Soldering Aid Contact Structure for Precise PCB Cable Attachment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods face challenges in accurately and efficiently positioning and fastening strands with small cross-sections on conductor surfaces, particularly on printed circuit boards, requiring precise positioning and reliable electrical connections.

Innovation Solution

A soldering auxiliary part with an electrically insulating body and conductive contact part, featuring a groove for the strand and a through hole for the cable jacket, allowing for easy alignment, soldering, and heat management, enabling precise and reliable attachment of strands to conductor surfaces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional soldering methods are used for positioning stranded wires with small cross-sections, then the process becomes complex and time-consuming, but positioning accuracy and efficiency are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidassembly efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The soldering aid is divided into functional segments: a body for positioning, a receptacle for the stranded wire, and a contact part for electrical connection. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve both precise positioning and efficient assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The soldering aid acts as an intermediary tool between the stranded wire and the conductor surface. It provides a standardized interface that simplifies the soldering process while ensuring accurate positioning, thereby improving both precision and productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Manufacturing precision

If multiple stranded wires are positioned individually, then positioning accuracy can be maintained, but the process time increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning accuracyVSAvoidprocess time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple stranded wires can be positioned and soldered simultaneously using the soldering aid. The body of the soldering aid accommodates multiple wires in defined positions, allowing parallel processing that reduces total process time while maintaining individual positioning accuracy through the structured design of the receptacle and contact parts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If the contact part is made larger for better electrical contact, then electrical conductivity improves, but the device complexity and space requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical conductivityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The contact part is designed with localized contact surfaces that provide sufficient electrical conductivity only where needed. The contact surfaces are positioned precisely at the interface between the stranded wire and conductor surface, ensuring reliable electrical connection without requiring the entire contact part to be large or complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

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

Enables precise positioning and reliable electrical connections of strands with small cross-sections on conductor surfaces, facilitating automated assembly and ensuring consistent mechanical and electrical conductivity.

Implementation Method 1

The contact part (6) closes an opening at the base (15) of the groove (12) and electrically conductively contacts the stranded wire (3)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical conduction: Conduction (electrical)

Implementation Method 2

a defined melted and solidified solder contacts the stranded wire of the cable and the contact surface of the conductor surface, thereby forming a mechanical and electrically conductive connection

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMelting and solidification: Melting

Data Source

PatentEP3944417B1Soldering aid and method for attaching a cable to a conductor surface
Publication Date: 2024.04.24 MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for attaching the strand (3) of a cable (2) to a conductor surface (7), comprising the step of attaching a contact part (6) of a soldering aid (4) according to the invention to the conductor surface (7). According to the invention, the soldering aid (4) comprises a body (5) made of an electrically insulating material and an electrically conductive contact part (6) received in the body (5), wherein the contact part (6) has a contact surface (9) for electrically conductive contacting the conductor surface (7), wherein a receptacle (11) is formed in the body (5) which has a groove (12) open to one side for the strand (3) of the cable (2) and a through-hole (17) encompassing the sheath section, and wherein the contact part (6) closes an opening (16) at the base (15) of the groove (12) and conductively contacts the strand (2).