Electric Connector With Rotatable And Slidable Plug
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electric connectors are rigid and require significant free space around wall sockets for proper connection, limiting flexibility and usability.
Innovation Solution
An electric connector design featuring a plug with rotatable and slidably movable pins, connected to concentric and linear tracks via contact connections, allowing for adjustable positioning relative to the housing while maintaining continuous electrical contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional rigid electric connectors are used, then structural stability is maintained, but flexibility and adaptability are reduced due to requiring significant free space around wall sockets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic positioning mechanisms that allow the plug to move linearly along guided slits and rotate coaxially within the housing. The contact connections are designed to slide along linear tracks while maintaining continuous electrical contact, transforming the rigid static structure into a dynamic adjustable system that adapts to different spatial configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The connector is divided into independent functional modules: the plug with pins, the housing with sockets, contact connections, linear tracks, and guiding plates. Each module can move or adjust independently, allowing the plug to be positioned at different locations and orientations while maintaining electrical connectivity through the segmented contact system
2Ease of operation
If rigid electric connectors requiring significant free space are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but ease of operation is reduced due to space constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The plug is designed with dynamic adjustment capabilities, allowing users to move the plug linearly along guided slits and rotate it coaxially to achieve proper alignment with wall sockets in constrained spaces. This dynamic positioning significantly improves ease of operation in environments with limited free space around sockets
Solution Approach 2:
Contact connections serve as intermediaries between the movable plug pins and the fixed housing sockets. These contact connections slide along linear tracks and maintain continuous electrical contact, enabling the plug to move freely within the housing while ensuring reliable electrical connectivity
3Adaptability or versatility
If the plug is made movable and rotatable, then adaptability is improved, but reliability of electrical connection may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The contact connections are designed to maintain continuous sliding contact with the linear tracks throughout the plug's movement range. This continuous contact ensures uninterrupted electrical connectivity between the movable plug pins and the fixed housing sockets, preserving connection reliability while enabling positioning flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The linear tracks and contact connections act as intermediary elements that accommodate the relative motion between the plug and housing while maintaining stable electrical contact. The guiding plate with slits further mediates the movement, ensuring the plug follows a controlled path that maintains proper alignment and contact pressure
Data Source
AI summary
An electric connector connecting one plug with several sockets in a housing, arranged to allow rotating the plug relative to the housing, as well as linearly moving the plug along the housing, while keeping the connector functional. The plug pins are movably connected to round flat tracks, which are movably connected to linear tracks that are connected via straps to the corresponding sockets' slots.