LED Light String Mounting Structure for Harnessing and Waterproofing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current LED light strings face issues with entangled conductive wires, poor heat dissipation, and inadequate waterproofing, leading to aging and potential short circuits.

Innovation Solution

An LED light string mounting structure featuring a lamp holder, lampshade, and light-transmittance member that combines conductive wires into a harness, enhances heat dissipation through a refraction region, and improves waterproofing by sealing with a light-transmittance member.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple conductive wires are used to connect adjacent LED lamps, then electrical connection is achieved, but the wires become entangled and difficult to organize after long-term use

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connectionVSAvoidwire organization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple conductive wires into a single integrated wiring harness that connects adjacent LED lamps. This merging of multiple wires into one structured harness prevents entanglement while maintaining electrical connectivity, allowing the light string to be easily organized and stored after long-term use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Duration of action of moving object

If LED lamps operate for extended periods, then lighting function is maintained, but heat accumulation accelerates aging of LED chips

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational durationVSAvoidheat accumulation
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of moving objectVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a heat dissipation structure as an intermediary component between the LED chips and the surrounding environment. This structure facilitates heat transfer from the LED chips to the external environment, preventing heat accumulation and reducing thermal stress on the LED chips during extended operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If LED lamps are exposed to environment, then installation flexibility is improved, but water vapor enters housing causing short circuits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation flexibilityVSAvoidwaterproof performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a waterproof housing structure with sealed walls that form a protective barrier between the LED lamps and the external environment. This sealed enclosure allows the lamps to be installed in various locations while preventing water vapor penetration, thus maintaining both installation flexibility and waterproof performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

4Ease of manufacture

If conductive wires are exposed, then electrical connection is achieved, but wires are easily entangled and storage effect is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connectionVSAvoidwire management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple conductive wires into a single organized wiring harness with integrated connection points. This structured approach simplifies wire management and improves storage characteristics while maintaining ease of electrical connection between LED lamps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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

Prevents wire entanglement, facilitates storage, enhances heat dissipation, and ensures effective waterproofing, thereby extending the LED light string's service life and maintaining luminous efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

a refraction region is arranged at a bottom of the light-transmittance portion

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Data Source

PatentUS12392476B2LED light string mounting structure
Publication Date: 2025.08.19 YANG LUSHA
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a light-emitting diode (LED) light string mounting structure, and aims to provide an LED light string that is convenient for organizing conductive wires, has a good heat dissipation effect during working of LED lamps, and has good waterproof property. Key points of the technical solution of the LED light string mounting structure are that LED light-emitting modules are sleeved with a light-transmittance member and a lampshade, achieving a good protection effect on the LED light-emitting modules, and the conductive wires between adjacent LED lamps are combined into one group of wiring harness. Combining the several conductive wires between the adjacent LED lamps into one wiring harness prevents entangling of the conductive wires after long-time use of the light string and facilitates arrangement and storage of the light string; meanwhile, the light-transmittance member is arranged in the LED lamps.