Soldering Component With Elastic Engagement for Quick PCB Fitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for coupling objects together, such as using screws, make it difficult to repeatedly and quickly engage and disengage them.
Innovation Solution
A soldering component with a body and a fitting portion, featuring an engaging portion with an elastic retraction space, is designed to be soldered to an object's weldable surface, allowing for easy engagement and disengagement by being positioned using a tool and comparison device, with a support portion and shoulder for secure fitting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If screws are used to couple objects together, then the coupling strength is sufficient, but the objects become difficult to separate
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism is divided into separate components: a soldering component with engaging portions and an object with corresponding engagement features. The engaging portions can be elastically retracted to disengage from the object, allowing separation without damaging the solder joint. This segmentation enables the coupling strength to be maintained through soldering while the mechanical engagement can be easily released.
Solution Approach 2:
The engaging portions are designed with elastic retraction capability, making them dynamic rather than static. When force is applied, the engaging portions can elastically deform and retract from the engagement slots, enabling easy separation. The elastic component provides the necessary flexibility for repeated engagement and disengagement while maintaining secure coupling when engaged.
2Reliability
If traditional fastening methods are used, then the connection is secure, but the engagement and disengagement process is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The engaging portions are pre-configured with elastic retraction capability and guide surfaces that automatically align with the engagement slots during insertion. This preliminary preparation of the engagement mechanism allows for rapid coupling without requiring complex alignment procedures or multiple adjustment steps, significantly reducing engagement time while maintaining connection security.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces traditional mechanical fastening systems (screws, clips, latches) with an elastic retraction mechanism. The engaging portions use elastic deformation rather than mechanical interlocking or threading, allowing for quicker engagement and disengagement. The elastic recovery force provides secure connection without the time-consuming operations of traditional mechanical fasteners.
3Strength
If the engaging portion is rigid, then the structural strength is high, but the engagement portions cannot elastically retract to engage with another object
Solution Approach 1:
The body structure is designed with non-uniform properties: the main body maintains high structural strength with rigid material and geometry, while the engaging portions are designed with local elastic properties through reduced cross-section, different material composition, or geometric features that enable elastic deformation. This local quality differentiation allows the engaging portions to elastically retract for engagement while the overall structure maintains its structural strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The soldering component may utilize composite construction where the body is made of rigid material for structural strength while the engaging portions incorporate elastic materials or have a composite structure that enables elastic retraction. This composite approach allows different regions of the same component to have optimally tailored properties for their specific functions.
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 objects to be coupled and separated quickly and repeatedly, providing a secure and efficient method for attaching and detaching components like printed circuit boards.
Implementation Method 1
the engaging portion having an elastic retraction space, wherein the elastic retraction space enables elastic retraction of two or more engagement portions
Implementation Method 2
The weldable surface of the object has a built-in solder layer adapted to be heated up for soldering the soldering component to the weldable surface of the object
Implementation Method 3
adapted to be heated up for soldering
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AI summary
A soldering component and a method of fitting it to boards are introduced. The soldering component includes a body and a fitting portion. The fitting portion is fitted to an object. The body has an engaging portion with an elastic retraction space conducive to elastic retraction of two or more engagement portions, allowing the engagement portions to engage with another object. The soldering component has a weldable surface to be soldered to a weldable surface of the object. The weldable surface of the object has a built-in solder layer adapted to be heated for soldering the soldering component and the weldable surface of the object together. The soldering component is disposed in a carrier, taken out with a tool, compared with the object by a comparison device to determine a fitting position on the object, positioned at the fitting position with the tool, thereby being fitted to the object.