Lighting Holder With Anchor Elements For Plaster
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fastening solutions for lighting devices in ceilings and walls require different brackets for various constructions and struggle with poor hold in filler or plaster layers, leading to increased production costs and optical defects.
Innovation Solution
A holder with a cylindrical base body and external thread, featuring anchor elements that prevent rotation and adjust to the thickness of the filler or plaster layer, ensuring a secure and flush installation across different ceiling and wall types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a bracket is designed for specific ceiling/wall constructions, then it provides secure fastening for that construction type, but it requires completely different brackets for different ceiling/wall types increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket is designed with a universal base body that can be used across different ceiling and wall constructions. The standardized base body with external thread allows the same bracket design to function in plasterboard, concrete, and other construction types, eliminating the need for multiple specialized bracket designs while maintaining secure fastening for each construction type.
2Manufacturing precision
If filler or plaster layer is applied to increase ceiling/wall thickness, then it improves surface finish, but the bracket may not hold well in the increased thickness reducing reliability
Solution Approach 1:
Anchor elements are embedded in the filler or plaster layer before the final surface finish is applied. This preliminary embedding ensures that the anchor elements are securely positioned within the thickness increase caused by the filler or plaster layer, maintaining bracket reliability while allowing the surface finish to be improved.
3Reliability
If embedding/plastering is performed with traditional brackets, then it secures the bracket in the ceiling/wall, but it increases manufacturing effort and carries risk of visual defects
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket design integrates the base body that serves its own embedding function. The base body with external thread is designed to be directly embedded in the ceiling or wall construction without requiring additional specialized embedding components or complex plastering procedures, reducing manufacturing effort while ensuring reliable securing.
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
The holder provides a secure and adjustable fastening solution for lighting devices, ensuring optimal support in various constructions and facilitating easy application of filler or plaster layers, reducing production costs and minimizing optical defects.
Implementation Method 1
an external thread is arranged on the outer lateral surface, which extends at least partially along the longitudinal axis
Implementation Method 2
at least one anchor element for preventing rotation of the bracket is arranged in plaster or filler in the region of the base body end, wherein the at least one anchor element projects from the base body in a first direction
Data Source
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AI summary
Mounting bracket (1) for attaching a lighting device or a lighting device suspension part (2) to a ceiling (3) or a wall, the mounting bracket (1) comprising a substantially cylindrical base body (7) extending along a longitudinal axis (8) from a base body beginning (9) to a base body end (10) and having an outer lateral surface (11), wherein an external thread (12) is arranged on the outer lateral surface (11), which extends at least sectionally along the longitudinal axis (8).According to the invention, at least one anchor element (13) is arranged in a plaster or filler compound in the area of the base body end (10) to prevent the holder (1) from rotating, wherein the at least one anchor element (13) projects from the base body (7) in a first direction (15), wherein the first direction (15) has at least one directional component which directional component lies in a normal plane (48) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (8).