Modular Light Bar Interference Fit for Flexible Lighting Configurations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Designing lighting systems that meet utilitarian, technical, and aesthetic needs is challenging due to the need for combining various skills and the limitations of existing ceiling light types, such as surface-mounted, recessed, and hanging lights.
Innovation Solution
A modular lighting system comprising a canopy, power bars, hangers, and pendants, where power bars can be configured in various sizes and shapes, with hangers allowing for flexible attachment of pendants and light bars, enabling customizable lighting configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional ceiling light types (surface-mounted, recessed, hanging) are used, then the lighting installation is simple and straightforward, but the lighting system lacks flexibility and cannot be customized to meet various aesthetic and functional needs
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is divided into separate modular components including light bars of various lengths, power bars with electrical connections, and hangers for suspension. This segmentation allows each component to be independently selected and configured to meet specific lighting requirements while maintaining installation simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The power bar serves multiple functions: it provides electrical power to the light bars, acts as a structural support element, and enables modular connectivity between different light bar segments. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and simplifies the overall system while increasing versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular components are used to achieve customizable lighting configurations, then the adaptability and aesthetic flexibility are improved, but the ease of manufacture and assembly is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The connector integrates multiple functions into a single component: it provides mechanical attachment between light bars and power bars, ensures electrical connectivity, and facilitates quick assembly through a unified design. This merging reduces the number of separate parts and simplifies the assembly process while maintaining modular flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If light bars are provided in various lengths to fit different spaces, then the adaptability to different spatial requirements is improved, but the inventory complexity and manufacturing variety increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of providing fixed-length light bars for every possible spacing requirement, the system uses adjustable hangers that can be configured in various positions and lengths. This dynamic adjustment capability allows a single light bar length to adapt to multiple installation scenarios, reducing the number of different light bar sizes needed while maintaining spatial flexibility.
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AI summary
A light bar (600) includes an elongated body (602), a light source (610) within said body (602) and connectors (604, 606) disposed at the ends of the body (602). The connectors (604, 606) are sized and shaped to attach the light bar (600) to a power bar (300). An interference fit is provided with the power bar (300) to maintain the light bar (600) in place. The light bar (600) and the power bar (300) preferably form a part of a modular lighting system with many different types of light sources.