Coil Support Device for Adjustable Lighting Radius

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing lighting systems lack variability in light control, particularly in mechanical adjustment of the beam angle and lighting radius after installation, limiting flexibility in light utilization.

Innovation Solution

A lamp design featuring a carrier device with a coil-shaped support body, multiple rods, and flexible rings that allow for adjustable positioning of rods to control the lighting radius, enabling mechanical variation of the beam angle and lighting radius during assembly and in the assembled state.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a lamp is assembled and permanently installed, then structural stability is achieved, but light control variability is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight control variabilityVSAvoidstructural stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The support body is designed with a coil shape that enables dynamic adjustment of the light source position and orientation after installation. The coil structure allows the light source to be moved to different positions along the coil path, changing the beam angle and lighting radius while maintaining structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The support body is divided into distinct sections: an upper part that tapers toward the middle, a middle part with barrel-shaped and/or cylindrical sections, and a lower part that widens away from the middle. This segmentation allows independent adjustment of different portions of the light source assembly to achieve varied lighting configurations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If the carrier body is designed as a single integrated piece, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadjustability of beam angleVSAvoidstructural integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The carrier body can be manufactured as separate elements that are plugged, screwed, or glued together, or as a single integrated piece made by injection molding, turning, or milling. This segmentation approach allows for precise manufacturing of individual components that can then be assembled with high precision while maintaining adaptability through the modular connection system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4075053B1Luminaire, support device and kit for same, and method for assembling
Publication Date: 2023.08.09 WALTHER ANDREAS
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  • EP4075053B1 patent drawingFigure 2B~2C

AI summary

A support device for a lamp, comprising: a support body having an upper part, at least one middle part and a lower part; and at least one lamp holder; wherein the support body is in the form of a coil, the upper part tapering towards the middle part and the lower part widening away from the middle part; and wherein the middle part has at least one barrel-shaped and/or cylindrical section.