Modular Outdoor Light Housing With Sealed LED And Operating Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional outdoor lights for urban areas face challenges in being cost-effective, energy-efficient, and easily controllable, leading to delayed adoption of modern energy-saving and intelligent lighting solutions due to complex and costly operating devices.
Innovation Solution
An outdoor light design featuring a housing module with a sealed LED lighting module and an electronic ballast operating module, allowing for modular expansion and control via a coupling side with fixing elements, enabling easy installation and adaptation to different needs without replacing the entire unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by stationary object
If conventional outdoor lights use simple, inexpensive operating devices, then production costs are low, but power consumption is high and controllability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The outdoor light is divided into separate functional modules: a housing module containing the light source and an operating module containing the control electronics. This segmentation allows the operating device to be optimized for energy efficiency and controllability without requiring the entire light assembly to be redesigned, thus achieving modern energy-saving standards while maintaining cost-effectiveness through modular production.
2Ease of operation
If outdoor lights use complex operating devices with many connection options for intelligent control, then controllability improves, but production costs and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The operating module is designed as a universal interface that can support multiple control functions and connection options (dimmable, non-dimmable, various control protocols) within a single standardized module design. This allows the same housing module to be used across different applications with varying controllability requirements, simplifying inventory management and installation while providing advanced controllability where needed.
3Ease of repair
If modular components are used to enable easy maintenance and adaptation, then ease of maintenance improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The outdoor light is divided into separate functional modules: a housing module containing the light source and an operating module containing the control electronics. This segmentation allows the operating device to be optimized for energy efficiency and controllability without requiring the entire light assembly to be redesigned, thus achieving modern energy-saving standards while maintaining cost-effectiveness through modular production.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design enables the operating module to be easily replaced or upgraded without replacing the entire outdoor light assembly. The housing module with its light source can be retained and reused, allowing for cost-effective maintenance where only the failed or obsolete operating module needs to be discarded and replaced with an updated version.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an outdoor light 1 for mounting on a fastening device 5, 50, the outdoor light 1 comprising a housing module 2 on which a lighting module 3 and an operating module 4 for the electrical supply of the lighting module 3 are arranged, wherein the housing module 2 is elongated in a longitudinal direction X between two longitudinal ends. The housing module 2 has a receiving space with an opening which is spaced apart from the longitudinal ends of the housing module 2 and in which the operating module 4 is arranged and fixed to the housing module 2, wherein the housing module 2 and the operating module 4 form an arrangement with an outer surface that is partially formed by an outer surface section of the operating module 4.