Quick Release Device for Recessed Modular Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
In high-density patch panels, users face difficulty accessing the clip of electrical modular connectors due to their recessed design, leading to challenges in releasing network cables from electrical jacks, as existing solutions often require costly modifications to standardized connectors.
Innovation Solution
A quick release device featuring a connector boot with a passage and a rotatable hook that engages with the clip, allowing the slide insert to pivot and move the clip downwardly to release the connector from the jack, without requiring substantial customization of the connectors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the electrical modular connector is recessed in the equipment to achieve high-density configuration, then the space utilization is improved, but the user cannot access the clip to release the connector
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a release tool as an intermediary device that bridges the gap between the user and the inaccessible clip. The tool includes a insertion portion that reaches through the equipment to engage with the clip, and an operation portion that the user can manipulate externally. This mediator enables the user to release the connector without direct access to the clip, resolving the contradiction between high-density recessed configuration and operational accessibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standardized electrical modular connectors are used to maintain compatibility with industrial standards, then the adaptability is improved, but the release mechanism cannot be modified to improve accessibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the release system into two independent parts: the standardized electrical modular connector (which maintains industrial compatibility) and the external release tool (which provides improved accessibility). By separating the connector from the release mechanism, the invention allows the connector to remain standardized while the release tool can be customized with extended reach and user-friendly operation features, thus resolving the contradiction between standardization and operational ease.
3Volume of moving object
If the clip is positioned deep within the recessed equipment to achieve compact design, then the device compactness is improved, but the user's fingers cannot reach the clip
Solution Approach 1:
The release tool serves as a mediator that extends the user's reach into the recessed space. The insertion portion of the tool is designed to reach deep into the equipment cavity to engage with the clip, while the operation portion remains accessible to the user's fingers. This intermediary structure allows the clip to be positioned deep within the recessed equipment for compact design while maintaining operational accessibility through the tool's extended reach.
Data Source
AI summary
A quick release device for releasing an electrical modular connector of a network cable from an electrical jack comprises a connector boot attached to the network cable and assembled with the electrical modular connector; a passage formed on the connector boot; a slide insert having a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, wherein the slide insert is positioned through the passage, wherein the first end faces the electrical jack; and a rotatable hook having a free end and a pivot end configured to pivot on the first end of the slide insert along a longitudinal direction of the slide insert, wherein the free end of the rotatable hook engages with a clip and causes the clip to move relatively downwardly to release the electrical modular connector from the electrical jack when the slide insert moves away from the electrical jack.