Modular Connector Assembly for Reliable Automation Platform Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
The assembly of functional modules in conventional automation platforms is complex and prone to errors, necessitating a solution to improve the connection of these modules with a common connecting device.
Innovation Solution
A connecting device that includes contacting and grounding receiving elements to provide main, auxiliary energy flows, and data flows to functional modules, ensuring secure and efficient connections through various contact types and grounding mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional assembly methods are used for functional modules, then the automation platform can be built, but the assembly process becomes complex and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device is segmented into distinct receiving elements: a contacting receiving element for electrical contacts and a grounding receiving element for grounding connections. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized independently, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting device acts as an intermediary component between functional modules and the automation platform backbone. By providing standardized receiving elements, it mediates the connection process, simplifying assembly procedures and reducing errors.
2Reliability
If multiple contact types and grounding mechanisms are integrated, then connection reliability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The contacting receiving element and grounding receiving element are merged into a single integrated connecting device. This combination provides multiple contact types and grounding mechanisms in one unit, improving connection reliability without requiring separate components for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting device is designed with universal receiving elements that can accommodate different contact types (main energy flow, auxiliary energy flow, data flow) and grounding connections simultaneously. This multi-functionality ensures reliable connections for various signals while maintaining a unified device structure.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a connecting device (10) for an automation platform, comprising a contacting receiving element (12) which is configured to provide contacting with a contacting element (22) of a functional module (20) corresponding to the contacting receiving element (12) and to provide at least one of a main energy flow, an auxiliary energy flow and a data flow to the functional module (20) and a grounding receiving element (15) which is configured to provide grounding for the functional module.