LED Illumination Device Sealed Path Pressure Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

LED lighting devices face challenges in maintaining optimal environmental conditions within a sealed path to prevent overheating and malfunctions due to varying environmental factors such as pressure, humidity, and chemical substance presence, which can lead to short-circuiting and reduced light quality.

Innovation Solution

A light fixture with a housing containing LED modules, sensors, and conduits that maintain constant environmental conditions, equipped with sensors to monitor and analyze changes, and a processor to execute corrective measures such as adjusting power or orientation, and optionally includes a vent or pump to regulate pressure and humidity levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If LED modules are positioned within a sealed path in the housing, then environmental conditions can be maintained at constant levels and protection from external factors is improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for sensors, conduits, and monitoring systems

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprotection from environmental factorsVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The housing is divided into multiple sealed cavities (sensor cavity, LED module cavity, circuit board cavity) connected by sealed conduits. This segmentation allows independent environmental control and monitoring in each cavity while maintaining overall system protection, resolving the contradiction by organizing complexity into manageable segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Sensors are positioned in the sensor cavity to monitor environmental conditions in the sealed path, acting as intermediaries between the external environment and the LED modules. This allows indirect monitoring without direct exposure of sensors to harsh conditions, maintaining reliability while managing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If sensors are positioned in the sensor cavity to monitor environmental conditions, then detection precision is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional components and control systems

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental condition monitoringVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sensor cavity serves as an intermediary chamber that allows sensors to monitor environmental conditions in the sealed path without being directly exposed to the LED modules and their heat. This positioning improves measurement precision while containing the complexity within a dedicated cavity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The processor receives data from sensors monitoring environmental conditions and executes corrective measures when thresholds are exceeded. This feedback loop improves detection precision by enabling continuous monitoring and response, while the automated nature of the feedback reduces the need for complex manual control systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If a sealed path is created between LED modules and sensor cavity, then protection from harmful environmental factors is improved, but heat dissipation becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprotection from environmental factorsVSAvoidheat dissipation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The housing is segmented into separate cavities (LED module cavity, sensor cavity, power supply cavity) connected by sealed conduits. This segmentation allows the LED modules to be protected in their own sealed environment while providing dedicated pathways for heat management and airflow control, resolving the contradiction between sealing and heat dissipation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 solution effectively maintains optimal conditions within the sealed path, preventing malfunctions and ensuring consistent light output by automatically responding to changes in environmental factors, thus enhancing the reliability and efficiency of LED lighting devices.

Implementation Method 1

The sensors may include one or more of the following: a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure sensing:

Implementation Method 2

The sensors may include one or more of the following: a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing:

Implementation Method 3

The sensors may include one or more of the following: a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHumidity sensing:

Data Source

PatentEP3400404B1LED illumination device with single pressure cavity
Publication Date: 2020.09.09 SIGNIFY HOLDING BV
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AI summary

A light fixture includes a sealed path between a group of LED modules and a sensor cavity. The light fixture performs self-diagnosis and implements corrective measures upon detection of one or more environmental condition changes in the sealed path. In response to detecting an environmental condition change, the light fixture will automatically implement a corrective measure.