Architectural Mesh With Slidable Light Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing architectural metallic meshes with integrated light elements are difficult to repair or replace, limiting their accessibility and versatility for accent lighting applications.
Innovation Solution
An architectural mesh with helically wound spiral wires and transverse openings that accommodate slidably received light elements, featuring light-emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in a pattern corresponding to the mesh's interstices, and connecting elements that allow for modular replacement of light emitter nodes, ensuring easy installation and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If light elements are interwoven with the mesh wires during manufacture, then the light elements are securely held in place, but repair or replacement of the light elements becomes difficult and labor intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The mesh is divided into modular sections with individual transverse openings that can independently accommodate and release light elements. Each opening acts as a separate access point, allowing light elements to be replaced without affecting other parts of the mesh structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The light element is extracted from the woven structure and placed into a separate transverse opening that passes through the mesh. This separation allows the light element to be independently removed and replaced without disassembling the mesh itself.
2Ease of manufacture
If the mesh uses traditional woven structure, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the light elements have fixed positions limiting design variation
Solution Approach 1:
The transverse openings are designed to accommodate light elements that can be positioned at different locations along the mesh. The openings allow for dynamic repositioning of light elements to create various lighting patterns and designs while maintaining the same simple woven mesh structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The transverse opening structure serves multiple functions: it provides a pathway for light elements, allows for positional flexibility, and maintains the structural integrity of the mesh. This universal structure supports various lighting configurations without requiring different mesh designs.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a more aesthetically appealing and versatile architectural mesh with enhanced accessibility and replaceability of light elements, facilitating dynamic lighting effects and energy efficiency while maintaining the mesh's structural integrity and aesthetic appeal.
Implementation Method 1
The at least one light element has a plurality of light emitter nodes emitting light through said interstices in said mesh panel on at least one of the front and rear sides
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AI summary
A lighted architectural mesh includes a plurality of interconnected wires forming a plurality of transverse openings. At least one light element is slidably received within at least one of said transverse openings. The at least one light element includes light nodes emitting light through the interstices on the front and/or rear side of the architectural mesh. The at least one light element further comprises a plurality of connecting elements, wherein the light emitter nodes of the at least one light element are releasably interconnected in series by the connecting elements.