Adjustable LED Light Fixture Mounting Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for improved light fixtures using LED sources that can be adjusted to various mounting angles and orientations, particularly for large properties where precise illumination is required, as existing fixtures often lack the necessary adaptability and manufacturing efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A mounting assembly with a bar and gripper system that secures light fixtures to static structures, allowing for adjustable orientations and featuring anti-rotational interlocking features, such as parallel flutes and grooves, to hold the fixture in a selected orientation, along with a guide indicating the angle of orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a mounting assembly allows wide range of aiming angles for precise illumination, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly is divided into separate functional components: a mounting bracket attached to the static structure, a bar with gripping region, and a gripper attached to the light fixture. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while providing multiple adjustment degrees of freedom through their relative movements.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting assembly incorporates dynamic adjustment capabilities allowing the light fixture to be positioned at various angles. The bar can rotate relative to the mounting bracket, and the gripper can adjust its gripping position, enabling wide range of aiming angles while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Stability of the object's composition
If anti-rotational interlocking features are added to hold fixture in selected orientation, then the stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Anti-rotational interlocking features such as parallel flutes and grooves are incorporated into the bar and gripper assembly. These asymmetric features prevent unwanted rotation of the light fixture while allowing controlled angular adjustments, providing orientation stability without requiring complex locking mechanisms.
3Use of energy by moving object
If LED light fixtures are used for high illumination, then the energy efficiency is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting assembly is designed with pre-configured adjustment ranges and anti-rotational features that are built into the structure during manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures that when the LED fixture is installed, it can be precisely oriented and locked into position, meeting the high manufacturing precision requirements necessary for optimal LED performance and illumination accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A light fixture including a mounting assembly for securing the light fixture to a static structure. The mounting assembly includes a gripper attachable to the static structure and a bar having a gripping region and a first end secured with respect to a main body portion of the light fixture. The mounting assembly may be adjustable such that the light fixture is held in a selected one of a plurality of possible orientations. In such embodiments, the gripper and the bar are configured for a finite number of the orientations such that the light fixture is held in a selected one of a plurality of orientations.