Luminous Cup-Shaped Body With Segmented Light Guiding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing luminous modeling cups and bottle caps face issues with uneven lighting, difficult assembly, and inconvenient power management, including power supplementation and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A luminous cup-shaped body featuring a light-permissible cup with a reflecting structure, a power supply module, and a lighting unit, including a circuit board, batteries, and an LED, which are easily assembled using posts, holes, and positioning rods, and a proximity switch for on/off control, ensuring even lighting and sealing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If existing luminous modeling cups or bottle caps are used, then the visual effect is created and additional value is increased, but the lighting is monotonic or partial and not evenly distributed
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting unit is divided into multiple LEDs arranged in specific patterns, and the cup body is segmented with light guiding structures including light guiding holes and light guiding grooves. This segmentation allows light to be distributed through multiple pathways, achieving uniform illumination across the cup surface while maintaining manageable structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from simple surface lighting to three-dimensional light guiding by incorporating light guiding grooves that extend into the cup body and light guiding holes distributed throughout. This dimensional approach distributes light more evenly through the structure, transforming monotonic lighting into comprehensive uniform illumination
2Ease of manufacture
If existing luminous modeling cups or bottle caps are used, then the visual effect is created, but the assembly process is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The cup is divided into separate modular components including the cup body, lid, power supply module, and lighting unit. Each component can be manufactured independently and then assembled together, significantly easing the assembly process while the overall structural complexity remains manageable due to the functional independence of each module
Solution Approach 2:
The base serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, contains the power supply module, houses the lighting unit, and facilitates assembly through integrated features like receiving holes and positioning structures. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying assembly despite the sophisticated lighting capabilities
3Ease of operation
If existing luminous modeling cups or bottle caps are used, then the visual effect is created, but portability and electricity maintenance and replacement are inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The power supply module and lighting unit are segmented as separate, removable components housed in the base. This allows the power supply to be easily accessed, maintained, and replaced without disassembling the entire cup structure, significantly improving portability and maintenance convenience while keeping the power system manageable through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The power supply module and lighting unit are extracted as independent, removable units from the base. This extraction enables easy removal and replacement of battery compartments and lighting components, making electricity maintenance and replacement convenient while the overall power system remains relatively simple through this modular approach
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 luminous cup-shaped body with uniform lighting, easy assembly, and convenient power management, enhancing portability and maintaining a consistent lighting effect.
Implementation Method 1
The inner surface and outer surface of the ring body are separately formed with a light guiding structure 122
Implementation Method 2
A reflecting structure 1110 is disposed on a surface of the circular plate 111. The reflecting structure may be a reflecting sheet or a reflecting layer, by which the light emitted by the lighting unit 30 can be reflected
Implementation Method 3
light emitting diodes (LEDs) oppose advantages of low power consuming, long lighting distance and various color temperatures
Data Source
AI summary
A luminous cup-shaped body includes a light-permissible cup (10), a power supply module (20) and a lighting unit (30). The light-permissible cup (10) has a base (11) and a ring body (12) extending from the base (11). The light-guiding structure (122) is formed on a surface of the ring body (12). The power supply module (20) is fixed on the base (11). The lighting unit (30) is correspondingly installed on the base (11) and electrically connected to the power supply module (20). Thereby, the light-permissible cup (10) can be completely equably lit up.