Side Valve Connection Piece for Reliable Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing side valves have a unreliable connection between the connector and outer sleeve due to a small outside diameter, leading to potential leaks during installation or release processes.
Innovation Solution
A separate connection piece is used to connect the outer and inner sleeves, with the connector formed onto this piece, allowing for a three-part configuration that enhances the connection reliability and seal, enabling cost-effective production from various materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the connector has a small outside diameter to maintain a compact design, then the overall size is reduced, but the connecting surface area with the outer sleeve is insufficient leading to unreliable connection
Solution Approach 1:
A separate connection piece is introduced as an intermediary component between the connector and the outer sleeve. This connection piece has attachment sections that connect to both the connector and the outer sleeve, providing a larger connecting surface area and more reliable connection while allowing the connector itself to maintain its compact small diameter design.
2Ease of manufacture
If adhesive is used to connect the connector to the outer sleeve, then assembly is simplified, but the connection is only conditionally reliable and may rupture during installation or release
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into multiple components: the connector, the separate connection piece, and the outer sleeve. This segmentation allows each component to have optimized connection features (such as threaded attachment sections) that provide reliable mechanical connection, replacing the insufficient adhesive-only connection while maintaining ease of assembly through standardized connection interfaces.
3Reliability
If a separate connection piece is used to connect outer and inner sleeves, then connection reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection piece integrates multiple functions into a single component: it connects the connector to the outer sleeve, provides sealing surfaces, and establishes fluid communication pathways. By merging these functions into one component rather than using separate elements for each function, the design achieves reliable connection while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A side valve having a lateral connector, comprising an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that has an attachment section for attachment on the outer sleeve side, as well as a connector piece for connecting to a water supply. The outer sleeve and inner sleeve are connected with one another by way of a separate connection piece, onto which the connector is formed.