Edison Socket Adapter With Hinged Lever Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current LED light fixtures are incompatible with traditional Edison lamp holders due to their quick connect power connections, making it difficult for do-it-yourself users to install them without tools or electrical knowledge.
Innovation Solution
A plug-in adapter with a finger grip base, central core, side and top electrical contacts, and hinged lever arms that wedges into the Edison socket, allowing easy installation and removal by translating between positions to engage and disengage the electrical contacts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If LED fixtures use quick connect power connections for energy efficiency, then energy consumption is reduced, but compatibility with traditional Edison lamp holders is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an adapter as an intermediary device that connects LED fixtures with quick connect power connections to traditional Edison lamp holders. The adapter has a first connection interface that accepts the LED fixture's quick connect connector and a second interface that interfaces with the Edison socket, thereby enabling compatibility without modifying the LED fixture itself or the lamp holder
2Ease of operation
If LED fixtures use quick connect power connections, then installation becomes tool-free, but secure electrical connection is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter incorporates a movable core that can translate between positions to engage and disengage electrical contacts dynamically. This dynamic mechanism allows the adapter to be easily inserted and removed while ensuring secure electrical connection during operation, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and connection reliability
3Stability of the object's composition
If lever arms are designed to wedge into Edison socket for secure retention, then adapter stability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter is segmented into distinct functional components including a shell, a movable core, and lever arms that can independently move between positions. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall simplicity, with the lever arms providing secure retention through their wedging action into the Edison socket
Data Source
AI summary
An adapter for connecting an LED light fixture to the threaded, screw-in socket of an Edison lamp holder. The adapter includes lever arms that toggle between a horizontal position and an inclined position. The inclined position of the lever arms poses a small outside diameter so the adapter can be inserted into the Edison socket without catching any of the socket threads. When fully seated inside the Edison socket, the lever arms are pushed into the horizontal position. A central core translating within the shell when pushed to the top position inside the shell locks the lever arms in the horizontal position. The lever arms when locked in the horizontal position define an outsider diameter larger than the internal diameter of the Edison socket to wedge the adapter therein.