Lighting Arrangement Tool-Free Mounting Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting arrangements lack a secure and efficient mechanism for mounting light panels on walls or ceilings that allows for easy engagement and disengagement without tools, while also accommodating energy accumulation and dissipation during movement.
Innovation Solution
A lighting arrangement comprising a bracket with retaining and connecting members that enable rectilinear and rotational movement of a light panel relative to the bracket, with springs accumulating and dissipating energy to facilitate secure attachment and detachment without damage, and ensure proper alignment during installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a secure mounting mechanism is implemented to ensure structural integrity during engagement and disengagement, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for multiple retaining and connecting members with energy accumulation and dissipation capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into integrated components: the connecting members simultaneously provide mechanical connection, energy accumulation through deformation, and controlled energy dissipation during engagement/disengagement. The retaining members integrate positioning and securing functions, reducing the need for separate components while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting mechanism employs dynamic components that change state during operation: connecting members deform elastically to accumulate energy during engagement and dissipate it during disengagement. The system transitions from a static rigid connection to a dynamic system that manages energy flow, enabling reliable yet controllable engagement and disengagement sequences.
2Ease of operation
If a tool-free engagement and disengagement mechanism is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability may worsen due to potential misalignment or improper installation
Solution Approach 1:
The retaining members are pre-configured in the bracket with specific geometries and positions that guide the connecting members during approach. The uppermost surface of the light panel and the back surface of the bracket are pre-aligned to establish correct orientation before engagement, ensuring proper alignment occurs automatically during tool-free installation without requiring user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting members act as intermediaries between the light panel and bracket, mediating the engagement process. Their deformable structure allows them to absorb misalignment tolerances and guide the components into proper alignment during insertion, while the retaining members serve as intermediaries that maintain positional relationships and ensure correct orientation throughout the engagement sequence.
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 solution provides a secure, tool-free mounting system that allows for easy engagement and disengagement of light panels, ensures proper alignment, and efficiently manages energy accumulation and dissipation, enhancing the installation process and maintaining structural integrity.
Implementation Method 1
At least a portion of at least one of the first and second connecting members can be configured to accumulate energy during movement of the light panel along the first path of movement in the first direction while the at least one of the first and second connecting members is engaged with one of the first and second retaining members. The at least a portion can be further configured to at least partially dissipate the accumulated energy during movement of the light panel to the third position.
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AI summary
A lighting arrangement can include a light panel, a bracket, first and second retaining members, and first and second connecting members. The light panel can include a frame and light emitting units. The bracket can be mountable on a wall or a ceiling and have a back surface contained in a first plane and configured to contact the wall or ceiling. The light panel and the bracket can be selectively engageable with one another through rectilinear or rotational movement of the light panel along first and second paths of movement. First and second retaining members and first and second connecting members can be configured to selectively cooperate with one another to selectively interconnect the light panel and the bracket. A portion of one of the connecting members can accumulate energy during movement of the light panel.