Multi-Side Socket Core Frame With Intersecting Slots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-side sockets are characterized by large product sizes, complex assembly, high production costs, and potential safety hazards due to disordered wiring arrangements resulting from multiple independent core frames and conducting sheets.
Innovation Solution
A multi-position change-over device with core frames featuring paired first and second slots that intersect to form mounting grooves for shared conducting sheets, reducing the number of sheets needed, simplifying assembly, and improving safety by minimizing wiring positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent core frames and conducting sheets are arranged in the housing, then the multi-side socket can accommodate multiple plugs simultaneously, but the product size becomes large and assembly becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent core frames into a single integrated core frame structure. The core frame is designed with multiple mounting grooves that can accommodate multiple conducting sheets simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate core frames for each jack panel. This integration directly reduces assembly complexity while maintaining the capability to support multiple plugs through the shared core frame structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The core frame is designed as a universal structure that serves multiple functions: it provides mounting support for multiple conducting sheets, maintains electrical isolation between different jack groups, and accommodates various plug configurations. This multi-functional design allows a single core frame to replace multiple specialized core frames, simplifying the overall structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent core frames and conducting sheets are arranged in the housing, then each jack panel can be independently configured, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining multiple conducting sheets into a single integrated assembly within one core frame, the patent reduces the total number of components that need to be manufactured and assembled. This merging effect lowers production costs through reduced material usage, fewer manufacturing steps, and simplified quality control processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The core frame is segmented into multiple mounting grooves, each capable of independently accommodating a conducting sheet for a specific jack panel. This segmentation allows for flexible configuration of different jack types while maintaining a unified manufacturing process for the entire core frame assembly.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple independent core frames are arranged in the housing, then each core frame can have dedicated mounting grooves, but the number of wiring positions increases causing disordered wire arrangement and safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple wiring positions into a unified wiring system within the single core frame. All conducting sheets are electrically isolated from each other through the core frame structure, creating an organized wiring arrangement that eliminates the disordered wire placement associated with multiple independent core frames. This unified approach maintains precise mounting groove positioning while improving wiring safety through systematic electrical isolation.
Data Source
AI summary
The present utility model discloses a multi-position change-over device and a multi-side socket with it, wherein each of at least three sides of a core frame is arranged with a first slot and a second slot which are paired; meanwhile, the first slots located on two adjacent sides are intersected to form the first mounting grooves used for installing a first conducting sheet and the second slots located on two adjacent sides are intersected to form the second mounting grooves used for installing a second conducting sheet so that the first slots located on two adjacent sides share one first conducting sheet and the second slots located on two adjacent sides share one second conducting sheet in order to make the core frame smaller, save the consumption of the first conducting sheet and the second conducting sheet and improve the assembly efficiency and thus make the whole multi-side socket smaller, more exquisite, easier to carry and cost-lower.