Plug Connector Housing With Integrated Receptacles for Mixed Contact Carriers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing plug connector housings are complex to produce and lack versatility in accommodating different types of contact elements, such as solid contacts for high currents and delicate contacts for data transmission.
Innovation Solution
A plug connector housing with integrally molded receptacles on its inside, featuring corner and long-side receptacles with threaded openings, allowing for the installation of contact carriers of varying sizes and configurations, including eccentric placement and displacement along the sides for flexible use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If modular industrial plug connectors with multiple holding frames and modules are used to accommodate different contact element types, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases and manufacturing becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed with multiple receptacles of different types (first receptacles in corner regions and second receptacles on long sides) that can accommodate different contact carrier sizes and configurations within a single unified structure, eliminating the need for multiple separate holding frames and modules
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular industrial plug connectors with multiple holding frames and modules are used to accommodate different contact element types, then versatility is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple receptacle structures are integrally molded into a single housing component, combining what would otherwise require multiple separate holding frames and modules into one piece that can be manufactured in a single injection molding process, significantly simplifying production
3Ease of operation
If second receptacles are arranged centrally on long sides, then ease of operation is improved for installing contact carriers, but adaptability deteriorates for accommodating different sized contact carriers
Solution Approach 1:
The second receptacles are designed to be displaceable along the long sides of the housing, allowing their position to be adjusted to accommodate different contact carrier sizes and configurations, thus providing both ease of installation and adaptability
Data Source
AI summary
A plug connector housing has receptacles for fastening at least two contact carriers. The plug connector housing has a substantially rectangular cross-section, having two opposite narrow sides and two opposite long sides. The receptacles are integrally formed on the interior within the plug connector housing. In each of the corner regions, a first receptacle is arranged. On each of the long sides, at least one second receptacle is arranged.