Lighting Housing Extension With Adjustable Brackets for Flush Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
When buildings are renovated or restored, the existing component housings and fixtures become recessed within the built-up wall due to the addition of new sheet stock, requiring adjustments to maintain the original intent of the surface.
Innovation Solution
A housing extension system with adjustable brackets and mechanisms, including flanges and adjusting screws, allows for the adjustment of lighting fixtures and other components to maintain a flush alignment with the modified surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If new sheet stock is added to the wall during renovation, then the wall surface is updated and protected, but the existing fixtures become recessed and misaligned with the new surface
Solution Approach 1:
The housing extension device incorporates adjustable brackets with movable components that can be positioned at different depths. The bracket includes a slot-receiver mechanism allowing the receiver to slide along the slot, enabling dynamic adjustment of the fixture's position relative to the wall surface to compensate for varying sheet stock thicknesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The device changes the positional parameter of the fixture by extending the housing outward using adjustable brackets. The extension distance can be modified by adjusting the bracket position, allowing the fixture face to be realigned with the new wall surface regardless of the sheet stock thickness added during renovation.
2Loss of time
If existing fixtures are left in place during renovation, then installation time is saved, but the fixtures become recessed and visually compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The housing extension device is pre-installed on the fixture before the renovation work begins. This preliminary installation ensures that when new sheet stock is added to the wall, the fixture with its extension device is already in place and can be adjusted afterward to maintain proper alignment, avoiding the need for removal and reinstallation.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable bracket acts as an intermediary element between the fixture and the wall. It absorbs the dimensional discrepancy created by adding sheet stock, allowing the fixture to remain in its original position while the bracket compensates for the increased wall thickness through its adjustable extension mechanism.
3Shape
If fixtures are removed and reinstalled during renovation, then alignment can be maintained, but installation time and labor increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of removing and reinstalling fixtures, the device provides a dynamic adjustment mechanism that allows alignment to be achieved in-place. The adjustable bracket can be modified after installation to accommodate the new wall surface, maintaining productivity by avoiding complete fixture removal while still achieving proper alignment.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the housing extension device is used, then fixture alignment with new surfaces is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing extension device is segmented into distinct functional components: an extension housing that attaches to the fixture, adjustable brackets with slot-receiver mechanisms, and adjustment elements. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, making the overall device manageable despite its increased complexity, and enabling selective adjustment of individual components.
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AI summary
Systems, devices, and methods for a housing extension for lighting. A system embodiment may include: a primary housing, a first adjusting bracket attached to the primary housing, a second adjusting bracket, an adjustment screw inserted into both the first adjusting bracket and the second adjusting bracket, and an electrical component disposed within the primary housing.