Terminal Connection Layout for Straight Wire Routing in Electric Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connection apparatuses for electric devices require complex shapes and arrangements of connection and terminal conductors, leading to increased processing costs and spatial requirements.
Innovation Solution
A connection apparatus with perpendicular alignment of connection and terminal members, allowing electric wires to be connected without bending, and featuring a simple configuration that saves space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If connection conductors and terminal conductors have different shapes with displaced connected portions, then electric wires can be connected without bending from any direction, but processing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal conductor is designed with an asymmetric L-shaped configuration where the connected portion is positioned at one end of the fixed portion. This asymmetric design allows wires to be connected from above or below without bending while maintaining a simple, uniform structure that reduces processing complexity and cost compared to completely different shapes for each conductor.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention resolves the spatial arrangement issue by utilizing the vertical dimension. The connected portions of terminal conductors are arranged at different vertical positions (above or below the connection members) rather than displacing them horizontally. This dimensional change allows uniform L-shaped conductors to achieve the same functional result without complex shaping.
2Ease of operation
If connected portions of terminal conductors are arranged next to each other with spacing in the left-right direction, then wires can be connected without bending, but space for arranging the connection apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from horizontal arrangement (left-right direction) to vertical arrangement (above-below direction) of connected portions. By positioning connected portions at different vertical levels rather than side-by-side horizontally, the apparatus achieves compact left-right spacing while still allowing wires to be connected without bending, thus reducing the overall footprint area.
Data Source
AI summary
A plurality of connection members extend in a first direction perpendicular to a vertical direction. A plurality of terminal members are attached to the plurality of connection members, respectively. Each of the plurality of terminal members includes a fixed portion and a connected portion. The fixed portion is attached to a connection member and extends in the first direction. The connected portion is joined to one end portion of the fixed portion in a longitudinal direction, and an electric wire is connected to the connected portion. The connected portion extends in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the fixed portion extends. Each of the plurality of terminal members is attached to the connection member in any of a first attitude in which the connected portion extends upward in the vertical direction and a second attitude in which the connected portion extends downward in the vertical direction.