with various counterparty connectors.
Solution Approach 2:
Each terminal unit is designed with universal components including inner terminals, outer terminals, and dielectric bodies that can serve multiple functions. This universal design allows the same terminal unit structure to be used across different connector configurations, simplifying the overall device complexity while enabling adaptability to various counterparty connector variations.
3Quantity of substance
If the number of terminal units is increased to accommodate more conductors, then connection capability is improved, but manufacturing cost and assembly complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The connector uses segmented terminal units that can be manufactured independently and then assembled in required quantities. This segmentation allows for standardized manufacturing processes for each terminal unit type, reducing overall manufacturing complexity even when the total number of conductors increases, as the same modular units are simply replicated and arranged.
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AI summary
A board connector including plural terminal units each including an inner terminal, an outer terminal covering the inner terminal, and a terminal unit-side dielectric body provided between the inner terminal and the outer terminal and supporting the inner terminal. The plural terminal units are arranged in a row along one direction in a state in which adjacent of the plural terminal units contact each other.