Flameless LED Candle Assembly With Snap-Fit Battery Box Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing flameless LED candles have complex structures, high material costs, and assembly challenges, leading to safety and reliability issues, with battery boxes that can be easily opened, affecting their safe and reliable use.
Innovation Solution
A novel flameless LED candle design featuring a shell with a battery box, candle flame, and switch device, utilizing a connecting component to integrate pins with the battery and switch, eliminating the need for a circuit board and incorporating a snap-fit mechanism for secure assembly, along with an anti-opening device for the battery box.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a complex structure with wick guide tube, circuit board, and multiple components is used, then the flameless LED candle can achieve basic functionality, but the assembly process becomes troublesome and quality stability is affected by worker skill level
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the connecting component that combines multiple functions: it serves as the electrical connection between battery and LED, provides structural support for the LED assembly, and acts as the mounting interface for the candle flame module. This merging of multiple components into one integrated piece simplifies the overall structure and assembly process while maintaining functionality.
2Ease of manufacture
If the battery box is not secured with screws, then material costs and production steps are reduced, but the battery box can be easily opened affecting safety and reliability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the battery box closure mechanism into separate functional elements: a snap-fit component that provides the locking action and an integrated latch structure. This segmentation allows the security function to be achieved through a simple mechanical feature rather than requiring additional fastening components like screws, thus maintaining both ease of manufacture and reliability.
3Reliability
If the battery box is secured with screws, then safety and reliability are improved, but material costs and production steps are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The snap-fit mechanism with integrated latch is designed to automatically secure the battery box cover when assembled, eliminating the need for additional fastening operations. The structure itself provides the security function through its geometric design, allowing the battery box to be reliably closed without requiring external fasteners or complex assembly steps.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components and materials are used in the structure, then basic functionality is achieved, but safety and reliability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting component merges multiple previously separate components into a single integrated element that provides electrical connection, structural support, and mechanical mounting functions. This reduction in component count eliminates potential failure points from multiple connection interfaces while maintaining all necessary functionalities, thereby improving overall reliability and safety.
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 design simplifies assembly, enhances stability and safety, reduces production costs, and prevents unauthorized access to the battery compartment, resulting in a more practical, stable, and safer product.
Implementation Method 1
The candle flame includes a light-emitting diode (LED) light therein
Implementation Method 2
a bottom of the candle flame defines a first recess, and the first recess is snap-fitted to the second convex edge
Data Source
AI summary
A flameless LED candle includes a shell. The shell includes: a battery box including a battery; a candle flame, including a LED light therein; and a switch device. The LED light includes a first pin and a second pin, the first pin and the second pin are provided with a black wick sleeve, a connecting component is disposed under the LED light, the first pin is connected to the battery through the connecting component, and the second pin is connected to the switch device through the connecting component. The flameless LED candle is highly practical with a simple structure, convenient to assemble, with strong stability in use, and safer and more reliable.