Stackable Breadboard With Vertical And Side Insertion Holes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional breadboards restrict electronic component insertion to the top surface, necessitating multiple boards for large simulations, leading to increased surface area occupation and unstable connections when stacked.
Innovation Solution
The stackable breadboard features first insertion holes through the top and bottom surfaces for longitudinal connections and second insertion holes through the top and side surfaces for transverse connections, using male and female terminals for rotatable interlocking, allowing for three-dimensional arrangements and reduced surface area occupation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple conventional breadboards are used for large simulations, then the functionality is expanded, but the surface area occupied increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from planar arrangement to three-dimensional stacked arrangement by adding vertical dimension. Breadboards are connected through vertical insertion holes with male and female terminals, allowing stacking in the up-down direction and sideways connection, thereby reducing the occupied surface area while expanding functionality.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple conventional breadboards are stacked, then the surface area is reduced, but the connection stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into male terminals and female terminals that fit together through insertion holes. This segmentation allows for stable mechanical interlocking and electrical connection, ensuring reliable connections in stacked configurations while maintaining compact form factor.
3Ease of operation
If conventional breadboards are arranged on planar surface, then the connection is simple, but the mounting difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
By introducing vertical stacking capability through insertion holes and terminal connections, the system maintains simple connection operations while enabling three-dimensional mounting arrangements. This allows easier mounting on vertical surfaces or compact carriers, reducing the difficulty of securing multiple breadboards in limited space.
Data Source
AI summary
A stackable breadboard includes a plurality of through holes formed therein, including a plurality of first insertion holes that extends through a top surface a bottom surface thereof and a plurality of second insertion holes that extend through the top surface and side surfaces thereof. The first insertion holes extends longitudinally to allow more than one breadboard to connect in a longitudinally stacked arrangement through male and female connection terminals thereby achieving a three-dimensional stacked arrangement that effectively reduce the surface area occupied thereby. Further, the second insertion holes are arranged to extend, at opposite ends thereof, in the longitudinal and transverse directions to allow more than one breadboard to connect to each other sideways by means of the male and female connection terminals to achieve expansion of the functionality thereof.