Modular LED Lighting for Preexisting Conduits
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for LED lighting assemblies that can easily attach and connect to preexisting electrical conduits, particularly in applications where high pressure cleaning is involved, such as barn settings, while also being cost-effective and water-tight to replace traditional lighting systems.
Innovation Solution
An integral conduit modular lighting system featuring a light board secured to a heat sink with an adhesive layer and a gasket, which securely connects to a preexisting conduit body, providing a water-tight seal and easy installation, using a heat sink for heat conduction and a lens for additional protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If LED lighting assemblies are designed to attach to preexisting electrical conduits, then ease of installation and interchangeability are improved, but manufacturing complexity and sealing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting assembly is divided into modular components including a conduit body, heat sink assembly, lens, and gasket elements. This segmentation allows each component to be manufactured separately using standard processes, then assembled into a complete unit that attaches to preexisting conduits, improving ease of installation while maintaining manageable manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The conduit body serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, enables attachment to preexisting electrical conduits, and forms part of the sealing system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components, balancing ease of installation with manufacturing simplicity
2Reliability
If the lighting assembly is made water-tight for high pressure cleaning, then reliability and protection are improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
A flexible gasket is used to create the water-tight seal between the conduit body and heat sink assembly. This flexible element can conform to manufacturing tolerances and provide reliable sealing without requiring complex rigid sealing structures, maintaining reliability while controlling manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing function is merged into the existing structural components rather than being a separate complex system. The gasket integrates with the conduit body and heat sink assembly interfaces, providing water-tight sealing as part of the basic assembly structure rather than as an added complexity
3Use of energy by moving object
If traditional lighting systems are replaced with LED assemblies in existing conduits, then energy efficiency is improved, but adaptation to preexisting infrastructure increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The conduit body is designed to be universally compatible with preexisting electrical conduit infrastructure while also serving as the mounting structure for the LED assembly. This universality allows easy adaptation to existing installations without modifying the conduit infrastructure, maintaining adaptability while achieving energy efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting assembly is segmented into a replaceable LED module and a permanent conduit body interface. This allows the energy-efficient LED components to be swapped out while maintaining connection to the preexisting conduit infrastructure, facilitating easy adaptation and future upgrades
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 system allows for easy and inexpensive installation of modular LED lighting that withstands high pressure washes without leakage, effectively replacing existing lighting systems in agricultural settings while maintaining efficient illumination.
Implementation Method 1
a light board having circuitry that is secured to a heat sink with an adhesive layer
Implementation Method 2
The heat sink not only provides heat conveying advantages
Implementation Method 3
provides surfaces for the adhesive layer and a gasket in order to securely connect the lighting system to a preexisting conduit body such that the lighting system will withstand a high pressure wash without leakage
Data Source
AI summary
An integral conduit modular lighting system that has a light board having circuitry that is secured to a heat sink with an adhesive layer. The heat sink has a gasket in order to securely connect the lighting system to a preexisting conduit body such that the lighting system withstand a high pressure wash without leakage to the board. The heat sink also has opening that mate with openings of preexisting electrical conduit bodies to provide installation of the modular lighting system to existing electrical conduit bodies.