Snap-In Socket Panel Assembly With Retained Resilient Sheet
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing socket panels have a complex structure, numerous components, high production costs, and labor-intensive assembly processes, making them inefficient and costly to manufacture.
Innovation Solution
A snap-in socket panel with a night lamp design featuring a simplified structure with fewer components, utilizing a plug-in structure for the resilient sheet bracket and positioning structure for secure connection, along with a buckle system for easy assembly and disassembly, and resilient arms for enhanced contact with socket terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the resilient sheet bracket is inserted into the support convex base on the panel bottom cover and the cover flange is aligned and inserted, then the socket panel achieves structural stability, but the assembly process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the resilient sheet bracket and panel top cover into a single integrated component. The resilient sheet bracket is formed as an integral part of the panel top cover, eliminating the need for separate insertion and alignment steps. This merging of components simplifies the assembly process while maintaining structural stability through the integrated design that provides both support and coverage functions in one element.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple separate components are used for the socket panel structure, then the structural stability is achieved, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the resilient sheet bracket and panel top cover into a single integrated component, reducing the total number of parts that need to be manufactured, stored, and assembled. This integration reduces production costs by eliminating separate manufacturing processes for multiple components while maintaining structural stability through the designed geometry and material properties of the integrated structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated panel top cover with built-in resilient sheet bracket performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support through the resilient bracket portion, offers protective coverage through the panel top cover portion, and enables simplified assembly through the unified design. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components, lowering overall production complexity and cost.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the resilient sheet bracket is inserted into the support convex base and covered by the cover flange, then the structural completeness is achieved, but the assembly becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the resilient sheet bracket directly into the panel top cover as a unified component. This merging eliminates the multi-step assembly process of inserting the bracket into the bottom cover and then covering it with the top cover. The integrated design maintains structural completeness by providing both the support function and the protective cover function in a single component, thereby simplifying the overall assembly process.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design reduces assembly time and complexity, lowers production costs, and enhances structural strength and contact reliability with socket terminals, while minimizing the installation space required for wiring.
Implementation Method 1
resilient sheet bracket arranged vertically to the flat portion; and a resilient sheet fixedly connected to the resilient sheet bracket
Implementation Method 2
a circular movable contact blade that can elastically abut against a socket connection terminal
Data Source
AI summary
A snap-in socket panel with a night lamp includes a first panel, a second panel, a resilient sheet bracket arranged vertically to the flat portion, and a resilient sheet connected to the resilient sheet bracket by a plug-in structure. The plug-in structure includes a slot provided on the resilient sheet bracket and an insertion block provided on the resilient sheet. The opening direction of the slot is set towards the first panel. During assembly, the insertion block on the resilient sheet is inserted into the slot on the resilient sheet bracket from bottom to top, to connect the resilient sheet and the resilient sheet bracket, and then connect the second panel to the first panel. The second panel can block the opening of the slot, thereby preventing the resilient sheet from falling out. The socket panel has fewer components, a simple structure, and faster, more convenient assembly.