Coupled LED Lamp Tubes with Adjustable Color Temperature and Power
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current LED lamp tubes lack adjustable color temperature and power settings, making them inconvenient for use and increasing inventory and transportation costs, especially for longer tubes.
Innovation Solution
A coupled lamp tube design featuring a first lamp tube with a color temperature switch module and a second lamp tube with a power adjustment terminal, connected via a coupling assembly that allows for stable electrical connection and adjustment, enabling comprehensive adjustment and reducing storage and transportation costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If LED lamp tubes are made longer to meet lighting needs, then lighting coverage is improved, but transportation and storage convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp tube is divided into multiple detachable sections (first lamp tube and second lamp tube) that can be separated for transportation and storage, then coupled together during use. This segmentation allows short sections to be easily handled and stored, while providing the option to assemble longer configurations when needed, thus resolving the contradiction between length and ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If LED lamp tubes have fixed color temperature and power, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling assembly serves multiple functions: it mechanically connects lamp tube sections, establishes electrical connections between them, and provides control interfaces for color temperature and power adjustment. By integrating these diverse functions into a single assembly, the patent achieves high adaptability without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The lamp tube system incorporates adjustable parameters including color temperature (via the color temperature switch module) and power output (via the power adjustment terminal). These parameter adjustments allow the same physical lamp tube to adapt to different lighting requirements, enhancing versatility without requiring multiple different lamp tube designs.
3Ease of operation
If LED lamp tubes lack adjustment functions, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling assembly merges the mechanical connection function with the electrical connection function and the control interface function into a single integrated component. This consolidation provides adjustment capabilities (color temperature and power) without dispersing controls across multiple separate components, thus improving ease of operation while limiting the increase in perceived device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A first lamp tube includes a first lamp housing, a plurality of first light-emitting elements disposed within the first lamp housing, a first lamp head connected to the first lamp housing, and a color temperature switch module disposed on the first lamp head. A second lamp tube includes a second lamp housing, a plurality of second light-emitting elements disposed within the second lamp housing, a second lamp head connected to the second lamp housing, and a power adjustment terminal disposed on the second lamp head configured to be connected to an external power adjustment device. A coupling assembly is disposed between the first lamp housing and the second lamp housing to fix the first lamp housing to the second lamp housing, and electrically connect the first lamp tube to the second lamp tube.