Shielded Conductor Housing With Separate Earthing Receptacle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical connectors with shielded conductors face challenges in efficiently dissipating high currents and voltages, often resulting in complex structures and time-consuming assembly processes, especially without automation.
Innovation Solution
A housing design with separate receptacles for shielded electrical conductors and earthing conductors, featuring a transition region for connecting the shielding to the earthing conductor, simplifies assembly and ensures secure, low-backlash fits, thereby facilitating reliable electrical connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single receptacle design is used for both shielded electrical conductors and earthing conductors, then the housing structure is simpler, but conductor guidance is poorer and assembly is more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into separate receptacles: a first receptacle for receiving the shielded electrical conductor and a second receptacle for receiving the earthing conductor. This segmentation provides dedicated guidance paths for each conductor type, improving assembly ease while maintaining manageable structural complexity through modular design.
2Ease of operation
If separate receptacles are used for shielded electrical conductors and earthing conductors, then conductor guidance and assembly are simplified, but the housing structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The transition region merges the functionality of both receptacles by providing a shared space where the shielding of the electrical conductor can be electrically connected to the earthing conductor. This integration allows the housing to maintain separate guidance paths while reducing overall structural complexity through functional convergence in the transition region.
3Reliability
If complex structures are used to dissipate high currents and voltages in shielding, then electrical connection reliability is improved, but assembly time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is pre-configured with dedicated receptacles and a transition region during manufacturing, so that during assembly the conductors simply need to be inserted into their designated receptacles. The electrical connection between shielding and earthing conductor is already structurally prepared in the transition region, eliminating the need for complex field assembly operations and reducing assembly time while maintaining reliable electrical connections.
Data Source
AI summary
A housing for a shielded electrical conductor includes a first receptacle for the shielded electrical conductor having an open end receiving the shielded electrical conductor and a second receptacle having an opening receiving an earthing conductor. The housing includes a transition region which extends in the longitudinal direction of the first receptacle adapted to receive an electrical contact element for connecting the shielding of the shielded electrical conductor to the earthing conductor. The second receptacle is separated from the first receptacle by at least one wall extending in the longitudinal direction of the first receptacle.