Solenoid Valve Terminal Cover Locking Stopper Design
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solenoid valve assemblies with printed circuit boards require modifications to eliminate the board for cost-effective production, but this poses safety risks due to potential unexpected disconnection of power feeding terminals.
Innovation Solution
A solenoid valve assembly design with socket housings and a terminal cover that locks a power feeding terminal box, preventing disconnection and ensuring secure power feeding by integrating pin-shaped power feeding terminals with socket-shaped relay terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the printed circuit board is omitted from the solenoid valve assembly, then manufacturing cost is reduced and volume production becomes more cost-effective, but the power feeding terminal may be unexpectedly disconnected from the relay terminal, creating safety risks
Solution Approach 1:
The power feeding terminal is segmented into two distinct connection points: the relay terminal on the solenoid valve body and the power feeding terminal on the feeding line. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each connection point while maintaining overall system reliability without requiring a printed circuit board to bridge them.
Solution Approach 2:
A socket housing acts as an intermediary structure that receives and secures both the relay terminal and power feeding terminal. This intermediary component provides a stable mounting environment that ensures reliable electrical connection between the terminals without requiring additional control electronics.
2Ease of operation
If the power feeding terminal is made accessible for easy connection, then ease of operation is improved, but the risk of unexpected disconnection and safety hazards increases
Solution Approach 1:
The socket housing is pre-configured with receiving spaces and securing structures that automatically engage the power feeding terminal in the correct position. This preliminary preparation ensures that when connection is made, it is both easy to perform and inherently stable, eliminating the need for complex alignment procedures that could lead to improper connection.
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
Enhances safety by ensuring secure and reliable electrical connections, preventing accidental disconnection of power feeding terminals and allowing for the same solenoid valve body to be used without a printed circuit board, thus enabling cost-effective volume production.
Implementation Method 1
a locking stopper formed inside the terminal box housing and extending inwardly for locking the power feeding terminal box... The terminal cover support locks into the locking stopper
Implementation Method 2
a solenoid operation section for operating the passage switching section... socket housings which house sockets to be electrically connected with a coil inside the solenoid operation section
Data Source
AI summary
A socket housing formed on the side of a solenoid valve body includes a socket thereinside connected with a coil of a solenoid operation section. A power feeding terminal box for holding a pin-shaped power feeding terminal connected with a power feeding line is housed in a terminal cover. Installation of the terminal cover on the side of the solenoid valve body causes the power feeding terminal to be electrically connected with the socket and at the same time the power feeding terminal box to be locked into a locking stopper formed inside the terminal cover, thereby allowing the terminal cover to be locked and held in place.