Universal LED Fixture Mounting Clips for Retrofit and New Construction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers and electricians face challenges in installing LED recessed light fixtures due to the need for different fixtures for new construction and retrofit installations, leading to increased inventory costs and space requirements for lighting distributors.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising retrofit clips, new construction clips, connecting posts, a metal housing, screw holes, a socket adapter, a junction box, and a twist connector, allowing for detachable attachment of LED light fixtures to ceilings and recessed lighting fixture housings, providing both retrofit and new construction applications in a single solution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If different LED recessed light fixtures are used for new construction and retrofit installations, then each application can have optimized performance, but inventory costs and warehouse space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The LED recessed light fixture is designed with universal mounting capabilities that allow it to function in both new construction and retrofit applications. The fixture includes multiple mounting clip types (new construction clips and retrofit clips) that can be attached to the housing, enabling the same fixture to be installed in either application type. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by allowing distributors to carry only one fixture model while still meeting the specific needs of both new construction and retrofit markets.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mounting clip types are included in the fixture, then both new construction and retrofit applications are supported, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into separate, interchangeable clip components rather than being integrated into a single complex assembly. The fixture housing includes mounting features that can accommodate different clip types, and the clips are designed as separate attachable components. This segmentation allows the fixture to support multiple mounting applications while keeping each individual component relatively simple and manageable.
3Ease of operation
If the fixture is designed for easy installation with multiple clip options, then installation ease improves, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting clips and associated mounting features are pre-configured on the fixture housing during manufacturing, ready for final installation. The housing includes pre-formed mounting tabs, recesses, and attachment points that work with the clips. This preliminary preparation during manufacturing simplifies the final installation process for consumers and electricians, as the complex mounting system is already prepared and only requires attachment of the clips and securing to the ceiling or housing.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an apparatus to detachably attach an LED light fixture to a ceiling or a recessed lighting fixture housing. The apparatus comprises retrofit clips (102), a plurality of new construction clips (104), connecting posts (106), metal housing (108), screw holes (110), complete fixture (112), junction box (116), and twist connector (118). The retrofit clips (102) are adaptable to attach with the metal housing (108) of the LED light fixture by screwing them into screw holes (110). The connecting posts (106) hold the new construction clips (104). The metal housing (108) embodies the complete fixture (112). The junction box (116) holds connection wirings and may hold an LED driver. The twist connector (118) attaches the output wires of the junction box (116) to the metal housing (108).