Modular LED Lighting Device with Reconfigurable Optical Compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional modular LED lighting devices face structural and assembly complexity, storage challenges, and high manufacturing costs due to the need for different devices for various applications, and lack ease of reconfiguration and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A multifunction LED lighting device with an optical compartment and a driver compartment that can be independently configured and reconfigured, using identical modular components that can be easily assembled and disassembled, allowing for various attachment methods and lighting distributions by adjusting the number and arrangement of modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional modular LED lighting devices are used with different configurations for different applications, then lighting performance requirements are met, but device complexity and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal lighting device with a standardized modular structure that can be configured for different applications through simple attachment mechanisms. The device comprises a body with a standardized attachment element that allows various lighting modules to be connected in different arrangements (series, parallel, angular) to meet diverse lighting requirements without needing fundamentally different device designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting device is divided into independent modular components including a body, attachment element, and multiple lighting modules that can be separately manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system adaptability through standardized connection interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional modular LED lighting devices are used with different configurations for different applications, then lighting performance requirements are met, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal lighting device with a standardized modular structure that can be configured for different applications through simple attachment mechanisms. The device comprises a body with a standardized attachment element that allows various lighting modules to be connected in different arrangements (series, parallel, angular) to meet diverse lighting requirements without needing fundamentally different device designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting device uses identical or substantially identical modules with standardized interfaces and attachment mechanisms. This homogeneity in module design and connection methods simplifies manufacturing processes, reduces component variety, and lowers production costs while maintaining the ability to configure different lighting arrangements.
3Reliability
If traditional modular LED lighting devices are used, then lighting functionality is provided, but ease of reconfiguration and maintenance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device is divided into independent modular components including a body, attachment element, and multiple lighting modules that can be separately manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system adaptability through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment element provides a dynamic connection system that allows lighting modules to be easily attached, detached, and repositioned. The mechanism enables users to reconfigure the lighting arrangement (changing numbers of modules, their angular positions, or connection patterns) without complex tools or procedures, while maintaining secure and reliable electrical and mechanical connections during operation.
4Reliability
If traditional modular LED lighting devices are used, then lighting functionality is provided, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device is divided into independent modular components including a body, attachment element, and multiple lighting modules that can be separately manufactured and then assembled. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system adaptability through standardized connection interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment element integrates multiple functions into a single component: mechanical attachment, electrical connection, and alignment guidance. This merging of functions into the attachment mechanism simplifies the overall assembly process by eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets, wiring harnesses, and alignment features that would otherwise be required.
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 enables adaptable, reliable, and cost-effective LED lighting that can be easily maintained and reconfigured, reducing storage costs and simplifying assembly, while ensuring consistent lighting performance across different applications.
Implementation Method 1
The optical compartment or body (14) comprises one or more modules (16) with LED light sources (18)
Implementation Method 2
secondary optics or lenses having the function of intercepting the light beam emitted by the LEDs and of reflecting it according to the technical lighting distribution required
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AI summary
A multifunction LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting device suitable for being used as luminaire for outdoor environments or for indoor applications comprising a configurable and reconfigurable modular structure formed by at least one optical compartment or body (14) comprising one or more modules (16) inside whereof LED light sources are housed and apt to be attached with respect to a driver compartment inside whereof electrical and electronic components are housed necessary for the functioning of the lighting device and suitable to be anchored with respect to a support, each module (16) comprising pairs of opposite pins or projecting appendages (24) whereon attachment blocks (26) are fitted to form a coupling with constraint between single adjacent modules (16) or between a module and the driver compartment.