Connecting Device for Thin-Type Lamp Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hanging lamps have thick connecting members and complex assembly processes, failing to meet the design trend of thin-type lamps and resulting in high manufacturing costs, with externally exposed wires creating a messy visual effect when combined.
Innovation Solution
A connecting device with frames and engagement assemblies that allow for quick assembly of lamps, featuring movable engaging members and adjusting mechanisms to align and secure frames without altering the exterior appearance, enabling the sharing of cables and reducing the number of junction boxes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If conventional connecting members are used to assemble hanging lamps, then the lamps can be combined together, but the connecting members have greater thickness and complicated assembling process, failing to satisfy the design trend of thin-type lamps and resulting in high manufacturing cost
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting device is divided into separate components: a connecting member with first and second engaging members, and corresponding engaging structures integrated into the lamp frames. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, resulting in a thinner connecting member (3mm thickness) and simpler assembly process where the engaging members can be independently designed and manufactured.
Solution Approach 2:
The engaging members are designed to nest within the lamp frame structures. The first engaging member is received by the first engaging structure, and the second engaging member is received by the second engaging structure, creating a nested configuration that minimizes the overall thickness of the connecting assembly while maintaining structural integrity.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional connecting members are used to assemble hanging lamps, then the lamps can be combined together, but the assembling process is complicated, resulting in high manufacturing cost
Solution Approach 1:
The engaging structures are integrated directly into the lamp frame manufacturing process. The first and second engaging structures are formed as integral parts of the respective lamp frames, eliminating the need for separate connecting hardware and reducing assembly steps. This merging of functions reduces both manufacturing cost and assembly complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The engaging members are designed with self-aligning and self-latching features that allow the lamps to be connected without complex tools or procedures. The first and second engaging members automatically engage with their corresponding structures when the lamps are brought together, enabling workers to assemble the lamps quickly without specialized training or equipment.
3Shape
If multiple hanging lamps are combined together using conventional methods, then they can form a larger illumination lamp, but their externally exposed wires result in a messy visual effect in a space
Solution Approach 1:
The cable management function is extracted and integrated into the connecting device itself. The connecting member includes built-in cable routing features that guide and organize the electrical cables between connected lamps, removing the visual clutter of externally exposed wires while maintaining electrical connectivity. This allows multiple lamps to be combined into a clean, unified appearance.
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
The solution enables the formation of a lamp assembly system with a simple appearance, reduces manufacturing costs, and minimizes visual clutter by allowing multiple lamps to be connected without changing their exterior appearance, while sharing cables and reducing the number of junction boxes.
Implementation Method 1
The first adjusting member is screwed in the first engaging member, and one end of the first adjusting member is abutted against the first inclined surface of the first base
Implementation Method 2
The second adjusting member is screwed in the second engaging member, and one end of the second adjusting member is abutted against the second inclined surface of the second base
Implementation Method 3
One of the first engaging member and the second engaging member is movable with respect to the other one of the first engaging member and the second engaging member along the assembling direction, so as to be fixed with the other one of the first engaging member and the second engaging member
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AI summary
A connecting device, a lamp and a lamp assembly system are described. The connecting device includes plural frames and at least one connecting unit. Each of the frames has a mounting space, and the frames are arranged along an assembling direction, and the mounting spaces of any two adjacent frames are communicated with each other. The connecting unit includes plural engagement assemblies, in which two of the engagement assemblies are respectively disposed in the mounting spaces of any two adjacent frames. Each of the engagement assemblies includes a base and an engaging member which is disposed on the base, and the engaging member of one of the two adjacent engagement assemblies is movable with respect to the other one of the two adjacent engagement assemblies along the assembling direction, so as to be fixed with the engaging member of the other one of the two adjacent engagement assemblies.