Socket With Parallel Faces And Protruding Contacts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing socket designs for electronic components with a large number of pins face challenges in achieving high performance and versatility, as they require redesigning of housing and contacts for different electronic components, and struggle to efficiently connect a variety of electronic components with varying specifications.
Innovation Solution
A socket design featuring a housing with parallel faces and contact supporting holes, where contacts with distinct shapes (common, power, and signal contacts) are inserted and supported, allowing them to protrude from both faces, enabling elastic deformation for improved electrical connection and compatibility with various electronic components without needing new housing or contact designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the number of contacts is increased to accommodate large-scale electronic components, then the electrical performance and signal transmission capability are improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The contacts are divided into different types (common contacts, power contacts, signal contacts) with distinct structures optimized for their specific functions. This segmentation allows each contact type to be independently designed and manufactured, reducing overall complexity while maintaining high electrical performance for large-scale components
Solution Approach 2:
The socket is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate different types of electronic components through standardized contact arrangements. The housing and contact supporting hole structure remain consistent across different applications, reducing redesign requirements while supporting varying pin configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If the housing and contacts are redesigned for different electronic component specifications, then the adaptability to various components is improved, but the manufacturing cost and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The socket employs a universal housing design with standardized contact supporting holes that can accommodate different types of electronic components. The frame body and bottom plate structure remain consistent across various applications, allowing the same housing to support different pin configurations and component types without redesign
Solution Approach 2:
While the overall housing structure remains universal, local variations in contact arrangement, contact supporting hole positions, and contact types (common, power, signal) are optimized for specific component requirements. This allows customization at the contact level while maintaining manufacturing efficiency through standardized housing production
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
This design enhances electrical performance by reducing contact spacing, improving coupling, and allowing the socket to accommodate different electronic components with various specifications, enabling high-speed signal transmission and versatile applications without redesigning the housing or contacts.
Implementation Method 1
allowing them to protrude from both faces, enabling elastic deformation for improved electrical connection
Data Source
AI summary
A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a bottom plate with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other. Contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face. The housing has a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge. The contacts are disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face. The contacts include a first contact having a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes, a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, and a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base.