Camping Lamp Battery Bracket Preventing Parts Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing outdoor camping lamps are difficult to use in dark environments due to the complexity of replacing batteries, leading to potential loss of parts and installation errors, which can result in the lamp not functioning properly.
Innovation Solution
The design includes a lamp socket assembly with a battery installing bracket featuring a central column and radial spacers, along with springs and a bottom support, which prevents complete disengagement of parts and simplifies battery replacement by clamping batteries between spacers, ensuring correct alignment and easy handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the bottom cover is made detachable from the lamp socket for battery replacement, then battery replacement is enabled, but the bottom cover can be lost in dark outdoor environments
Solution Approach 1:
The battery installing bracket is nested within the lamp socket assembly, with the bracket containing the batteries and the lamp socket covering the bracket. This nested structure ensures that when users access the batteries, the lamp socket remains attached and cannot be lost, while still allowing easy battery replacement by opening the lamp socket.
Solution Approach 2:
The lamp socket is divided into an outer shell and an inner battery installing bracket that can move relative to each other. The bracket can be pulled out from the lamp socket for battery access, but the lamp socket outer shell remains attached to the lamp body, preventing loss while enabling battery replacement.
2Reliability
If batteries require alignment of positive and negative poles for correct installation, then electrical connection is ensured, but installation becomes time-consuming and error-prone in dark environments
Solution Approach 1:
The spacers are designed with asymmetric features including notches on one side and protrusions on the other side. These asymmetric structures guide the batteries into the correct orientation, with the battery terminals automatically aligning with the corresponding contact points. The asymmetric design makes it impossible to install batteries incorrectly, eliminating alignment errors while simplifying the installation process.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery installing bracket with asymmetric spacers and spring mechanisms automatically guides and positions the batteries during insertion. The springs provide tactile feedback and automatic pressure contact, allowing the system to self-align and secure the batteries without requiring user knowledge of polarity alignment, thus enabling easy installation even in dark environments.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This design ensures convenient battery replacement without parts loss and reduces installation errors, allowing the camping lamp to function normally even in dark outdoor conditions.
Implementation Method 1
each battery is connected with the bottom support via respective springs. The lower ends of the springs are fixedly connected to the bottom support.
Data Source
AI summary
An outdoor camping lamp, which comprises a handle, a top cover, a shade, a lamp socket assembly and a plurality of batteries, the lamp socket assembly includes a lamp socket, a housing, a battery installing bracket and a bottom support, the upper end of the lamp socket is connected with the lower end of the shade, the lower end of the lamp socket is connected with the upper end of the housing, the upper end of the battery installing bracket is connected to the lower end surface of the lamp socket, and the lower end of the battery installing bracket is connected to the upper end surface of the bottom support; both the battery installing bracket and the bottom support are arranged in the housing. With this structure, it is more convenient for replacing the batteries, and parts loss can be avoided, thereby ensuring normal working.