Removable LED Sconce with Integrated Electrical Pins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sconce light fixtures face challenges in easy and secure installation on wall mount brackets, particularly in ensuring proper electrical connections and reducing the risk of damage during construction phases.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a sconce light fixture with hooks and electrical conductor pins that slide over tabs and insert into receptacles on a wall mount bracket, allowing for easy attachment while ensuring secure electrical connections, and a power supply cover with end caps for retention, enabling installation at a later stage of construction when damage risk is lower.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the sconce light fixture is installed early in construction, then the wall mount bracket can be secured early, but the light fixture is at higher risk of damage during construction phases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate components: a wall mount bracket that can be installed early, and a sconce light fixture that can be installed later. The bracket includes mounting surfaces and electrical conductors, while the fixture includes corresponding engagement features and electrical contacts, allowing independent installation and reducing damage risk to the expensive fixture during construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The wall mount bracket serves as an intermediary component between the wall and the sconce light fixture. It can be securely mounted to the wall early in construction, providing a stable base that protects the more expensive light fixture from construction damage while enabling later installation of the fixture itself.
2Reliability
If the sconce light fixture uses a complex mounting mechanism, then secure attachment is ensured, but installation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting function and electrical connection function are merged into a single integrated action. When the sconce light fixture is mounted to the wall bracket, the mechanical attachment and electrical contact are achieved simultaneously through the engagement of mounting surfaces and electrical conductors, eliminating the need for separate wiring steps and reducing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting mechanism is designed to be self-aligning and self-securing. The engagement features on the fixture automatically align with corresponding features on the bracket during installation, and the electrical contacts are made automatically as part of the mounting process, reducing the need for complex alignment procedures or additional connection steps.
3Reliability
If the electrical connections require separate wiring steps, then connection reliability is improved, but installation time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting function and electrical connection function are merged into a single integrated action. When the sconce light fixture is mounted to the wall bracket, the mechanical attachment and electrical contact are achieved simultaneously through the engagement of mounting surfaces and electrical conductors, eliminating the need for separate wiring steps and reducing overall complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A sconce light fixture and a wall mount bracket are configured such that the wall mount bracket may be attached to a wall and the sconce light fixture thereafter may be removably attached to the wall mount bracket in a manner which establishes a continuous electrical power path from the wall mount bracket to the sconce light fixture and LEDs mounted therein.