Modular Fire Detector Mounting for Integrated Ceiling Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fire detectors and ceiling lights create a visually unappealing design impression due to multiple mountings, which can damage buildings and wiring, and lack versatility and ease of installation.
Innovation Solution
A modular fire detection and lighting system with a fire alarm device and fastening device, featuring a main housing with a mounting shaft and functional interface, allowing for reversible, non-destructive mounting of functional components like lights and cameras, and a modular design that separates detection and energy storage components for a low-profile installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate mountings are provided for fire detector and ceiling light, then both devices can be installed, but the building and electrical wiring are damaged and the design impression deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fire detector housing and light fixture into a single integrated unit that mounts to the ceiling through one mounting interface. The housing contains both the fire detection components and the light source, eliminating the need for separate mountings and thereby preventing damage to the building and electrical wiring that would result from multiple installation points.
Solution Approach 2:
The fire detector housing is designed to serve multiple functions: it houses the fire detection arrangement, provides structural mounting to the ceiling, and supports the light fixture. This multi-functional design allows a single mounting structure to accomplish what previously required multiple separate installations, reducing harm to the building.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate mountings are provided for fire detector and ceiling light, then both devices can be installed, but the design impression deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fire detector and light fixture are merged into a single integrated housing unit with a unified mounting structure. This creates a cohesive design appearance from the ceiling perspective, eliminating the visual clutter of multiple separate mountings and devices, thereby improving the overall design impression while maintaining full installation capability.
3Device complexity
If lamp canopy is used to integrate fire detector and light, then multiple mountings are prevented, but the protrusion from ceiling increases and appearance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is designed with an adjustable positioning mechanism that allows the light fixture to be positioned at different distances from the ceiling surface. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the system to achieve a low-profile appearance when desired while still providing adequate spacing for light distribution, thus reducing unwanted ceiling protrusion without compromising mounting functionality.
4Adaptability or versatility
If traditional mounting structures are used, then fire detector and light can be installed, but installation time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fire detector and light fixture are combined into a single integrated unit with a unified mounting interface. This allows both devices to be installed simultaneously through one mounting operation rather than requiring separate installation processes, thereby reducing installation time and complexity while maintaining the capability to install both functional components.
Solution Approach 2:
The fire detector housing is pre-assembled with the light fixture and mounting components integrated before final installation. This preliminary assembly of multiple components into a single unit reduces the number of on-site assembly steps required, thereby reducing installation time and complexity while ensuring proper integration of all functional elements.
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AI summary
Fire alarm and functional arrangement (1000), comprising a fire alarm device (100) and a fastening device (200); wherein the fire alarm device (100) has a fire alarm arrangement (140) and a main housing (110) with a mounting shaft (130); the main housing (110) has a mounting interface (115) which is designed to hold the fire alarm device (100) on the fastening device (200); the main housing (110) has an outer wall (111) and at least one chamber (121) which is spatially delimited to the outside by the outer wall (111) and to the inside by the mounting shaft (130), wherein the fire alarm arrangement (140) is arranged within the at least one chamber (121); the fastening device (200) has a base plate (205) and a mounting portion (206) projecting from the base plate (205) for mounting the fire alarm device (100) on the fastening device (200);and the fastening device (200) has a functional interface (220) for holding a functional component (500);