LED Landscape Spotlight Modular Frame Rotation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Exterior lighting installations require versatile configurations for different beam angles, light output, and colors, but current methods often compromise the integrity of light fixtures and involve complex, tool-dependent procedures, risking water and dirt ingress.
Innovation Solution
The development of an LED landscape spotlight with a modular design featuring a light-engine frame that can be rotated and secured within a fixture housing, allowing for adjustable beam angles and light output without disassembling the fixture, using a beam angle changing dial and seals to maintain watertight integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If field operations are performed to change lighting configurations, then adaptability is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to water and dirt ingress
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting fixture is divided into separable modules including a replaceable lamp assembly and adjustable components that can be independently configured. This allows field changes to lighting parameters without compromising the sealed housing integrity, as modules can be exchanged through designed access points without opening the entire fixture.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixture incorporates dynamically adjustable elements such as variable beam angle lenses and adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow configuration changes without disassembly. These dynamic components enable field operators to modify lighting characteristics while the fixture remains sealed and intact.
2Manufacturing precision
If specialized tools are used for configuration changes, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture incorporates self-aligning and self-locking mechanisms that automatically ensure proper positioning and sealing when modules are installed. This eliminates the need for specialized tools or complex alignment procedures, allowing field operators to achieve precise configurations through simple manual installation actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixture uses universal mounting interfaces and standardized connection mechanisms that work across different configuration options. This universal design allows the same simple installation process to achieve precise configurations for various lighting requirements without needing specialized tools for each specific setup.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixtures are disassembled for configuration changes, then adaptability is improved, but loss of substance increases due to contamination
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp assembly and adjustable components are extracted as separate replaceable modules that can be independently configured and replaced. This extraction approach allows configuration changes to be made by swapping modules through sealed access points, preventing contamination of the internal fixture environment while maintaining full adaptability of lighting parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and method for deployment of fixtures. The apparatus may include an inground fixture. The apparatus may include a landscape lighting fixture. The apparatus may include a fixture housing. The apparatus may include a light engine frame. The light engine frame may be inserted into the fixture housing. The light engine frame may be rotated about a central axis of the fixture housing. The light engine frame may support a light emitting diode (“LED”) light source. The light engine frame may support a light source inclination retainer. The light source inclination retainer may incline the LED light source to different angles. The light engine frame may support a heat exchange assembly. The heat exchange assembly may include heat exchange fins.