Flexible LED Strip Housing with Integral Mounting Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mechanical integration of flexible LED strips in vehicular designs is challenging, particularly for maintaining exact position referencing, preventing displacement, and preserving the desired curved shape.
Innovation Solution
A flexible LED strip with a housing that integrates a mounting member as a single component, allowing for improved mechanical integration and alignment, featuring a base section and a sequence of mounting sections with recesses for enhanced stability and flexibility, produced via extrusion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If flexible LED strips are mounted using separate mounting components, then the mounting process becomes complex and requires additional parts, but the flexibility and design freedom are maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member is integrated directly into the flexible housing as an integral component, combining the housing and mounting functions into a single piece. This eliminates the need for separate mounting components while maintaining the flexibility and design freedom of the original structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If the LED strip is made rigid for precise positioning, then position referencing improves, but the flexibility to mount on curved surfaces is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member is divided into multiple mounting sections along the length direction, with each section capable of independent positioning. The recesses between sections allow the housing to flex while maintaining precise position referencing at each mounting point, resolving the contradiction between rigidity and flexibility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple separate mounting components are used, then stability is improved, but space consumption and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple mounting sections are integrated into a single mounting member that is part of the flexible housing. This provides the stability of multiple mounting points while consuming less space than separate components and reducing overall device complexity.
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
Facilitates precise mounting, reduces the need for additional parts, saves space, and enhances design freedom while ensuring stability and efficient light distribution.
Implementation Method 1
the flexible housing comprising an inner surface configured to reflect light emitted from the at least two light emitting elements
Implementation Method 2
the flexible housing and the at least one mounting member are produced in a single step, in particular via extrusion
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AI summary
According to the invention a lighting device (100) is provided comprising a flexible housing (10) which extends along a length direction (70) of the lighting device; and at least two light emitting elements arranged along the length direction (70) of the lighting device and mounted to the flexible housing (10); wherein an inner surface of the flexible housing (10) is configured to reflect light emitted from the at least two light emitting elements; the lighting device further comprising at least one mounting member (40) for mounting the lighting device; wherein the at least one mounting member (40) is an integral component of the flexible housing (10).