Lamp Mounting Structure with Marking Devices for Alignment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional lamp mounting structures face difficulties in installation due to concealed viewing angles, making it hard for installers to find the center and align the installation buckles, resulting in low installation efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A lamp mounting structure with positioning members and marking devices on both the mounting member and the lamp body, allowing for alignment and connection through retractable poles or rotating rods, enabling easy and accurate installation without affecting the lamp's appearance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional separated installation structures are used, then the lamp body structure is simple, but the installation efficiency is low and alignment is difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation efficiencyVSAvoidalignment difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the installation structure with the lamp body into an integrated unit. The mounting member is directly integrated into the lamp body structure, eliminating the need for separate installation components. This integration allows installers to see and align the marking devices on the lamp body exterior, significantly improving alignment accuracy and installation efficiency while maintaining structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Shape

If concealed installation structures are used, then the lamp appearance is clean, but the installer cannot see the limiting structure inside the lamp body

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappearance cleanlinessVSAvoidvisibility of limiting structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces marking devices as intermediary visual indicators on the lamp body exterior. These marking devices (such as colored marks or visual indicators) serve as mediators between the concealed internal limiting structures and the installer's view. The markings indicate the correct alignment position without exposing the internal limiting structures, thus maintaining the lamp's clean appearance while solving the visibility problem for installers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Shape

If retractable marking devices are used, then the lamp appearance is unobstructed after installation, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappearance unobstructedVSAvoidretractable device complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs retractable marking devices that can dynamically change their state between extended and retracted positions. During installation, the marking devices are extended to provide visible alignment guides. After installation is complete, the marking devices are retracted to maintain a clean, unobstructed lamp appearance. This dynamic capability resolves the contradiction between providing visual guidance during installation and maintaining aesthetic appearance after installation, with the added complexity being justified by the dual-state functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3690313B1Lamp mounting structure
Publication Date: 2022.08.31 XIAMEN YANKON ENERGETIC LIGHTING CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a lamp mounting structure, comprises a lamp body and a mounting member. The mounting member is disposed with one or more positioning member and one or more marking device. The lamp body is disposed with one or more auxiliary positioning member and one or more marking position. When each of the one or more marking device is aligned with a corresponding one of the one or more marking position, each of the one or more positioning member and a corresponding one of the one or more auxiliary positioning member are limited by each other, so that the lamp body and the mounting member are fixedly connected.