Hollow Drawer Railing With Integrated Cavity Lighting Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drawer lighting systems face challenges in providing improved attachment of illuminants to the drawer frame and enhanced lighting, with existing solutions not adequately addressing the need for efficient electrical contacting and power supply while maintaining effective illumination.
Innovation Solution
A hollow profile element with a cavity surrounded by wall elements, featuring a recessed support element with light transmission elements, allowing for the integration of illuminants like LED light bars and improved mounting mechanisms for enhanced lighting and attachment to the drawer frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If bulbs are arranged on the frame body below the wall element, then electrical contacting and power supply become easier to realize, but the lighting effect and attachment of illuminants to the drawer frame are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from arranging bulbs on the frame body surface to integrating illuminants within the hollow profile element's internal cavity. This dimensional change allows the light source to be positioned centrally within the profile, improving light distribution through the translucent wall elements while maintaining ease of electrical connection through the integrated cavity structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow profile element integrates multiple functions within a nested structure: the cavity houses the illuminant, the hollow chamber provides space for electrical wiring and heat dissipation, and the translucent wall elements serve as both structural components and light diffusion surfaces. This nesting resolves the contradiction by combining lighting functionality with structural integrity.
2Illumination intensity
If a hollow profile element with cavity is used to integrate illuminants, then lighting effect and attachment are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow profile element serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the drawer frame, acts as a mounting structure for illuminants through its cavity, serves as a light diffusion element through its translucent wall elements, and provides pathways for electrical wiring. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity by consolidating multiple components into a single integrated element.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the structural frame element, the lighting housing, the light diffusion medium, and the electrical wiring pathway into a single hollow profile element. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate components for each function, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining improved lighting effects.
3Illumination intensity
If translucent wall elements are used for light diffusion, then illumination distribution is improved, but heat dissipation becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The hollow profile element is segmented into distinct functional zones: the cavity for housing illuminants, the hollow chamber for heat dissipation and wiring, and the translucent wall elements for light diffusion. This segmentation allows each zone to optimize its specific function while working together as an integrated system, resolving the heat dissipation issue while maintaining effective light distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow chamber acts as an intermediary space between the heat-generating illuminants in the cavity and the external environment. This intermediate zone facilitates heat dissipation through convection and conduction pathways while allowing the translucent wall elements to perform their light diffusion function without direct thermal interference.
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 hollow profile element enables efficient attachment and illumination of the drawer frame, providing improved lighting while facilitating easy electrical connections and heat transfer, thus addressing the limitations of existing systems.
Implementation Method 1
The support element has transparent light transmission elements (15), so that light can escape from the cavity of the hollow profile element, in particular visible light through the light passage elements from the hollow profile element
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AI summary
Hollow profile element for use as a transverse and/or longitudinal railing of a piece of furniture, wherein the hollow profile element has a cavity, the cavity extending longitudinally along the hollow profile element, the hollow profile element having openings on opposite and spaced-apart end faces, the openings of the end faces being openings of the cavity, the cavity being enclosed by a lower, an upper, and two lateral wall elements of the hollow profile element, the lower, the upper, and the two lateral wall elements extending longitudinally along the hollow profile element, the hollow profile element having a recess on the lower wall element, the recess being formed by opposite and spaced-apart side elements and a support element, the side elements and the support element extending longitudinally along the hollow profile element.wherein the support element connects the side elements together, wherein the support element is recessed in the hollow profile element, wherein the support element has translucent light transmission elements so that light can exit the hollow profile element through the light transmission elements starting from the cavity of the hollow profile element.