Light Fixture With Adjustable Lumen and Color Temperature Switches
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current light fixtures are limited in their ability to provide adjustable luminosity and light color-temperature outputs, requiring multiple fixtures for different rooms or areas, and lack a convenient mechanism for changing these settings without needing multiple types of fixtures.
Innovation Solution
A light fixture design featuring a driver assembly with a lumen-switch and color-temperature-switch, housed within a driver-box, and a trim-casing assembly with a heat-sink, allowing for removable mounting via a spring-clip attachment, enabling selection of luminosity and light color-temperature outputs through user-interactable switches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of light fixtures are used to provide different luminosity and light color-temperature outputs for different rooms or areas, then the lighting requirements for various locations can be met, but the device complexity and quantity of fixtures increase
Solution Approach 1:
The light fixture incorporates multiple LED modules with different color temperatures (e.g., 2700K, 5000K) and multiple lumen output levels within a single fixture design. A controller enables the fixture to provide various lighting modes including individual LED control, grouped control, and scene settings, allowing one fixture to replace multiple fixtures with different functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixture uses adjustable and reconfigurable lighting elements including dimmable LED modules, adjustable color temperature mixing, and reconfigurable lighting scenes. The controller allows dynamic adjustment of luminosity and color temperature to adapt to different lighting requirements throughout the day or for different activities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a single light fixture is designed to provide multiple luminosity and light color-temperature outputs, then the adaptability for different locations improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple LED modules with different color temperatures are integrated into a single fixture housing, sharing common power supply and control electronics. The controller combines multiple functions (dimming, color temperature adjustment, scene selection) into a single control unit, reducing the need for multiple separate fixtures while managing complexity through integration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple light fixtures are installed to meet different lighting requirements, then the lighting needs for various areas are satisfied, but the installation complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fixture's ability to provide multiple lighting modes and color temperatures in a single unit reduces the total number of fixtures needed, thereby reducing installation time and complexity while still meeting diverse lighting requirements across different areas.
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
Enables a single light fixture to be used in various locations with adjustable luminosity and light color-temperature settings, reducing the need for multiple fixtures and simplifying installation and reconfiguration by using a frictional attachment mechanism.
Implementation Method 1
a trim-casing assembly with a heat-sink
Implementation Method 2
a frictional attachment mechanism
Implementation Method 3
frictional attachment means, such as, but not limited to, a spring-clip
Data Source
AI summary
A light fixture is configured for mounting within a given housing-can. The light fixture may have a driver assembly, a heat-sink and a trim-casing assembly. The driver assembly may have a driver-printed-circuit-board, a lumen-switch, a color-temperature-switch, and a driver-box. The driver-printed-circuit-board, the lumen-switch, and the color-temperature-switch may be at least partially housed within the driver-box. With the lumen-switch a lumen output of the light fixture may be selected. With the color-temperature-switch a light color-temperature output of the light fixture may be selected. The trim-casing assembly may have a light-emitting-diode-circuit, a reflector, a lens, a can-attachment-means (e.g., a spring-clip), and a trim-casing-member. The light-emitting-diode-circuit, the reflector, and the lens may be housed within the trim-casing-member. The can-attachment-means may be attached to an exterior of the trim-casing-member and is for securing the light fixture to an inside of the housing-can. The heat-sink may be disposed between the driver assembly and the trim-casing-assembly.