Modular Lighting Fixture with Detachable Lampshade
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting fixtures are large and occupy significant space, making them cumbersome for transportation and storage, and limiting logistics efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A modular lighting fixture design that includes a light source component, a detachable lampshade composed of two bodies, and a fixing base, allowing for easy disassembly into individual parts for reduced storage and transportation space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If lighting fixtures are designed as integrated units, then structural stability is improved, but transportation and storage space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting fixture is divided into multiple detachable components: a lampshade component, a light source component, and a fixing base component. Each component can be separately transported and stored, significantly reducing the space required compared to transporting the complete assembled fixture. The components are designed with connection structures that allow them to be easily assembled into a stable integrated unit when needed.
2Productivity
If lighting fixtures are made detachable for easy transportation, then logistics efficiency is improved, but assembly and disassembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple connection functions are merged into simple connection structures. The fixing base component includes connection structures that simultaneously provide mechanical attachment, positioning, and securing functions. Threaded connections and snap-fit structures combine multiple fastening actions into single operations, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining ease of transportation.
3Ease of repair
If lighting fixtures are designed as modular components, then maintenance and customization ease is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting fixture is segmented into standardized modular components with uniform connection interfaces. This segmentation allows individual components to be manufactured separately using standardized processes, and the modular design enables easy replacement and maintenance of specific components without affecting the entire fixture.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection structures and interfaces are designed with universal characteristics that allow the same connection mechanisms to be used across different component types. This universality simplifies manufacturing by reusing design patterns and reduces the variety of unique parts that need to be manufactured, offsetting the complexity introduced by modularity.
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting fixture, a lighting device, a light source component, a lampshade, and a fixing base are provided. The lampshade is disposed around an exterior of the light source component, the lampshade includes a first lampshade body and a second lampshade body, the first lampshade body is detachably connected to the second lampshade body. The fixing base is detachably connected to the first lampshade body and the second lampshade body, and is configured to fix the first lampshade body and the second lampshade body. The lighting fixture and the lighting device are capable of reducing space required for transportation and storage and further improving logistics efficiency.