Wire Connector Side Plate Structure to Prevent Tilted Detachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wire connectors often experience tilting during detachment from board connectors due to inconsistent frictional forces between different connecting slots, leading to structural damage.
Innovation Solution
A wire connector design featuring an insulating body with protruding first and second connecting plates and side plate structures that prevent rotation, ensuring proper alignment and reducing the risk of damage during insertion and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional wire connector is used with different connecting slots, then the connector can accommodate multiple connection types, but the connector tilts during detachment due to inconsistent frictional forces
Solution Approach 1:
The side plate structures are designed to preemptively counteract the tilting motion that occurs during detachment. By providing lateral constraint surfaces before the tilting can occur, the structure prevents the harmful motion rather than correcting it after the fact. The side plates create frictional resistance against lateral movement, balancing the inconsistent frictional forces from different connecting slots.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution adds a lateral dimension of constraint to the primarily vertical insertion/removal motion. The side plate structures extend in the lateral direction and provide constraint surfaces that prevent tilting by resisting lateral displacement. This dimensional addition transforms a 1D insertion problem into a 2D constrained motion system.
2Device complexity
If conventional wire connector is used without additional constraint structures, then the device complexity is low, but the connecting plates are easily damaged during detachment
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is segmented into functional components: the insulating body with connecting slots and the separate side plate structures. This segmentation allows the side plates to be optimized specifically for their constraint function without complicating the entire connector design. The side plates can be integrated into the insulating body or provided as separate elements, maintaining modularity.
Solution Approach 2:
The side plate structures serve as protective elements that cushion against lateral forces during detachment. By providing this constraint beforehand, the connecting plates are protected from the damaging tilting forces that would otherwise occur during the detachment process from multiple connecting slots.
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AI summary
A wire connector, configured to be mated with a board connector, including an insulating body, at least one first connecting plate, at least one second connecting plate, and two side plate structures is provided. The insulating body has an end surface. The at least one first connecting plate protrudes outward from the end surface of the insulating body. The at least one second connecting plate protrudes outward from the end surface of the insulating body. The two side plate structures are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the end surface and perpendicular to the end surface. The two side plate structures are partially inserted into the insulating body. When the wire connector is inserted into the board connector, the two side plate structures can prevent the wire connector from being inserted or removed from the board connector in a tilted position.