Wire End Connector Pull Tab Geometry for Even Latch Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wire end connectors face challenges in reliability and stability during detachment from electronic equipment slot structures, often experiencing uneven force distribution that can lead to latch deformation and instability.
Innovation Solution
A wire end connector design featuring a base with a bridge structure, an elastic fastener with latches and a connecting rod, and a pulling tab with varying widths, where the first width at the tab hole is 50%-100% of the distance between latches, ensuring even force application and preventing latch deformation during detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional wire end connector is used for detachment, then the connector can be removed from the slot structure, but uneven force distribution occurs causing latch deformation and reduced reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The pulling tab is designed with non-uniform width where the first width at the tab hole portion is larger than the second width at the tab channel. This local variation in geometry concentrates the detachment force through the connecting rod to both latches simultaneously, ensuring even force distribution and preventing latch deformation during removal from the slot structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If the pulling tab has uniform width, then the structure is simple, but force distribution during detachment is uneven causing latch deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The pulling tab incorporates a localized width variation with a first width at the tab hole portion and a second width at the tab channel, where the first width is larger. This design maintains overall structural simplicity while introducing the specific geometric feature needed to distribute detachment forces evenly to both latches through the connecting rod.
3Reliability
If the first width of the pulling tab is made very large, then force distribution to latches is improved, but the tab channel width requirement increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The design optimizes the width parameters of the pulling tab by establishing a specific relationship between the first width at the tab hole portion and the second width at the tab channel. The first width is configured to be within 50%-100% of the distance between the two latches, providing sufficient force distribution while maintaining reasonable tab channel dimensions and avoiding excessive device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the reliability and stability of detachment by evenly distributing force across the latches, preventing uneven deformation and facilitating easy removal from electronic equipment slot structures.
Implementation Method 1
the elastic fastener includes two latches and a connecting rod connected between the latches. The latches are connected with the upper surface.
Data Source
AI summary
A wire end connector includes a base, an elastic fastener and a pulling tab. The base has an upper surface and a bridge structure disposed on the upper surface. The bridge structure and the upper surface define a tab channel therebetween. The elastic fastener includes two latches and a connecting rod connected between the latches. The latches are connected with the upper surface. The connecting rod has a tab hole portion. The pulling tab wraps around the tab hole portion of the connecting rod and extends outwards through the tab channel. A first width of the pulling tab at the tab hole portion is larger than a second width of the pulling tab at the tab channel.