Ceiling Lighting Bracket Channel for Fastener-Free T-Grid Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mounting brackets for securing lighting assemblies to ceiling structures, particularly T-grid structures, face challenges such as difficulty in installation, low retention strength, and inability to accommodate varying stem lengths and ceiling cover thicknesses, often requiring multiple bracket sizes and compromising secure attachment.
Innovation Solution
A mounting bracket system that secures to ceiling structures without fasteners, featuring a support channel and contact members that engage the ceiling covering, allowing adjustable alignment and secure attachment to T-grid structures with varying stem lengths and thicknesses, ensuring the lighting assembly is flush with the ceiling cover.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional mounting brackets are used to secure lighting assemblies to ceiling structures, then the lighting assembly can be attached to the ceiling, but the retention strength is low and installation is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is divided into separate functional components: a support structure with attachment ends for securing the lighting assembly, and a mounting bracket portion with a support channel for engaging the ceiling member. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the support structure provides strong retention for the lighting assembly while the mounting bracket portion facilitates easy installation on the ceiling structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The support channel acts as an intermediary mechanism between the mounting bracket and the ceiling member. The support channel receives the stem of the ceiling member, providing a mediating engagement that transfers loads effectively while simplifying the installation process compared to direct fastening methods.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mounting brackets are used, then attachment to ceiling structures is possible, but they cannot accommodate varying stem lengths and ceiling cover thicknesses
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket incorporates dynamic adaptability through its support channel design that can accommodate varying stem lengths. The bracket can adjust its configuration to fit different ceiling cover thicknesses while maintaining secure attachment, allowing the same bracket design to work across multiple application scenarios without compromising reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting bracket is designed as a universal component that can attach to various ceiling member configurations and accommodate different stem lengths and ceiling cover thicknesses. This multi-functionality is achieved through the support channel geometry and the attachment mechanism that works across multiple standards and variations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple bracket sizes are used to accommodate different ceiling configurations, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single mounting bracket design incorporates universal features that allow it to accommodate various ceiling configurations, stem lengths, and ceiling cover thicknesses. The support channel and attachment mechanism are designed to be multi-functional, eliminating the need for multiple bracket sizes and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining high adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting system for a ceiling structure can include a support structure that includes a support section that supports a lighting assembly, and an attachment end connected to the support section. A mounting bracket that includes a support channel defined between first and second support members of the mounting bracket can be configured to slidably engage a ceiling member of the ceiling structure. The attachment end of the support structure can be secured to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be attached to the ceiling member in an installed configuration, in which: a base of the ceiling member can support a ceiling covering against gravity; a stem of the ceiling member can extend upwardly from the base to be received into the support channel; and the mounting bracket can be seated on a top surface of the ceiling covering to support the support structure relative to the ceiling member.