Bicycle Lamp Detachable Base for Accessory Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing bicycle lamps are not easily adaptable for integration with other bicycle equipment, such as cycling computers and bells, and face challenges in convenient disassembly and assembly.

Innovation Solution

A bicycle lamp design featuring detachable top and bottom bases with rotating slot structures and fasteners, allowing for easy installation and removal of additional equipment, and connection to a bicycle extension clip, while maintaining a simplified structure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a traditional fixed bicycle lamp structure is used, then the lamp can provide stable lighting, but it cannot be easily integrated with other bicycle equipment such as cycling computers and bells

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration capability with other bicycle equipmentVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bicycle lamp is divided into separate modular components: a lamp body and a base assembly that can be detached. The base is further segmented with multiple mounting interfaces, allowing different bicycle equipment to be attached independently. This segmentation enables the lamp to adapt to various mounting locations and equipment combinations without requiring a completely new design for each configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The base assembly is designed with universal mounting capabilities that can accommodate multiple types of bicycle equipment including lamps, cycling computers, and bells. The standardized mounting interfaces and adjustable positioning mechanisms allow a single base unit to serve multiple functions and support various accessories, eliminating the need for separate mounting structures for each type of equipment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If multiple bicycle equipment are installed separately, then each equipment can function independently, but the disassembly and assembly process becomes inconvenient and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of disassembly and assemblyVSAvoidtime for installation and removal
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system incorporates dynamic quick-release mechanisms that allow equipment to be rapidly attached and detached without tools. The base features movable clamping elements and spring-loaded retention systems that enable one-handed operation, making the assembly and disassembly process as convenient as adjusting a bicycle seat or handlebar grip.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting function is extracted as a separate, standardized interface system independent of the lamp body. This extracted mounting mechanism can be universally applied to different equipment types and can be quickly engaged or disengaged by simply releasing a latch or lever, eliminating the need for complex fastening procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If a simple fixed mounting structure is used, then the manufacturing is easy, but the lamp cannot be easily replaced or repositioned

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverepositionability and replaceabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system utilizes standardized parameters and dimensions that are consistent across different base units and equipment interfaces. By maintaining uniform mounting hole patterns, thread specifications, and interface geometries, the system achieves high repositionability and interchangeability while using conventional manufacturing processes that do not require specialized tooling or complex production methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11787493B1Bicycle lamp easy to disassemble and replace
Publication Date: 2023.10.17 SHENZHEN ZHONGKERUI ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A bicycle lamp that is easy to disassemble and replace, wherein the bicycle lamp includes a top surface and a bottom surface; a detachable top surface base is arranged on the top surface, and a detachable bottom surface base is arranged under the bottom surface; the top surface base is configured to connect and fix bicycle equipment, and the bottom surface base is configured to connect and fix the bicycle lamp to an extension clip of a bicycle.