Push-Pull Self-Lock Connector Guided Blind Insertion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional circular connectors with self-locking mechanisms lack a guiding mechanism, making blind insertion difficult due to the absence of a guiding mechanism.
Innovation Solution
A high-speed push-pull self-lock connector and connector assembly that integrates self-locking, unlocking, and guiding functions through a locking member with protrusions and guiding grooves, allowing for easy assembly and blind insertion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a self-locking mechanism is integrated into the circular connector, then the connector achieves self-locking and unlocking functions, but the guiding mechanism is eliminated making blind insertion difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the self-locking mechanism and guiding mechanism into a single integrated locking member. The locking member includes locking portions that engage with convex portions for self-locking, while simultaneously featuring guiding grooves that receive locking portions from the dock connector to enable blind insertion guidance. This merging resolves the contradiction by making both functions coexist in one component.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking member is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides self-locking through engagement of locking portions with convex portions, enables blind insertion through guiding grooves, and facilitates unlocking through relative movement. This multi-functionality allows a single component to address both the self-locking requirement and the blind insertion requirement without compromise.
2Ease of operation
If a guiding mechanism is added to enable blind insertion, then the connector achieves guiding function, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than adding a separate guiding mechanism to an existing self-locking connector, the patent merges both functions into the locking member itself. The guiding grooves are formed as integral features of the locking member, eliminating the need for additional guiding components and maintaining structural simplicity while enabling blind insertion.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking member is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides locking and guiding functions. By making the locking member universal in its capabilities, the patent avoids increasing overall connector complexity while achieving the desired blind insertion capability.
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AI summary
A high-speed push-pull self-lock connector includes a first plastic core, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a first shielding shell, a first housing, and a locking member. The first terminals and the second terminals are disposed through the first plastic core. The first shielding shell covers and is disposed outside the first terminals and the second terminals. The first housing is disposed outside the first plastic core. The first terminals, the second terminals and the first shielding shell are located in the first housing. The locking member has a plurality of locking portions. The locking portions protrude from an inner wall of a base portion of the locking member. The outer wall of the first housing has a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of guiding grooves formed between the convex portions. The locking member is movable to provide a self-locking function.