Adjustable Lamp Holder and Modular Trim Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current recessed lighting fixtures lack the ability to provide comprehensive adjustable lighting options, as existing adjustable light holders and trim assemblies do not offer sufficient flexibility in orientation and alignment with the surface finish, leading to suboptimal aesthetic and functional outcomes.
Innovation Solution
The development of an adjustable lamp holder assembly with a pivot bracket subassembly and modular trim assembly that allows for full rotation and tilting adjustments, combined with a modular trim system that enables fine adjustment of the trim's spacing and alignment, ensuring better alignment with the surface and improved aesthetic finishes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable light holders are used to provide lighting options, then lighting flexibility is improved, but the ability to align with surface finish and achieve aesthetic appearance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture is divided into separate functional modules: an adjustable lamp holder assembly and a独立的 trim assembly. The trim assembly includes a trim plate, flange, and mounting components that can be independently adjusted and aligned with the surface finish, while the lamp holder provides lighting flexibility. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
The trim assembly incorporates adjustable mounting mechanisms that allow the trim plate to be positioned and aligned precisely with the surface finish after installation. The flange includes adjustment features that enable fine-tuning of the trim's position relative to the ceiling or wall surface, ensuring aesthetic appearance while maintaining the adjustability of the lighting component.
2Ease of manufacture
If trim assemblies are used to provide aesthetic finish, then appearance is improved, but the ability to adjust lighting orientation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture separates the aesthetic trim function from the adjustable lighting function. The trim assembly (including trim plate and flange) handles the aesthetic finish requirement, while the lamp holder assembly handles the lighting orientation adjustment. This allows the trim to provide a clean, finished appearance while the lamp holder independently provides full adjustability for lighting direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The trim assembly is designed to work with various lamp holder configurations while maintaining its aesthetic function. The flange and mounting components are universal in design, allowing the trim to accommodate different adjustable lighting orientations behind it, thus providing both aesthetic finish and lighting flexibility through the combined system.
3Productivity
If fixed trim assemblies are used to achieve flush mounting, then installation simplicity is improved, but the ability to align with uneven surfaces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The flange includes adjustment mechanisms that allow it to adapt to uneven surfaces while maintaining a flush appearance. The mounting components can be adjusted during installation to accommodate variations in the ceiling or wall surface, ensuring proper alignment without requiring complex pre-installation adjustments or sacrificing installation simplicity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable lamp holders are used to provide lighting options, then lighting flexibility is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the adjustable lamp holder from the trim assembly, each component can be simplified in its own right. The lamp holder focuses solely on providing adjustable lighting with minimal components, while the trim assembly focuses on providing the aesthetic finish and mounting function. This segmentation reduces the overall complexity compared to a single integrated design that must handle all functions.
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AI summary
A recessed lighting unit that includes an adjustable lamp holder assembly, a fixture housing within which the adjustable lamp holder assembly is mounted; and a modular trim assembly, wherein the adjustable lamp holder assembly includes a pivot bracket detachably mounted in the fixture housing with a bolt that may be loosed and tightened for selected rotatable adjustment about a horizontal plane, and a vertical portion with a gear knob having a shaft disposed through an arcuate gear knob slot, and operatively connected to spur gear in mesh with gear teeth on an arcuate portion of a lamp support bracket, such that rotation of the gear knob rotates the lamp support bracket in a vertical plane.