Deflection Mirror Light With Secondary Reflector

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional deflecting mirror lights using incandescent or gas discharge lamps often fail to provide effective lighting when alternative light sources are used, leading to inadequate illumination.

Innovation Solution

A deflecting mirror light design featuring a chip-on-board (COB) LED light source with a secondary reflector that focuses light onto multiple adjustable deflection mirrors, allowing for efficient and space-saving lighting with reduced heat and power consumption, and enabling various lighting effects through rotatable and pivotable mirrors.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If conventional incandescent or gas discharge lamps are used as light sources, then the lighting system can provide sufficient illumination, but the power consumption is high and heat generation is excessive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting effectivenessVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from conventional incandescent or gas discharge lamps to LED technology, fundamentally changing the light generation mechanism. This parameter change enables significantly lower power consumption and heat generation while maintaining or improving illumination effectiveness, directly resolving the contradiction between lighting effectiveness and energy usage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Illumination intensity

If conventional light sources are used, then sufficient lighting can be achieved, but the service life is limited and maintenance is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting effectivenessVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs LED technology which fundamentally changes the operational characteristics of the light source. LEDs provide significantly extended service life compared to conventional lamps, reducing maintenance requirements while delivering effective illumination, thus resolving the contradiction between lighting effectiveness and service life

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Illumination intensity

If conventional light sources are used, then illumination can be provided, but heat generation is excessive requiring larger heat sinks

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting effectivenessVSAvoidheat generation
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions to LED technology which fundamentally alters the thermal characteristics of the lighting system. LEDs generate significantly less heat compared to conventional incandescent or gas discharge lamps, reducing thermal management requirements and enabling more compact designs while maintaining effective illumination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Area of stationary object

If multiple individual LEDs are used instead of COB LED, then the lighting area can be larger, but the structure becomes more complex and space-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting areaVSAvoidstructural complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs COB (Chip on Board) LED technology which merges multiple individual LED chips onto a single substrate. This integration achieves a compact, space-saving structure with reduced complexity while maintaining or enhancing the lighting area, directly resolving the contradiction between lighting area and structural complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design achieves more efficient and uniform lighting with longer service life, lower heat generation, and higher luminous efficacy compared to conventional sources, while allowing for versatile lighting effects by directing light through a secondary reflector and adjustable mirrors.

Implementation Method 1

the light source (8) is designed as a chip-on-board (COB) LED

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight Emitting Diode: Light Emitting Diode

Implementation Method 2

a secondary reflector (18) is arranged inside the primary reflector (2) between the light source (8) and the at least one deflection mirror (9), by means of which the light emitted by the light source (8) is focused

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectReflection: Reflection

Data Source

PatentEP2995846B1Deflection mirror light
Publication Date: 2018.05.16 RUCO LICHT
  • EP2995846B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP2995846B1 patent drawingFigure 2

AI summary

The invention relates to a deflecting mirror lamp with a light source (8), a primary reflector (2), and at least one deflecting mirror (9) adjustably arranged in the region of an opening (6) of the primary reflector (2). According to the invention, a secondary reflector (18) is arranged within the primary reflector (2) between the light source (8) and the at least one deflecting mirror (9), through which the light emitted by the light source (8) is focused via the primary reflector (2) onto the at least one deflecting mirror (9).