Light-Transmissive Adapter for Continuous LED Linear Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional illuminating devices with LED linear lamps experience dark areas between connected sections due to opaque adapters, affecting continuous linear lighting and aesthetic appeal.
Innovation Solution
An adapter system comprising insulating housings with light-transmissive hoods and integrated light source components, along with a driving power supply module, allowing for connection and rotation of linear lamps to maintain continuous illumination and adjustability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If opaque plastic adapters are used to connect LED linear lamps, then the overall lighting area is enlarged, but dark areas are produced between the LED linear lamps and continuous linear lighting cannot be realized
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter housing is changed from opaque plastic to transparent or translucent material, allowing light to pass through. This material change eliminates the dark areas created by opaque adapters while maintaining the structural function of connecting LED linear lamps, thus achieving continuous linear lighting without compromising the enlarged lighting area
Solution Approach 2:
A light-transmissive hood is introduced as an intermediary component between the LED light source and the external environment. This hood guides and distributes the light from the LED linear lamps through the adapter, ensuring that light reaches all areas including the previously dark regions between lamps, thereby maintaining continuous illumination appearance
2Area of stationary object
If opaque plastic adapters are used to connect LED linear lamps, then the overall lighting area is enlarged, but the aesthetic property and decorative effect of the lamp are affected
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter housing material is changed from opaque to transparent or translucent, which fundamentally alters the visual appearance. This allows the adapter to no longer create dark, unsightly areas but instead becomes part of the continuous light display, thereby restoring and enhancing the aesthetic properties and decorative effects of the lamp while maintaining the enlarged lighting area
3Illumination intensity
If light-transmissive materials are used for the adapter housing, then continuous linear lighting is realized, but the insulation performance may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter is divided into distinct functional segments: the housing provides structural and insulation functions, while the light-transmissive hood provides optical functions. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific purpose - the housing maintains electrical insulation while the hood ensures light transmission, thus achieving both continuous lighting and reliable insulation performance
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter employs a composite structure combining different materials with complementary properties. The housing uses insulating materials to ensure electrical reliability, while the hood uses light-transmissive materials to enable continuous lighting. This composite approach allows the adapter to simultaneously satisfy both insulation requirements and optical performance needs
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The adapter system ensures continuous linear lighting by eliminating dark areas and enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the illuminating device, while allowing for adjustable configurations between connected linear lamps.
Implementation Method 1
a first light-transmissive hood assembled on the first insulating housing, a second light-transmissive hood assembled on the second insulating housing
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses an adapter for the adapting of at least two linear lamps in an illuminating device. The adapter includes: a first adapting member including a first insulating housing, a first light-transmissive hood assembled on the first insulating housing, a first light source component disposed between the first insulating housing and the first light-transmissive hood, and a first connector extended out of the first insulating housing; a second adapting member including a second insulating housing, a second light-transmissive hood assembled on the second insulating housing, a second light source component disposed between the second insulating housing and the second light-transmissive hood, and a second connector extended out of the second insulating housing; and a driving power supply module capable of being disposed in the first or second adapting member and electrically connected with the first and second light source components.