Lighting Fixture Hook Rotation for Compact Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current industrial lighting fixtures with hanging rings occupy space and incur high packaging and transportation costs due to their fixed vertical position, reducing cabinet loading capacity and increasing logistics costs.
Innovation Solution
A lighting apparatus with a fixing member, hanging member, and elastic member that allows the hook to switch between vertical and horizontal positions, using a shaft that rotates within a side slot and is maintained by an elastic member, enabling compact packaging and stable suspension.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the hanging ring is fixed in a vertical position for suspension, then the lighting fixture can be hung stably, but the packaging space increases and container loading capacity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The hanging ring is designed to be rotatable relative to the housing through a rotating member, allowing it to switch between a first state (horizontal projection does not overlap with housing) and a second state (horizontal projection overlaps with housing). This dynamic positioning enables the hanging ring to adapt between packaging mode and suspension mode, resolving the contradiction between compact packaging and stable hanging.
2Volume of moving object
If the hanging ring is positioned horizontally for compact packaging, then packaging and transportation costs are reduced, but the fixture cannot be hung vertically for use
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating member enables the hanging ring to be rotated between horizontal and vertical orientations. During packaging, the hanging ring is positioned horizontally to minimize space. During installation, the hanging ring is rotated to a vertical orientation for proper suspension. This dynamic transformation resolves the contradiction between compact packaging and hanging functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanging ring is pre-configured in a horizontal position during packaging to save space. Before installation, it is rotated to the vertical position through the rotating member. This preliminary positioning strategy allows compact packaging while maintaining the capability for proper hanging operation.
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
Reduces packaging and transportation costs by allowing hooks to be positioned horizontally during transport and vertically for use, maintaining stability and increasing container loading capacity.
Implementation Method 1
an elastic member, configured to push upward and press tightly against the shaft to maintain the shaft in the first state or the second state
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting apparatus includes a light module, a fixing member, a hanging member and an elastic member. The fixing member is fixedly connected to the light module. The fixing member is provided with a side slot. The hanging member is provided with a shaft. The hanging member further includes a hook. The shaft is inserted into the side slot from a side. The shaft is configured to rotate to be in a first state or a second state within the side slot. In the first state the hook is in a vertical position. In the second state the hook is in a horizontal position. The elastic member is fixedly provided on the light module. The elastic member is configured to push upward and press tightly against the shaft to maintain the shaft in the first state or the second state.