Infinite Mirror Liquid Cooler Light Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current illuminative devices, particularly those using LEDs, face inefficiencies due to complex light-guiding components that are prone to malfunctions and require multiple LEDs for full control, leading to issues like flickering and loose connections, while traditional lighting systems lack flexibility in shape and optimal illumination states.
Innovation Solution
The development of an infinite mirror liquid cooler device with simplified light-guiding components, featuring a printed circuit board with a lighting module, a logo component, and layered mirrors with semi-reflective and transmissible layers, which scatter and reflect light to form a multilayered mirroring effect, improving light distribution and reducing the need for multiple LEDs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple LEDs are used to achieve full control over illumination contrasts, then the flexibility and control of lighting is improved, but the device complexity and susceptibility to malfunctions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple LED light sources into a single integrated light guide component. The light guide contains multiple light sources that work together to produce the desired illumination patterns, eliminating the need for separate control circuits for each LED while maintaining full control over lighting contrasts and effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide component serves multiple functions simultaneously: it guides light from multiple sources, creates various illumination patterns, produces infinite mirror effects, and provides structural support. This multi-functionality reduces the overall device complexity while maintaining lighting control flexibility.
2Illumination intensity
If complex light-guiding components are used to achieve precise light control, then the illumination quality is improved, but the reliability of the system deteriorates due to susceptibility to breakdowns
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide component is divided into multiple functional sections, each handling specific light control tasks. This segmentation allows for easier maintenance and replacement of individual sections without affecting the entire system, thereby improving reliability while maintaining precise light control quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses adjustable parameters within the light guide component, such as variable refraction indices and configurable light source intensities, to achieve precise illumination control. These parameter adjustments allow for high-quality light distribution without requiring overly complex structural designs that would reduce reliability.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional lighting systems are used to maintain simple structure, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the flexibility in shape and optimal illumination states deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide component utilizes flexible thin film structures that can be manufactured using standard fabrication processes while still achieving complex three-dimensional light guiding paths. This allows the system to adapt to various shapes and illumination requirements without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical light routing mechanisms with optical phenomena-based light guiding, using refraction, reflection, and total internal reflection within the light guide component. This substitution maintains manufacturing simplicity while enabling greater flexibility in achieving various illumination states and shapes.
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
This solution enhances the flexibility and reliability of LED lighting systems by providing uniform light distribution and preventing malfunctions, while reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through efficient light management.
Implementation Method 1
a first semi-reflective layer reflecting the light-guiding light source to form the reflection light source reflecting mirror images
Implementation Method 2
a reflection light source incident on the light-guiding component uniformly scatters to the light-guiding surface to form a ring-shaped light source
Implementation Method 3
an upper mirror including a second light transmissible layer and a second semi-reflective layer simultaneously reflecting the ring-shaped light source and the spaced layered light source
Data Source
AI summary
A novel infinite mirror liquid cooler device is configured to comprise a printed circuit board (PCB); a logo component; a light-guiding component; a light-guiding component comprising a light-guiding surface; a lower mirror, the lower mirror; a hollow cover; the upper mirror; an upper cover of a pump chamber; an impeller; a lower cover of the pump chamber; a lower base; a pad; and a copper base plate according to some embodiments.