Modular Hybrid Canopy Lighting for Custom Beam Shaping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current LED-based canopy lighting lacks design flexibility due to its rigid monolithic structure, limiting its adaptability across various lighting applications.
Innovation Solution
A modular LED lighting canopy design featuring interchangeable components, including support structures, covers, and lighting clusters with varying reflector cups and beam-shaping lenses, allowing for customizable light distribution and intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If monolithic lighting techniques with identical sub-units are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but design flexibility and adaptability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting canopy is divided into multiple interchangeable sub-units, each containing LED modules and reflector cups. These modular sub-units can be independently configured and replaced, enabling flexible design variations without complicating the overall manufacturing process. Each sub-unit functions as an independent module that can be customized for different lighting applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs universal mounting structures and standardized interfaces that allow different types of sub-units to be integrated into the same canopy framework. This multi-functionality enables a single base structure to support various lighting configurations, achieving design flexibility while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If identical reflector cups are used for every LED, then manufacturing consistency is maintained, but light distribution customization is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements different reflector cup designs (e.g., first type with wider opening angle, second type with narrower opening angle) for different LED modules within the same canopy. This local differentiation allows customization of light distribution patterns in specific areas while maintaining standardized manufacturing processes for each reflector cup type. Each reflector cup is optimized for its specific location and lighting requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If rigid monolithic design is employed, then structural simplicity is maintained, but adaptability across multiple lighting applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting canopy incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements, such as interchangeable sub-units and adjustable mounting mechanisms, that allow the system to adapt dynamically to different lighting applications. The modular design enables easy reconfiguration of the canopy layout and component arrangement based on specific application requirements, transforming a static structure into a dynamically adaptable system.
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
Enables a hybrid lighting solution that can be tailored to different applications by allowing for the combination of multiple lighting clusters with distinct light-distributing properties, enhancing adaptability and effectiveness in residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
Implementation Method 1
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) have many advantages over conventional light sources
Implementation Method 2
The first type may vary from the second type based on one or more of shape (e.g., domed, flat, multi-focal, etc.), material (e.g., epoxy, silicone, a hybrid of silicone and epoxy, phosphor, a hybrid of phosphor and silicone, an amorphous polyamide resin or fluorocarbon, glass, plastic, combinations thereof)
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AI summary
A lighting system and method are disclosed. Specifically, the lighting system includes a hybrid canopy that can provide an optimum light beam shape for a number of different lighting applications. The hybrid canopy is equipped with lighting clusters of different types, thereby enabling a broader beam output without sacrificing beam intensity or brightness.