Type-C Receptacle Housing for Stable Load-Bearing Docking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Type-C receptacles face challenges in load-bearing cable docking due to their small size, leading to obscured connections and instability, particularly in applications involving motion sensors and related apparatuses, which require precise and reliable connections.
Innovation Solution
A Type-C receptacle load-bearing docking protection device is designed with a first and second receptacle mounting base, a first and second receptacle mounting base, a first and second Type-C receptacle, and first and second load-bearing docking housings, allowing for repositionable and movable docking structures to ensure stability and precision in plugging and unplugging, even when obscured.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If Type-C receptacle is used for load-bearing cable docking, then compact size and standardization are achieved, but connection stability and visibility are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds the Type-C receptacle within a protective housing structure that provides load-bearing support. The receptacle is nested inside the housing, which contains reinforcement ribs and protective elements that compensate for the receptacle's small size, thereby ensuring connection stability while maintaining compact dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into distinct functional segments: the Type-C receptacle for electrical connection, the protective housing for mechanical support, and reinforcement ribs for structural strength. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function while working together to resolve the contradiction between compact size and connection stability.
2Volume of moving object
If Type-C receptacle is used for obscured connections, then compact design is achieved, but docking precision becomes difficult to ensure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces guide pins and positioning structures as intermediary elements between the plug and receptacle. These intermediaries provide tactile feedback and mechanical guidance that enable precise docking even when the connection points are obscured, thereby resolving the contradiction between compact design and docking precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective housing and reinforcement structures are pre-configured with alignment features and guide elements before the actual connection is made. This preliminary arrangement ensures that even obscured connections can be precisely docked by providing pre-established mechanical pathways and positioning references.
3Adaptability or versatility
If Type-C receptacle is used in motion sensor applications, then standardization is achieved, but load-bearing capability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the Type-C receptacle (providing standardization) with a specialized protective housing and reinforcement structure (providing load-bearing capability). The combination creates a unified device that maintains the electrical connection standards of Type-C while adding the mechanical strength required for motion sensor applications through integrated reinforcement ribs and protective elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The device employs composite construction combining the plastic housing material with reinforced structural elements. This composite approach allows the maintenance of standard Type-C electrical interfaces while providing enhanced load-bearing capability through the integrated reinforcement structure, suitable for motion sensor mounting applications.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a Type-C receptacle load-bearing docking protection device and application thereof, wherein the Type-C receptacle load-bearing docking protection device solves the drawback of poor docking stability of the Type-C receptacle under load-bearing condition while using the Type-C receptacle as the standard receptacle for cable docking, so as to adapt for load-bearing cable docking of a load-bearing docking type motion sensor in form of microwave sensors/pyroelectric infrared sensor/ultrasonic sensor with Type-C receptacle and a relative apparatus (such as lamps, power supplies, power supply sockets), and for implementing rapid plugging installation of the load-bearing docking type motion sensor and the relative apparatus when being applied to load-bearing cable docking of the load-bearing docking type motion sensor with Type-C receptacle and the relative apparatus, which has the convenient advantage of plug-and-play, and can ensure a docking stability between the load-bearing docking type motion sensor with Type-C receptacle and the relative apparatus.