Vehicle Lamp Adapter Plate Vibration Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle lamps with rigid constructions transmit vibrations to their internal components, particularly filaments, leading to reduced working life due to fractures, especially under vehicle operation.
Innovation Solution
The lamp features a flexible connection between the adapter plate's receiving and connecting regions through strategically designed cutouts and bridges, which dampen vibrations, reducing the transmission of oscillations to the burner and filaments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a rigid adapter plate is used to connect the burner to the base, then the structural strength is improved, but the vibrations are transmitted undamped to the burner and filaments, reducing lamp life
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter plate is segmented by introducing cutouts that divide the solid structure into separate regions connected by bridges. This segmentation creates flexible connection paths that can deform under vibration, absorbing mechanical energy while maintaining structural integrity and electrical connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical parameters of the adapter plate are changed by modifying its geometry through cutouts. This transforms the plate from a rigid structure with high stiffness to a flexible structure with optimized vibration damping characteristics, while preserving sufficient strength for mechanical and electrical functions.
2Reliability
If the adapter plate is made flexible with cutouts to dampen vibrations, then the lamp life is improved, but the connection strength between burner and base may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the adapter plate have different structural qualities. The bridges connecting the cutouts are designed with specific dimensions and arrangements to provide localized flexibility where needed for vibration damping, while maintaining adequate connection strength at the interface regions with the burner and base.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter plate functions as a composite structure combining rigid regions (connecting areas to burner and base) with flexible regions (bridges between cutouts). This composite design allows simultaneous achievement of vibration damping and connection strength through strategic geometric configuration.
3Reliability
If cutouts are added to the adapter plate to create flexibility, then the vibration damping is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter plate is designed with dynamic characteristics through cutouts, allowing it to adapt its stiffness to vibration frequencies. The structure can deform elastically under vibrational loads, providing passive damping without requiring active control systems or complex mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
By changing the geometric parameters (size, shape, arrangement of cutouts), the vibration damping performance can be optimized for specific frequency ranges. This parameter-based design allows tuning of damping characteristics without fundamentally changing the basic plate structure.
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 design significantly extends the lamp's lifespan by minimizing filament fractures and ensures reliable positioning for consistent beam alignment, allowing for increased damping properties and improved light emission angles.
Implementation Method 1
the connection between the receiving portion and the connecting region is no longer rigid but has a certain flexibility. Oscillations and vibrations that, where the lamp according to the invention is used in a vehicle, inevitably occur during the operation of the vehicle, are thus damped
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a lamp (8), in particular a vehicle lamp, having a base (17), a burner (7) having a light-generating element (11, 12), and an adapter plate (1) having a connecting region (2) and a receiving portion (3), the connecting region (2) being connected to the base (17) and the receiving portion (3) to the burner (7). The adapter plate (1) has cutouts (4) between the connecting region (2) and the receiving portion (3) such that the connection region (2) is no longer rigid but has a certain flexibility.


