Socket Connector Shell With Extended Guiding for Stable Mating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing socket connectors often face reliability issues due to poor design, leading to inconsistent signal and power transmission, and difficulties in securely connecting plug connectors.
Innovation Solution
A socket connector design featuring a shell with both a docking portion and a guiding portion, where the guiding portion extends beyond the docking portion to securely guide the plug connector into place, ensuring stable engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the socket connector uses a simple shell design, then the manufacturing cost is low, but the connection reliability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The shell is divided into multiple functional portions: a guiding portion that extends outward to guide the plug connector during insertion, and a docking portion that receives the latch. This segmentation allows each portion to perform its specific function independently, improving connection reliability without requiring complete redesign of the entire shell structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding portion extends beyond the docking portion in advance to provide preliminary guidance to the plug connector during insertion. This preliminary action ensures proper alignment before the latch engages with the docking portion, preventing misconnection and improving reliability.
2Ease of operation
If the socket connector includes a guiding portion extending beyond the docking portion, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shell is segmented into distinct guiding and docking portions, each with specific functions. The guiding portion facilitates easy insertion by directing the plug, while the docking portion handles the latching mechanism. This clear functional segmentation improves ease of operation without creating unnecessary complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding portion extends in a direction beyond the docking portion, adding a spatial dimension to the shell structure. This dimensional extension provides the necessary guidance function while maintaining a compact overall design, balancing ease of operation with structural efficiency.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the guiding portion extends beyond the docking portion, then the connection stability is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the guiding function from the docking function into distinct portions, the design allows each portion to be optimized independently. The guiding portion can be designed with simpler geometric features that are easier to manufacture with high precision, while the docking portion focuses on the latching mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding portion performs the preliminary alignment action before the critical latching engagement. This means that the most precision-critical features are concentrated in the docking portion where the latch engages, rather than being distributed throughout the entire shell structure, making manufacturing more feasible.
Data Source
AI summary
A reliable socket connector. The connector includes an insulative body having a slot recessed from a mating face and terminals disposed in the insulative body having mating ends curving into the slot and tail ends extend thereout. A shell is disposed outside the insulative body. The shell has a mating portion extend beyond the mating face of the insulative body. The shell has a side wall comprising a docking portion and a guiding portion. The docking portion has holes configured for receiving a latch of a mating plug connector. The guiding portion extends beyond the docking portion in a mating direction and is configured for guiding the mating plug connector into the shell where a mating portion of the plug connector may then be guided into the slot of the insulative body.