Vehicle Lamp Optical Element Assembly Direct Positioning

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle lamp optical element systems face challenges in achieving precise positioning and mounting reliability due to indirect determination methods, leading to complex structures and significant mounting errors, which affect the accuracy and stability of the light shape.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle lamp optical element assembly with a primary and secondary optical element assembly connected through matching supports, including a supporting frame and limiting elements with positioning holes and pins, allowing direct determination and precise positioning between the elements, ensuring accurate assembly on a circuit board and radiator.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If indirect positioning method is used to mount primary and secondary optical element assemblies on a radiator, then the structure becomes more flexible, but the positioning precision and mounting reliability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural flexibilityVSAvoidpositioning precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the primary optical element assembly and secondary optical element assembly into a unified integrated structure where the secondary assembly is directly mounted on the primary assembly. This combination eliminates the need for separate mounting on the radiator, directly resolving the contradiction by achieving both structural flexibility and high positioning precision through integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The primary optical element assembly serves as an intermediary between the radiator and the secondary optical element assembly. Instead of mounting both assemblies directly on the radiator, the primary assembly acts as a mediator that carries the secondary assembly, thereby achieving precise positioning while maintaining structural flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If indirect positioning method is used to mount optical element assemblies, then mounting flexibility is improved, but mounting reliability deteriorates due to large mounting errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemounting flexibilityVSAvoidmounting reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By combining the mounting functions into a single integrated structure where the secondary assembly is mounted on the primary assembly, the patent eliminates multiple mounting operations that accumulate errors. This merging approach maintains mounting flexibility while significantly improving mounting reliability by reducing the number of independent mounting interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Weight of moving object

If separate mounting of primary and secondary optical element assemblies is used, then assembly independence is improved, but the light shape accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly independenceVSAvoidlight shape accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the positioning functions of the primary and secondary assemblies into a direct mounting relationship, eliminating the need for separate positioning references. This integration ensures that the relative positions of optical elements are precisely controlled, thereby improving light shape accuracy while maintaining design flexibility through modular assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11781721B2Vehicle lamp optical element assembly, vehicle lamp and automobile
Publication Date: 2023.10.10 HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
  • US11781721B2 patent drawing
  • US11781721B2 patent drawing
  • US11781721B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicle illumination and, in particular, relates to a vehicle lamp optical element assembly, a vehicle lamp comprising the vehicle lamp optical element assembly, and an automobile comprising the vehicle lamp. The vehicle lamp optical element assembly comprises a primary optical element assembly and a secondary optical element assembly, wherein the primary optical element assembly comprises a primary optical element and a first support for supporting the primary optical element, and the secondary optical element assembly comprises a secondary optical element and a second support for supporting the secondary optical element, wherein the first support and the second support are connected in a matching manner so as to enable the primary optical element and the secondary optical element to be relatively fixed. The primary optical element and the secondary optical element are assembled into an integral structure, such that relative positions of the primary optical element and the secondary optical element are directly determined, and direct positioning between the primary optical element and the secondary optical element is realized. The positioning precision and the mounting reliability of the primary optical element and the secondary optical element can be ensured, such that the accuracy and functional stability of a light shape of the vehicle lamp are ensured.