Adjustable Lamp Holder for Flush Installation of Variable-Height Lamps

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Solution Overview

Problem

The lack of standardization in lamp heights and dimensions restricts the use of lamps with different vertical dimensions for flush installation in household appliances, limiting user choice and increasing costs due to dependency on specific manufacturers and potential obsolescence of compatible light sources.

Innovation Solution

A lamp holder with a support body and a socket body that can be variably positioned relative to each other, allowing for adjustable installation depth to accommodate lamps of different lengths, enabling flush installation and reducing manufacturer restrictions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a fixed lamp holder design is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it restricts the selection of lamps to specific manufacturers and dimensions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelamp holder structure simplicityVSAvoidlamp compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The lamp holder incorporates a movable socket body that can be adjusted along the installation direction relative to the support body. This dynamic positioning capability allows the socket body to accommodate lamps of different lengths while maintaining flush installation, thereby resolving the contradiction between simple fixed structure and lamp compatibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If the socket body is fixed relative to the support body, then the manufacturing precision is easier to control, but lamps with different vertical dimensions cannot be installed flush

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesocket body positioningVSAvoidlamp dimension compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The socket body is designed to be movable relative to the support body in the installation direction, enabling adjustment to different positions. This dynamic design allows lamps of various vertical dimensions to be installed flush with the household appliance surface while maintaining controlled manufacturing precision through defined movement constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The lamp holder is divided into two main components: a support body connected to the household appliance and a socket body that accommodates the lamp. This segmentation allows the socket body to be independently positioned and adjusted relative to the support body, enabling adaptation to different lamp dimensions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If manufacturer-specific lamp specifications are enforced, then flush installation is ensured, but user choice and competition are restricted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflush installation guaranteeVSAvoidlamp manufacturer selection
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The lamp holder is designed with universal compatibility to accommodate lamps from different manufacturers with varying dimensions. The movable socket body can be adjusted to fit various lamp types while ensuring flush installation, thereby providing reliability without restricting manufacturer selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If the socket body is made movable, then lamps with different dimensions can be accommodated, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelamp dimension rangeVSAvoidlamp holder structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The lamp holder is segmented into a support body and a socket body that can move relative to each other. This segmentation enables the socket body to be positioned at different locations along the installation direction, accommodating lamps of different dimensions without requiring complex overall restructuring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The socket body is designed with movable capability along the installation direction, providing the necessary adaptability for different lamp dimensions. This dynamic feature is implemented in a controlled manner, allowing adjustment while maintaining reasonable structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3252374B1Household appliance and socket pin for a household appliance
Publication Date: 2019.07.10 MIELE & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a lamp holder (1, 2) for accommodating a lamp (4) in a household appliance (5) in an installation direction (A) with a supporting body (1) which is designed to be permanently connected to the household appliance (5). are, and a socket body (2), which is designed to accommodate the illuminant (4). The lamp holder (1, 2) is characterized in that the socket body (2) can be variably positioned relative to the supporting body (1) in the installation direction (A) of the lamp (4) so ​​that different lamps (4) can be installed in the installation direction (A) different dimensions can be arranged flush with the support body (1) and / or with the household appliance (5).