Control Cabinet Light With Integrated Button Actuator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing control cabinet lights based on LEDs lack a reliable and user-friendly mechanism for disconnecting plug-socket connections, which is essential for flexible and safe operation, especially when multiple lights are connected in series.
Innovation Solution
A switch cabinet light with an elongated light housing featuring a translucent cover and integrated button-like actuating element with a nose-like extension, allowing for indirect unlocking of plug-socket connections through pressure, ensuring secure and haptic actuation, and enabling mains-free operation with embedded batteries or accumulators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If multiple lights are connected in series for uniform illumination, then illumination uniformity is improved, but connection complexity and safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The light system is divided into modular units with standardized plug-socket connections. Each light can be independently connected or disconnected, allowing multiple lights to be linked in series for uniform illumination while maintaining simple, manageable connections through repetitive modular interfaces rather than complex wiring systems.
Solution Approach 2:
A universal plug-socket connection system is implemented that works across all light units in the series. The standardized interface allows any light to connect to any socket position, simplifying the connection process and reducing complexity while enabling flexible series configurations for uniform illumination across different cabinet layouts.
2Ease of operation
If plug-socket connections are made easily accessible, then ease of operation is improved, but electrical safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating mechanism is nested within the housing structure, with the button-like actuating element integrated into the cover. The unlocking mechanism is concealed within the housing, accessible only through the integrated button interface. This nesting provides easy operation through the external button while protecting internal electrical connections from accidental contact.
Solution Approach 2:
The button-like actuating element with nose-like extension serves as an intermediary between the user and the internal unlocking mechanism. Pressing the external button triggers the nose-like extension to engage with the locking element, indirectly actuating the unlock sequence. This intermediary provides user-friendly operation while maintaining electrical safety by keeping live components enclosed.
3Reliability
If locking means are made robust and secure, then connection reliability is improved, but ease of disconnection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism operates on an inverted principle where a simple pressing action (low force requirement) triggers a cascade effect that disengages the robust locking elements. The button press initiates movement of the nose-like extension, which then leverages mechanical advantage to release the locking elements from their engaged positions, converting a minor user input into a complete unlock sequence.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking system transitions from a static, permanently engaged state to a dynamic, easily reversible state. The button actuation creates a dynamic unlocking sequence where the locking elements move from their locked positions to disengaged positions through the intermediary nose-like extension, allowing rapid transition between secured and accessible states without compromising connection reliability during normal operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easy disconnection of plug-socket connections, ensures safe and flexible operation of multiple lights connected in series, and provides mains-independent operation with enhanced user interaction and electrical safety.
Implementation Method 1
control cabinet light with lighting means based on light-emitting diodes
Implementation Method 2
translucent cover (2)
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a control cabinet light with light sources based on light-emitting diodes, comprising an elongated light housing with a base body and a translucent cover, as well as electrical connection elements and means for universal mounting provided on the light housing. The base body is shaped like a trough and accommodates electrical connection sockets or plugs, each of which is accessible via the end faces of the light housing for a complementary external socket or plug. Furthermore, the cover, with the exception of an access area at one end, encompasses the respective connection socket or plug. According to the invention, the cover has at least one integrated, button-like actuating element, which includes a nose-like extension.Furthermore, the nose-like extension is oriented towards an unlocking mechanism in the interior of the light housing in such a way that by pressing on the actuating element, the unlocking can be indirectly triggered and the respective plug-socket connection can be separated.