LED Bulb with Adjustable Focus and Extracted Components

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional LED bulbs are limited in their ability to provide illumination and image projection beyond a certain distance and angle, failing to efficiently cover both nearby and remote areas, and are prone to heat and light blocking issues that affect their performance.

Innovation Solution

The LED bulb incorporates adjustable focus and extendable/retractable means, allowing for horizontal positioning of over 360 degrees and the use of optics lenses to emit light beams to any desired area, along with extendable parts to keep heat-sensitive components away from heat sources and blocking means, enabling simultaneous nearby and faraway illumination with adjustable light patterns and brightness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional LED bulbs are used, then they provide basic illumination, but they are limited in covering both nearby and remote areas efficiently

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination coverage rangeVSAvoidenergy efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The LED bulb is divided into multiple independent light sources (first LED light source, second LED light source, etc.) that can be independently controlled to illuminate different areas. This segmentation allows the bulb to efficiently cover both nearby and remote areas by activating only the necessary light sources, improving adaptability while maintaining energy efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates adjustable focus means that allow the light beams to be dynamically adjusted to different focal points and distances. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the LED bulb to adapt to varying illumination requirements for both nearby and remote areas, enhancing versatility without wasting energy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If heat-sensitive components are placed close to LED units, then device complexity is reduced, but heat and light blocking issues affect performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent arrangementVSAvoidperformance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Heat-sensitive components (motion sensor, remote control receiver, etc.) are extracted from the immediate vicinity of the LED units and placed in separate locations within the bulb structure. This extraction eliminates heat and light blocking issues that would otherwise affect the performance of these components, ensuring reliable operation while maintaining a compact overall design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces optical elements (lenses, reflectors) as intermediaries between the LED light sources and heat-sensitive components. These intermediaries manage the light paths to prevent blocking while allowing necessary thermal and optical management, maintaining both component proximity and performance stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple light sources are added to cover different areas, then illumination versatility improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight beam direction controlVSAvoidnumber of components
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple LED light sources are integrated into a single bulb housing with shared control circuitry and power supply. Each light source is equipped with adjustable focus means, but they share common structural support and control mechanisms, allowing the system to provide versatile multi-directional illumination while keeping the overall device complexity manageable through functional integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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 solution allows for efficient energy-saving illumination of specific areas, providing adjustable light beams that can cover extensive distances and angles, overcoming heat and blocking issues, and enabling the LED bulb to serve multiple functions like motion sensing and remote control, while maintaining performance and functionality.

Implementation Method 1

at least one LED as a light source that emits light beams

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 2

use of optics lenses to emit light beams to any desired area

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Data Source

PatentUS9581299B2LED bulb has multiple features
Publication Date: 2017.02.28 CHIEN AARON
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  • US9581299B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The current invention make a big improvement than conventional market available all kind of LED bulb which only can offer near-by areas illumination not like the current invention can use one LED bulb to offer near-by and far-away illumination or image or both or any combination with other light effects and digital data display images. Also, The current invention may has more than one light beam emit out from LED bulb which under more than one control means for the one of the light beam may selected from power failure, remote control, Infra red controller, blue-tooth with mobile phone, motion sensor to trigger at least one of the light beam to offer the light beam for illumination or image to area(s).