Lighting System Direct Fastening Electrical Component
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lighting systems require complex assembly processes due to separate printed circuit boards for lighting modules and electrical components, necessitating additional mechanical and thermal connections, as well as compliance with safety requirements like air gaps and leakage paths, which increases assembly effort and system size.
Innovation Solution
A lighting system design where the electrical component is directly fastened to the lighting module, eliminating intermediate connections, using a groove, step, or fastening element for mechanical attachment and a plug connection for electrical connection, allowing for simplified assembly and reduced size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electrical component is arranged separately from the lighting module with intermediate connections, then safety requirements (air gaps and leakage paths) are met, but assembly complexity increases and system size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the electrical component and lighting module into a single integrated unit where the electrical component is directly fastened to the lighting module housing. This merging eliminates the need for separate mounting brackets, wiring harnesses, and intermediate fastening elements, thereby reducing assembly complexity while maintaining safety through integrated design of air gaps and leakage paths within the unified structure.
2Reliability
If the electrical component is arranged separately from the lighting module, then thermal and mechanical connections can be established, but the number of fastening elements and wiring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical component is integrated directly into the lighting module housing structure, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets and multiple fastening elements. The housing itself serves as both the structural support and the mounting mechanism, reducing the number of fastening elements required while maintaining reliable mechanical and thermal connections through the integrated design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate printed circuit boards are used for lighting module and electrical component, then functional separation is achieved, but assembly effort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical component is mounted directly on the same printed circuit board as the lighting module, integrating previously separate functional units into a single assembly. This merging maintains functional separation through circuit board trace routing and component placement while dramatically reducing assembly effort by eliminating the need to separately mount and wire separate printed circuit boards.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments may relate to a lighting system, including at least one lighting module which has a printed circuit board and at least one lighting means arranged on the printed circuit board, and at least one electrical component for operating the lighting means of the lighting module. The electrical component is electrically connected to the lighting module. The electrical component is directly fastened to the lighting module.