Offset Holder for Connector Positioning and Cable Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing electronic apparatuses have limited flexibility in connector positioning due to their mounting on circuit boards, leading to potential interference between cables and other components.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus design featuring a holder with a component holder portion to offset electronic components and a cable holder portion to manage cables, optimizing component positioning and preventing interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If connectors are mounted on the circuit board, then the connectors can be integrated with the circuit board, but the positioning flexibility of connectors is limited and interference between cables and components occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into distinct functional portions: a component holder portion for electronic components and a cable holder portion for cables. This segmentation allows independent positioning of components and cables, eliminating interference while maintaining integration with the circuit board.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder acts as an intermediary structure between the circuit board and the electronic components/cables. It provides a dedicated mounting interface that decouples the positioning constraints of the circuit board from the positioning requirements of the components and cables.
2Ease of manufacture
If connectors are mounted on the circuit board, then the assembly is simplified, but the positions of connectors depend on the circuit board position in the housing
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the holder into component holder portion and cable holder portion, the design enables independent positioning of electronic components and cables relative to the circuit board, allowing optimal positioning regardless of circuit board location in the housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder extends in the thickness direction of the circuit board, utilizing the third dimension (depth/thickness) to provide positioning freedom. This allows components and cables to be positioned at different heights and depths, independent of the circuit board's planar position.
3Reliability
If cables are arranged in the housing, then connectivity is achieved, but interference between cables and electronic components occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The holder separates cable routing and electronic component mounting into distinct spatial zones. The cable holder portion guides cables through dedicated pathways while the component holder portion positions electronic components, preventing cable-component interference while maintaining necessary connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder serves as a mediating structure that routes cables through dedicated pathways and positions electronic components at optimal locations, acting as a physical barrier that prevents harmful interference between cables and components while maintaining electrical connectivity.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic apparatus 1 includes a holder 50 arranged along the rear surface of a main board 20 and the front surface of a sub-board 30. The holder 50 includes a connector holder portion 51 that holds a connector 59 in a position offset in the thickness direction of the main board 20 and the sub-board 30 from a position on the rear surface of the main board 20 and a position on the front surface of the sub-board 30. The holder 50 includes a cable holder portion 52 that holds a cable 58. Consequently, it is possible to optimize the position of an electronic component such as a connector and prevent interference between a cable connected to the electronic component and other electronic components on a circuit board.