Ceiling Lamp Support Plate for False Ceiling Load Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Ceiling systems, particularly false ceilings, face challenges with the weight and heat generated by spot-type lamps, which can lead to structural instability and color alteration of tiles, limiting design freedom and requiring robust materials.
Innovation Solution
A capping assembly with a plate device that supports the lamp, transmitting its load to a ceiling support structure and providing thermal insulation, allowing for more fragile ceiling tiles and increased design flexibility by using a plate device that can be adapted to various sizes and configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If spot-type lamps of certain power are installed in false ceiling slabs, then illumination intensity is improved, but the weight of the lamp leads to collapse of the false ceiling tile
Solution Approach 1:
A support plate is introduced as an intermediary element between the lamp and the false ceiling slab. The plate has a larger surface area than the lamp base, distributing the lamp's weight over a wider area of the ceiling slab, thereby reducing point-load stress and preventing structural failure while supporting higher-powered illumination fixtures
2Illumination intensity
If spot-type lamps of certain power are installed in false ceiling slabs, then illumination intensity is improved, but the lamp generates high temperatures likely to alter the color of the tile
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate serves as a thermal intermediary between the lamp and the false ceiling slab. It conducts heat away from the lamp contact point and distributes it over a larger area, reducing localized thermal stress and preventing color alteration or damage to the ceiling tile material
Solution Approach 2:
The support plate changes the thermal parameter distribution by transforming concentrated heat from the lamp base into distributed heat across the plate's larger surface area, reducing the temperature at any single point on the ceiling slab and preventing thermal damage
3Strength
If robust ceiling tiles are used to withstand weight and temperature, then strength is improved, but design freedom is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The structural and thermal support functions are extracted from the ceiling slab itself and transferred to a dedicated support plate. This allows the ceiling slab to be designed for aesthetics and ease of installation rather than being constrained by structural requirements, enabling greater design freedom while maintaining strength through the separate support plate component
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 effectively distributes the weight of the lamp to the ceiling structure, reduces thermal impact on tiles, and allows for lighter, more versatile ceiling designs, enhancing installation efficiency and aesthetic freedom.
Implementation Method 1
the plate device being capable of resting on the low layer so as to transmit its own load and the load of the lamp to a support structure of the ceiling system
Implementation Method 2
this plate can constitute thermal insulation making it possible to protect the ceiling tile from the temperature of the light source
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AI summary
The device (1) has cuts (6) laid out to form marks of a concentric site of an opening of a lamp mounted on a bottom layer of a ceiling system. Load of the device and load of the lamp are transmitted to a support structure of the ceiling system, where the device supports a capping device to surround the lamp to protect the lamp from an insulating material filled in thickness of the ceiling system and receives a spacer element with a plastic tube for a passage of electric cables. Breaking points (12) define separable portions to form a recess corresponding to a location of the lamp. An independent claim is also included for a method for fixing a lamp.