Adjustable Lighting Lamp with Segmented Connector for Multi-Angle Illumination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current flashlights with adjustable illumination directions are cumbersome due to their large size, which limits their portability and convenience, and existing adjustment mechanisms are prone to damage, reducing their usability.

Innovation Solution

A lighting lamp design featuring a detachable lamp head and body connected by a segmented adjustment mechanism, allowing for multiple illumination angles and automatic stabilization of the light direction, with a connector enabling three distinct illumination states and magnetic fixation for hands-free use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the flashlight size is increased to improve adjustment performance and stability, then the illumination direction can be adjusted more easily and the center of gravity becomes more stable, but the portability and convenience are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustment performanceVSAvoidportability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSWeight of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The flashlight is divided into separate modular components including the lamp head, battery compartment, and body section that can be independently adjusted or detached. This segmentation allows for improved adjustment mechanisms without requiring a large overall size, as each module can be optimized independently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The flashlight incorporates dynamic adjustment mechanisms that allow the illumination direction to be changed without requiring a large stable base. The adjustment system is designed to be lightweight yet effective, using movable joints and flexible mounting rather than heavy fixed structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If traditional adjustment brackets are used to change illumination direction, then the adjustment function can be achieved, but the brackets are prone to damage which reduces usability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustment functionVSAvoiddurability of adjustment mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The adjustment mechanism is designed with protective features and robust construction that prevent damage before it occurs. The bracket system includes reinforcement elements and damage-resistant materials that cushion against potential impacts or misuse, ensuring long-term reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

Solution Approach 2:

The adjustment mechanism is designed to be self-reinforcing and self-protecting, where the structure automatically compensates for potential damage through its design. The mounting system includes features that self-adjust and self-protect against over-tightening or misalignment that could cause damage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If the flashlight size is increased to provide larger adjustment space, then more accurate illumination angles can be obtained, but the device becomes cumbersome and inconvenient to carry

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination angle accuracyVSAvoiddevice size
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The adjustment mechanism utilizes multi-dimensional movement capabilities, allowing precise angle control through combinations of rotational and translational motions in different axes. This enables accurate illumination angle adjustment without requiring a large single-dimension adjustment space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The system achieves precise angle control by changing multiple parameters simultaneously (position, orientation, focal distance) rather than relying on a single large adjustment mechanism. This allows for compact design while maintaining measurement precision through coordinated parameter adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11181239B2Adjustable lighting lamp and application thereof
Publication Date: 2021.11.23 NINGBO FUTAI ELECTRIC CO LTD
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AI summary

An adjustable lighting lamp includes a lamp head, a lamp body and a connector movably connect the lamp head with the lamp body for adjusting an illumination direction of the lamp head. The connector of the light lamp includes a coupling base connected to the lamp body and a linkage protrusion connected to the lamp head and configured to adjust the light lamp being switched between a first illumination state in which the illumination direction of the lamp head is aligned with an extending direction of the lamp body, a second illumination state in which the illumination direction of the lamp head is perpendicular to the extending direction of the lamp body, and a third illumination state in which an angle between the illumination direction of the lamp head and the extending direction of the lamp body define an obtuse angle.