Adjustable Mounting Brackets for Modular Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing light fixtures in ceilings or walls often require significant modifications or replacement of the surrounding surface to accommodate new fixtures, leading to costly and time-consuming upgrades, as they come in various shapes and sizes, making it difficult to reuse existing openings without damaging the surface.
Innovation Solution
A modular lighting device with an adjustable mounting mechanism that can fit different sized openings and ceiling/wall thicknesses through radial and vertical adjustments, allowing for easy installation without modifying the existing opening, and is compatible with various lighting components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If existing light fixtures are replaced with new fixtures of different shapes and sizes, then lighting system efficacy and quality are improved, but the opening or surface must be modified or refurbished
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting mechanism is designed to accommodate multiple fixture sizes and shapes within a single standardized opening. The adjustable brackets and extension arms can be configured to hold fixtures of varying dimensions, making the same mounting structure universal for different lighting applications without requiring surface modification.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting mechanism incorporates adjustable and movable components including extendable arms, adjustable brackets, and reconfigurable mounting plates. These dynamic elements allow the fixture to be positioned and secured in various configurations to fit different opening sizes and fixture types, enabling easy replacement without permanent modification to the surface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the opening size is enlarged to accommodate different sized light fixtures, then fixture compatibility is improved, but the surface must be modified or refurbished
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting mechanism uses a nested structure where adjustable brackets are mounted on extension arms, which are themselves mounted on the fixed mounting plate. This nested arrangement allows multiple levels of adjustment within the same opening, enabling compatibility with various fixture sizes without enlarging the original opening or modifying the surface.
3Loss of time
If new light fixtures are installed in existing openings, then installation cost and time are reduced, but the fixture size is limited by the opening size
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting mechanism incorporates adjustable and movable components including extendable arms, adjustable brackets, and reconfigurable mounting plates. These dynamic elements allow the fixture to be positioned and secured in various configurations to fit different opening sizes and fixture types, enabling easy replacement without permanent modification to the surface.
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AI summary
A modular lighting device may mounted into architectural finished surfaces such as ceilings, walls and floors. The device comprising an adjustable mounting mechanism that allows the lighting device to be fitted to various sized openings in a surface. One version of the modular lighting device includes a plate for receiving a lamp fitting, three mounting brackets, and a locking ring for restraining the mounting brackets to the plate, wherein the modular lightning device is configured such that it can be fitted to different sized openings via radial adjustment of the mounting brackets.