Motion-Activated Light With Extendible Neck And Flexible Conduit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing motion-activated light designs lack a base that can be attached to a wall with extendable lighting members, and none incorporate a flexible bellows-like conduit to allow for easy repositioning and efficient installation.
Innovation Solution
A motion-activated light system featuring a base with a motion sensor and extendible neck members connected via a flexible bellow-like conduit, allowing for adjustable positioning and easy installation, with the conduit enabling the lighting elements to be extended away from the fixture base.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If motion-activated lights use fixed lighting members attached directly to the base, then the structure is simple and stable, but the lighting members cannot be repositioned or extended away from the base
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing fixed lighting members with extendible neck members that can dynamically change their length and position. The neck members can be extended away from the base or retracted to various positions, allowing the lighting elements to be repositioned flexibly while maintaining structural integrity through the bellows-like conduit design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the lighting system into distinct components: a base member assembly, multiple extendible neck members, and light member assemblies. This segmentation allows each component to be independently positioned and adjusted, enabling repositioning of lighting elements without affecting the entire structure.
2Ease of operation
If motion-activated lights incorporate extendible neck members with bellows-like conduits, then the lighting elements can be extended and repositioned, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs flexible bellows-like conduits as protective sheaths for the extendible neck members. These flexible shells allow the neck members to extend and retract smoothly while providing protection, simplifying the extension mechanism compared to rigid telescopic structures and easing installation requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple lighting elements are extended away from the base using flexible conduits, then positioning flexibility is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by varying the length of extendible neck members to achieve different positioning configurations. The bellows-like conduits are manufactured in standardized length increments, allowing flexible positioning while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular length variations rather than custom fabrication.
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AI summary
A including a, an extendible neck assembly, a light member assembly and a motion sensor. The base member assembly includes a fixture base. The base can be attached to a predetermined surface. The extendible neck assembly connects the light member assembly and the base member assembly. The light member assembly includes at least one light. The extendible neck assembly is operated to modify the position of at least one light. The motion sensor detects motion to selectively turn on said at least one light.