Bendable LED Strip for Vehicle Body Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle lighting solutions lack flexibility and durability, and fail to provide versatile and long-term illumination options for modern vehicle body components.
Innovation Solution
A bendable LED strip with interconnected LEDs is integrated into a vehicle body component, featuring a base body with a depression for secure mounting and a cover for light control, along with a controller for customizable lighting patterns, ensuring robust and adaptable illumination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional vehicle lighting solutions are used, then lighting function is provided, but flexibility and adaptability to different vehicle body components are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible LED strip with a thin, adaptable structure that can be bent and conform to different vehicle body component surfaces. The LED strip includes a flexible substrate carrying multiple LEDs that can be arranged in various patterns and mounted on different geometries, providing versatility without requiring complex rigid housing structures for each application.
2Reliability
If rigid lighting structures are used, then structural stability is achieved, but durability against environmental influences and mechanical stress is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible LED strip design allows the lighting element to absorb mechanical stress and environmental exposure without rigid fracture. The flexible substrate and protective coating enable the lighting to withstand vibration, thermal expansion, and moisture while maintaining structural integrity and optical performance over long periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates protective measures in advance by designing the LED strip with environmental protection features such as conformal coating or encapsulation that cushion against moisture, corrosion, and mechanical damage before environmental factors can cause harm, ensuring long-term reliability in harsh vehicle environments.
3Ease of operation
If LEDs are arranged in fixed patterns, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but customization and control flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The LED strip is divided into multiple independently controllable LED segments or groups along its length. Each segment can be controlled individually or in combinations, allowing customizable lighting patterns, sequences, and intensities while maintaining a simple continuous physical structure that is easy to manufacture and install.
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 flexible, durable, and customizable illumination for vehicle body components, enhancing user experience and safety through adjustable light patterns and long-term reliability.
Implementation Method 1
LED strips or LED tapes are generally known, in which LEDs are arranged one after the other. Due to their flat dimensions, voltage merely required in the low-voltage range, versatile possibilities of colored radiation and low energy consumption
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle body component comprising a lighting means arrangement, which is configured as a LED strip being at least bendable in the longitudinal direction thereof and comprises a plurality of LEDs arranged one after the other and electrically interconnected; and a base body configured to receive the lighting means arrangement at a light exit side. Further disclosed is a method for manufacturing a body component and a method for controlling a lighting means arrangement on a vehicle.