Bayonet Mount LED Module Adapter for Modular Lamp Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
The rapid obsolescence of LED light bulbs due to continuous technological advancements in LED technology makes it difficult for lamp designers to predict and accommodate future LED bulb sizes and features, leading to challenges in designing modular and adaptable lighting systems.
Innovation Solution
A modular LED lamp structure featuring a heat sink element with interchangeable LED light sources and adaptable components, such as a metallic locking mask and plastic adapter, allows for easy integration of different LED shapes and sizes, along with various light diffusers and filters, enabling flexible assembly and modification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If LED light bulbs are designed with standard connectors for easy installation, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to future LED developments deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp is divided into modular components: a fixed lamp body and interchangeable LED modules. Each LED module can be independently replaced with newer LED technology while maintaining the same standardized interface, allowing the lamp to adapt to future LED developments without redesigning the entire lamp structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The lamp body is designed with universal mounting structures that can accommodate different LED module types and sizes through standardized connectors. This multi-functional design enables the same lamp body to work with various LED technologies currently available and future developments, maintaining both ease of installation and adaptability.
2Use of energy by moving object
If LED technology continuously improves performance, then energy efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases due to unpredictable dimensional changes
Solution Approach 1:
The LED module interface is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing the mounting structure to accommodate different LED module dimensions and configurations. The standardized connector system maintains a consistent interface while the internal mounting mechanisms can adapt to varying LED sizes and shapes, preventing design complexity from increasing as LED technology evolves.
3Adaptability or versatility
If lamp design is made modular to accommodate different LED sources, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional elements are merged into standardized interface components. The mounting structure, electrical connector, and mechanical fastening are combined into a single integrated standardized interface that simultaneously provides adaptability to different LED sources while minimizing structural complexity through consolidation rather than multiplication of components.
Data Source
AI summary
A lamp structure includes an a LED light source, a heat sink element having a flat surface for supporting the LED light source and a central axis perpendicular to the flat surface, a fixing element for pressing the light source against the flat supporting surface, means for removably fastening the fixing element to the heat sink element, and an adapter element providid between the LED light source and the fixing element for actively coupling one of a plurality of different LED light sources to the fixing element. A method of replacing an LED light source in a lamp structure is also provided.