Integrated Emergency Lighting Fixture with Backup Battery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing emergency lighting fixtures are bulky and require separate installation of battery packs and light strips, making them unsuitable for small spaces and inconvenient to install, as they need rewiring.
Innovation Solution
An integrated emergency lighting fixture design that resembles fluorescent tubes, incorporating a strip mounting plate with interfaces for external power, a backup battery, and a control module, allowing direct installation without refitting, with a baffle plate to secure the battery and control module, and sensor or indicator modules for automatic startup and status indication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If emergency lighting fixture uses separate battery pack and light strip structure, then it can provide backup power during power outage, but the overall size becomes large and cannot be installed in small space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the battery pack and light strip into a single unified emergency lighting fixture structure. The battery pack is positioned at the rear end of the mounting plate while the light strip is mounted on the front surface, creating a compact integrated unit that provides both lighting and backup power functions without requiring separate installations.
2Reliability
If emergency lighting fixture uses separate battery pack and light strip, then it can provide backup power, but they need to be rewired before using which increases installation workload
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated design combines the battery pack, light strip, and control circuitry into a single pre-assembled unit with standardized mounting interfaces. This allows the entire emergency lighting fixture to be installed as one component, eliminating the need for separate wiring of battery packs and light strips, and enabling direct replacement in existing fixture locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixture incorporates universal mounting features including a mounting plate with multiple mounting holes and standardized interfaces that allow the integrated unit to be installed in various locations and existing fixture types, enhancing ease of installation and replacement while maintaining backup power functionality.
3Ease of operation
If emergency lighting fixture integrates backup battery and light strip into whole, then it can be installed directly in existing lighting fixture without refit, but the internal space arrangement becomes constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate extends beyond the battery pack in longitudinal directions, creating a flared or widened structure at the front and/or rear ends. This dimensional extension provides adequate internal space for accommodating the battery pack, control circuitry, and electrical connections while maintaining compatibility with standard fixture mounting dimensions, thus enabling direct installation in existing fixtures.
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
Enables compact installation in existing fixtures, providing continuous lighting during power outages through integrated backup power, reducing installation complexity and space requirements while ensuring reliable emergency lighting functionality.
Implementation Method 1
there is backup battery and control module which can provide the power supply from the interface to backup battery and light strip
Data Source
AI summary
An emergency lighting fixture includes strip mounting plate, interfaces in both two sides of the mounting plate for connecting an external power supply. A lamp cover is connected one side of mounting plate. Light strip is formed between the mounting plate and the lamp cover. One the other side, there is backup battery and control module which can provide the power supply from the interface to backup battery and light strip. The backup battery, the interface, and the light strip are electrically connected to the control module, which integrates backup battery and light strip into a whole. When power supply is not stable or power outage, Backup Battery inside the emergency lamp will provide backup power for the emergency lighting fixture to make the emergency lighting fixture continue lighting so that the emergency lighting function can be achieved.