Multi-Port Connector Side Latch Layout for Low-Loss Cable Runs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional 6-port male-type connectors for Wi-Fi 6E access points face difficulties in disconnection due to button location and require smaller gauge, high-loss cables for soldering, leading to signal loss and restricted cable runs.
Innovation Solution
A multi-port connector design with a housing featuring pin conductors, latches, and cable seatings that allow for low-loss cable connections, with buttons positioned on the sides for easy actuation and reduced soldering needs, enabling secure and efficient cable connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If buttons are located at opposite shorter sides of the connector, then the connector can be secured to the female-type connector, but the buttons become difficult to actuate during installation
Solution Approach 1:
The buttons are repositioned from the shorter sides to the longer sides of the connector housing, changing the spatial dimension of button placement. This dimensional shift allows operators to access buttons from the side rather than the end, eliminating obstruction issues while maintaining connection security through the same latch mechanism
2Ease of manufacture
If smaller gauge cables are used for soldering at the grounding plane, then adequate soldering space is provided, but signal loss increases and cable run length is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The soldering operation is extracted from the grounding plane location and relocated to the cable seating area. This separation allows larger gauge cables to be used without compromising soldering space, as the soldering now occurs at a different location within the connector housing where space is not constrained by the grounding plane geometry
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-port connector includes a housing with a proximal portion defining outer surfaces of a male-type multi-port connection configured to fit within a female-type multi-port connection. The multi-port connector further comprises pin conductors for electrically connecting to the female-type connection, a prong configured to lock with the female-type connection, and a button configured, when pressed, to displace the prong for unlocking. The button is located on a longer side of the housing. A multi-port connector also includes a mount at the distal end of each pin conductor, and cable seatings with a through opening along a longitudinal direction thereof. Each cable seating is configured to be inserted within the mount of a corresponding pin conductor by an insertion depth. A proximal first end portion of each cable seating is longer than the insertion depth in the longitudinal direction, and a distal second end portion of each cable seating includes metal.