Two-Way Wiring Device for Electronic Ballasts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic ballasts require separate products for lateral and back wiring, increasing inventory and assembly complexity and cost for manufacturers, as existing solutions like WAGO terminals necessitate additional connecting lines that interfere with standard fixing holes.
Innovation Solution
A two-way wiring device with a case design that includes longitudinal and transverse sides, conducting wire guiding pathways, and strategically positioned fixing holes and outlets, allowing for both lateral and back wiring without interfering with standard fixing holes, thus enabling a single product to meet both wiring forms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single electronic ballast is designed to accommodate both lateral and back wiring, then product inventory is reduced and manufacturing is simplified, but the wiring structure becomes more complex and may interfere with standard fixing holes
Solution Approach 1:
The transverse side of the case is segmented into three distinct segments: a first side segment, a second side segment, and a middle segment positioned between them. This segmentation allows the conducting wire guiding pathway to pass through the middle segment while maintaining lateral wiring capability through the side segments, thereby accommodating multiple wiring types without structural interference
Solution Approach 2:
The conducting wire guiding pathway is positioned to pass through the middle segment of the transverse side, creating a three-dimensional routing solution. This allows the output conducting wire to emerge from a position that does not interfere with the fixing holes on the first surface, while still enabling both lateral and back wiring configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If extra connecting lines are added to achieve two-way wiring compatibility, then wiring versatility is improved, but assembly difficulty and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic ballast case is designed with universal wiring capability by incorporating both lateral wiring outlets (through the first and second side segments) and back wiring capability (through the middle segment pathway). This multi-functional design allows a single product to replace what would traditionally require two separate products, simplifying manufacturing and assembly processes
Solution Approach 2:
The design merges the functionality of separate lateral wiring and back wiring structures into a single integrated case design. The conducting wire guiding pathway combines the routing functions for both wiring types, eliminating the need for separate connecting lines and reducing assembly complexity
3Ease of operation
If the output conducting wire is routed along the first surface toward the fixing hole, then lateral wiring is achieved, but the fixing hole usage is interfered with
Solution Approach 1:
The conducting wire guiding pathway extracts the wire routing function from the first surface area near the fixing hole. By positioning the pathway through the middle segment of the transverse side, the design separates the wire emergence point from the fixing hole location, allowing both lateral wiring and fixing hole usage to function independently without interference
Data Source
AI summary
The configurations of a two way wiring device are provided in the present invention. The proposed device includes a case having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side formed between the first side and the second side and an open bottom passing therethrough a first conducting wire, wherein the third side includes a first side segment, a second side segment and a middle segment located between the first and the second side segments, and a conducting wire guiding pathway formed on the case and the first conducting wire passing the pathway and wired out of the case through one of the first side segment and the second side segment.