Telescopic Mainboard Guide Structure for Precise Board Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing guiding pin structures for aligning mainboards are either too long and interfere with housing installation or too short to be effective, leading to inaccuracies and inefficiencies in mainboard alignment.
Innovation Solution
A guiding device comprising a telescopic mechanism with an elastic member that adjusts its length by sliding one telescopic member relative to another, allowing for precise alignment and adaptability to different mainboard configurations, using a combination of cylindrical structures and a compression spring to facilitate insertion and reset.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a guiding pin is made long to ensure accurate alignment, then alignment precision is improved, but it interferes with housing installation
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding pin is designed with a telescopic structure comprising a first telescopic member and a second telescopic member that can slide relative to each other. This dynamic structure allows the guiding pin to extend to a longer length during alignment to ensure precision, then retract to a shorter length to avoid interfering with housing installation, thus resolving the contradiction between alignment precision and ease of housing installation
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic mechanism employs a nested structure where the first telescopic member is sleeved on the second telescopic member. When retracted, the members nest within each other to minimize length; when extended, they slide outward to provide the necessary alignment length. This nesting principle enables the guiding pin to adapt its length dynamically without adding permanent bulk that would interfere with housing installation
2Ease of operation
If a guiding pin is made short to facilitate housing installation, then ease of operation is improved, but alignment accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic guiding pin allows the system to dynamically adjust its length based on the operational phase: extended during alignment for accuracy, and retracted during housing installation for ease of operation. This dynamic adaptability resolves the contradiction by providing the necessary length only when needed for alignment precision
Solution Approach 2:
The length parameter of the guiding pin is made variable through the telescopic mechanism. The pin can change its effective length from a short retracted state to a long extended state, allowing the system to optimize for either housing installation ease or alignment accuracy depending on the operational requirement
3Device complexity
If a fixed-length guiding pin is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different mainboard configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic mechanism with elastic member provides a dynamically adjustable length that can adapt to different mainboard configurations and spacing requirements. The elastic member enables smooth extension and retraction, allowing the same guiding pin structure to work with various mainboard designs without requiring multiple fixed-length pins, thus improving adaptability while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic guiding pin serves multiple functions: it provides alignment guidance, adapts to different spacing requirements between mainboards, and can be integrated with different housing designs. This multi-functionality is achieved through the telescopic mechanism that can adjust its length to accommodate various configurations, making a single device type universally applicable
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables accurate and efficient alignment of mainboards by adjusting the guiding device's length to match the specific requirements of each mainboard, improving insertion efficiency and avoiding blind insertion, while maintaining structural integrity.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of guiding devices 100 are arranged on the first mainboard 210... each guiding device 100 is inserted into one of the plurality of guiding holes 220a
Implementation Method 2
The first telescopic member 10 and the second telescopic member 20 are mutually guided
Data Source
AI summary
A guiding device includes a first telescopic member, a second telescopic member, and an elastic member. The first telescopic member includes a main body with a sliding cavity. The second telescopic member includes a connecting portion and a guiding portion connected to the connecting portion. The guiding portion is slidably inserted into the sliding cavity. Opposite ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to the connecting portion and the main body. The elastic member pushes the main body in a direction away from the connecting portion. The disclosure also provides a mainboard connection structure having the above guiding device.