Corner-Mounted Exterior Wall Fixture with Single Electrical Hub
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for mounting exterior light fixtures and other electrical devices on building corners require multiple holes and conduits, leading to increased installation time, labor costs, and potential damage to the building, as well as limitations in device placement.
Innovation Solution
A wall fixture design that allows for mounting to the corner of a building using a single housing configuration with a nonlinear angle, enabling multiple devices to be connected through a single electrical coupling chamber, reducing the need for multiple holes and conduits, and providing a watertight compartment with adjustable conduit passes for easy installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple fixtures are mounted separately to the side of buildings using traditional methods, then each fixture can be securely mounted, but the installer spends an excessive amount of time drilling holes and running conduits to each fixture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate mounting operations into a single integrated corner mounting system. The outlet box is designed to be mounted once at the corner location, providing a common electrical hub that serves multiple fixtures. This eliminates the need to drill separate holes and run separate conduits for each fixture, while still providing secure mounting for all connected devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The corner-mounted outlet box serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a structural mounting point, an electrical distribution hub, and a conduit access point for multiple fixtures. This multi-functional design allows a single mounting operation to support multiple electrical devices, reducing overall installation time while maintaining reliable connections for each fixture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple holes and conduits are drilled for each fixture, then each fixture can be independently mounted, but this adds complexity to the installation and increases labor costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple conduit routes into a single corner-mounted outlet box that provides centralized electrical access. Instead of running separate conduits from the building interior to each fixture location, all fixtures connect to the corner-mounted box, which receives electrical service through a single conduit entry point, significantly simplifying the overall installation complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional mounting methods are used with multiple holes and conduits, then fixtures can be mounted at various locations, but this causes more damage to the building
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates multiple penetration points into a single corner mounting location. By mounting the outlet box at the corner where walls meet, the system requires only one set of holes and conduits instead of multiple separate penetrations throughout the building facade, thereby minimizing damage to the building structure while still allowing multiple fixtures to be connected.
Data Source
AI summary
A wall fixture fastened to a corner of a structure that has a first exterior wall and the second exterior wall with a structure non-linear angle. The wall fixture has a first and a second housing wherein, the first and the second housing mourns adjacent to the first and the second exterior wall, respectively. A first and a second electrical device are coupled to the first and second housing, for directing the first and the second electrical device adjacent to the first and second exterior wall, respectively. The first housing has a dividing panel creating a primary chamber and an electrical coupling chamber. An exterior conduit pass is within the first housing for positioning an electrical supplying conductor within the electrical coupling chamber. A first and a second electrical conductor traverse the housing chamber for electrically coupling the electrical devices with the electrical supplying conductor within the electrical coupling chamber.