Corner Lamp Interconnection Interface for Seamless Lighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing lighting systems face challenges in achieving seamless interconnection at corners, resulting in dark areas due to the need for adapters, which compromises the overall lighting effect.

Innovation Solution

A corner lamp with a lamp holder, light source module, and interconnection interface, featuring a flexible circuit board and conductive elastic members for continuous light emission, allowing for reliable and dark area-free corner connections.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If adapters are used to realize corner turns in existing lighting systems, then the corner connection can be achieved, but dark areas are created at the adapter location resulting in poor overall lighting effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecorner connection capabilityVSAvoidlighting effect at corner
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the corner connection function and light emission function into a single integrated corner lamp unit. The lamp holder with corner section provides both the structural connection capability and the light source integration, eliminating the need for separate adapters that create dark areas. This unified design ensures continuous light emission through the corner connection point.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If strip light interconnection is used to adjust lighting range, then the lighting scope can be easily adjusted, but corner connections create dark areas due to adapter requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting range adjustmentVSAvoidcorner lighting quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The corner lamp is designed with universal interconnection interfaces that can connect to strip lights and other corner lamps, providing multi-functional capability. The same corner lamp unit serves both as a terminal piece for corner connections and as an extendable component for adjusting lighting range, maintaining consistent light emission quality across all connection points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of manufacture

If adapters are used for corner turns, then the lighting system can be installed at corners, but the adapter location creates dark areas compromising overall lighting effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecorner installation capabilityVSAvoidoverall lighting effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts the light source function from the separate adapter component and integrates it directly into the corner lamp holder structure. By taking out the lighting function from the connection mechanism, the corner unit becomes self-luminous, eliminating the dark area problem caused by non-luminous adapters while maintaining ease of installation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11982422B2Corner lamp and interconnected lighting system
Publication Date: 2024.05.14 SELF ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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  • US11982422B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A corner lamp includes a lamp base, a light source module set on the lamp base, a first optical element set above the light source module, and an interconnection interface, the lamp base includes at least one corner section, the light source module is set on the outer wall of the corner section and extends along the corner direction; the present invention also discloses an interconnection lighting system; the corner lamp and interconnection lighting system of the present invention, the corner lamp itself can emit light, solving the problem of dark areas in the corner interconnection in the prior art.