Wearable Connector Sliding Channel for Deformation-Free Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Connectors used in commercial wearable products are susceptible to permanent deformation due to insufficient rigidity, leading to potential removal failures.
Innovation Solution
A connector design featuring a base, connecting part, and coupling piece with a sliding channel and a positioning portion that allows for rotational withdrawal, preventing deformation during separation and enhancing durability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the shrapnel rigidity is increased to prevent permanent deformation, then the connector strength is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into multiple functional components: a base component with positioning portions, a connecting part, and a coupling piece with a sliding channel. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function independently, achieving the required strength and deformation prevention without needing to over-engineer the entire connector as a single rigid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding channel acts as an intermediary mechanism between the coupling piece and the positioning portion. During separation, the sliding channel guides the relative motion, allowing the coupling piece to withdraw along a controlled path that prevents direct impact and deformation of the positioning portion, thereby maintaining strength without requiring excessive structural complexity.
2Reliability
If the positioning portion rigidity is increased to prevent permanent deformation during separation, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connector design incorporates dynamic separation through rotational withdrawal. The coupling piece rotates relative to the base component during separation, and the sliding channel adapts its geometry to guide this motion. This dynamic approach allows the rigid positioning portion to be protected from deformation while the operational motion remains smooth and controlled, maintaining both reliability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The separation process transitions from simple linear withdrawal to rotational withdrawal in a different dimensional plane. The sliding channel is designed with a specific geometry that accommodates this rotational motion, allowing the coupling piece to withdraw by rotating along a curved path. This dimensional change protects the positioning portion from direct impact forces while maintaining operational ease through guided motion.
3Ease of manufacture
If the connector structure is simplified to reduce device complexity, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the strength deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into multiple functional components: a base component with positioning portions, a connecting part, and a coupling piece with a sliding channel. This segmentation allows each part to perform its specific function independently, achieving the required strength and deformation prevention without needing to over-engineer the entire connector as a single rigid structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A connector includes a base, a connecting part and a coupling piece. One end of the connecting part is connected to the base. The coupling piece is arranged on the other end of the connecting part, and includes a sliding channel having an open end located on a side edge of the coupling piece and an opposite closed end. A maximum linear distance of an outer periphery of the connecting part is less than that of the coupling piece. Another connector includes a base plate, two parallel side plates arranged on the base plate, a front plate connected to the two side plates and having a tapered positioning slot, and a positioning portion arranged on the base plate and adapted for reciprocal movement in a direction perpendicular to the base plate. The base plate, the two side plates and the front plate form an accommodating groove.