Modular LED Light Assembly with Twist Mount Polarity Alignment
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional LED light assemblies lack configurability and often require proper installation to ensure correct polarity connection, which can be challenging due to fixed layouts and lack of assistance in proper pin engagement with power strips.
Innovation Solution
A modular LED light assembly featuring an annular core mounting member with axially aligned mounting slots and a metal core printed circuit board, ensuring proper polarity alignment through a twist mount mechanism and releasable shade member for various physical configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional LED light assemblies use fixed layouts with pin contact to printed circuit boards, then electrical connection is established, but the assembly lacks configurability and requires precise installation to ensure correct polarity connection
Solution Approach 1:
The light assembly is divided into modular components including a socket assembly, shade member, and interchangeable mounting adapters. The socket assembly can be separated from the shade member, and different mounting adapters can be attached to create various configurations (ceiling mount, wall mount, etc.), enabling the same core assembly to adapt to different installation locations and orientations while maintaining simple polarity-aligned connections
Solution Approach 2:
The socket assembly serves multiple functions: it provides electrical connection, houses the LED bulb, and can be mounted in various orientations and locations through interchangeable adapters. The standardized polarized socket design works across all mounting configurations, eliminating the need for different assembly designs for different applications
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional LED assemblies use fixed layouts, then manufacturing is simplified, but the assemblies cannot be reconfigured or adapted to different physical presentations
Solution Approach 1:
The socket assembly is nested within the shade member through a receptacle and protrusion interface, allowing the compact core assembly to be housed within the decorative shade while maintaining the ability to separate and reconfigure components as needed
3Reliability
If pin contact with printed circuit boards is used, then electrical connection is established, but proper polarity alignment requires precise installation without additional assistance
Solution Approach 1:
The socket assembly uses asymmetric polarized contacts with distinct live and neutral sides, while the mounting adapters incorporate asymmetric slot orientations that guide the socket into the correct rotational position. This asymmetric design makes it physically impossible to install the assembly with incorrect polarity, as the slots and protrusions only align properly in the correct orientation
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting adapters are pre-configured with slots oriented at specific angles relative to the polarized contacts. This preliminary orientation of the mounting structure ensures that when the socket assembly is installed, the polarity alignment is automatically correct without requiring the installer to perform additional alignment actions
Data Source
AI summary
A LED light assembly configurable in a plurality of manners to offer various ornamental appearances. The LED light assembly of the present invention includes at least one core mounting member wherein the core mounting member further includes an inner engagement section formed proximate the upper opening thereof. The inner engagement section includes a wall and a bottom formed to mateably receive a shade member. A plurality of connection members are secured above the inner engagement section and are aligned so as to facilitate an electrical connection between pins of a LED light integrally formed with a shade member that is operably coupled to the core mounting member. The present invention further includes a plurality of connection members that are operably coupled to the core mounting member so as to assemble a plurality of core mounting members to create a desired ornamental appearance of the LED light assembly.