Folding Lampshade with Segmented Rings and Hardware Connector
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lampshades have a large volume and high transportation costs due to their bulky design, which does not meet the stringent requirements of modern industry and transportation needs.
Innovation Solution
A folding lampshade design featuring a lampshade fabric movably coupled to upper and lower rings with divided curved bodies and a hardware connector system, allowing for detachable and foldable components that reduce volume and footprint during transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional lampshade structure with upper iron ring, lower iron ring, and U-shaped rubber strip is used, then the lampshade can be easily assembled and disassembled, but the total volume becomes very large resulting in larger transportation space and higher transportation cost
Solution Approach 1:
The upper iron ring is divided into three separate curved ring bodies, and the lower iron ring is divided into three separate curved ring bodies. This segmentation allows each component to be folded and stored more compactly, significantly reducing the transportation volume while maintaining the ease of assembly and disassembly through the detachable connector design
Solution Approach 2:
The three curved ring bodies are designed to be nested or folded together within a compact space during transportation. The support link-rods and hardware connectors enable the rings to be collapsed into a compact configuration, achieving small volume for transportation while allowing easy reassembly when needed
2Stability of the object's composition
If conventional lampshade with fixed upper ring and lower ring structure is used, then the structural stability is maintained, but the transportation cost increases due to large volume
Solution Approach 1:
The lampshade structure transitions from a fixed rigid configuration to a dynamic foldable configuration. The upper ring and lower ring can be dynamically collapsed into compact forms for transportation, then dynamically reconfigured into stable operational forms when assembled, achieving both structural stability during use and volume reduction during transportation
Solution Approach 2:
By dividing the rings into three separate curved bodies connected by hardware connectors and support link-rods, the structure maintains stability when assembled while enabling compact folding for transportation, thereby reducing transportation cost
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design achieves a small volume, low transportation cost, convenient handling, and simplified installation and removal by enabling the folding and storage of components, addressing the bulkiness and cost issues of conventional lampshades.
Implementation Method 1
a 9-shaped silicone buckle with an inner groove curvature matched with the external circumference of the upper ring and the lower ring
Implementation Method 2
The inner sides of both upper and lower edges of the lampshade fabric are respectively and movably coupled to the upper ring and the lower ring
Implementation Method 3
a support link-rod having an end rotatably installed to the hardware connector and the other end coupled to opposite free ends adjacent to the two curved ring bodies
Data Source
AI summary
A folding lampshade includes a lampshade fabric, a lower ring and an upper ring. The inner sides of both upper and lower edges of the lampshade fabric are respectively and movably connected to the lower ring and the upper ring. The upper ring includes three divided curved ring bodies, and the middle of the upper ring has a hardware connector, and the hardware connector is connected to the upper ring through the three support link-rods, and the support link-rod has an end rotatably installed onto the hardware connector and the other end connected to opposite free ends adjacent to the two curved ring bodies by a T-shaped hardware interface part. The structural design of this invention movably connects the lampshade fabric with the upper ring, so that the upper ring can be detachably connected to the hardware connector through the T-shaped hardware interface part.