Pull-to-Penetrate Device for Connector Installation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of signal transmission lines is labor-intensive and time-consuming due to the structural weakness and high cost of fiber-optic connectors, which are often damaged during penetration through varying hole specifications and high-location installations, lacking effective protection.
Innovation Solution
A fast pull-to-penetrate device comprising a pull-through and penetration device with flexible extension arms and a cap, allowing a rope or steel wire to be tied to the device for easy penetration through multiple holes while protecting the connector from damage, featuring a conic configuration for efficient operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If signal connectors are directly installed through walls without protection, then installation is simpler, but the connectors are easily damaged through impact and abrasion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by providing a protective sleeve that surrounds the connector before installation. The sleeve is made of flexible material that cushions the connector during the penetration process through walls and installation holes, preventing impact and abrasion damages while maintaining ease of installation
2Reliability
If fiber-optic connectors are used, then transmission capacity and security are improved, but the connectors are more expensive and structurally weaker
Solution Approach 1:
The protective sleeve provides beforehand cushioning to the structurally weaker fiber-optic connectors, absorbing impact forces and preventing abrasion during installation through walls and holes, thereby protecting the expensive and fragile connectors while maintaining their transmission performance
3Adaptability or versatility
If connectors penetrate through multiple installation holes at high locations, then extended range coverage is achieved, but the installation operation becomes more difficult and dangerous
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a rope or steel wire as an intermediary tool that passes through pre-formed installation holes to the high location. The worker pulls the connector through the holes using this intermediary, making the installation easier and safer by avoiding direct manual handling at difficult-to-reach high locations
Data Source
AI summary
A fast connector pull-to-penetrate device includes a pull-through and penetration device that includes two flexible extension arms, each having a free end formed with a through aperture. A cap is formed with a coupling opening in each of two opposite sides thereof. The pull-through and penetration device is selectively fit to a transmission cable at an end of a connector and the cap is attached to the connector and fit to a signal terminal of the connector, such that the extension arms are respectively received through the coupling openings of the cap to have the through apertures moved past the two coupling openings and located frontward of the cap. A rope is tied to the through apertures of the extension arms to allow the pull-through and penetration device, to be moved through a number of installation holes through pulling of the rope.