Movable Light Source Module Lamp with Adjustable Illumination

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional lamps have limited adjustability in height and lighting orientation, restricting their use in various scenarios and resulting in low efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A lamp design featuring a movable light source module within a first shell, supported by a support column and lamp base, allowing extension and retraction through a through hole, with sensors to adjust power and brightness based on position, and a rotatable shell part for directional adjustment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the light source module is fixed in the first inner chamber, then the structure is simple and stable, but the illumination range and brightness adjustability are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination range and brightness adjustabilityVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The light source module is made movable within the first inner chamber through a guide assembly, allowing it to extend and retract along a predetermined trajectory. This dynamic positioning enables adjustable illumination range and brightness without requiring multiple fixed light sources, thus improving adaptability while maintaining relatively simple structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The light source module moves along a curved trajectory that includes both horizontal and vertical dimensions. By adjusting the position in these multiple dimensions, the lamp can achieve varied lighting orientations and illumination ranges, effectively using spatial dimensionality to enhance versatility without significantly complicating the structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the lamp holder is hinged with the support column for rotation, then the lighting orientation can be adjusted, but the adjustment is limited to a single direction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting orientation adjustmentVSAvoidadjustment flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system combines the hinged rotation of the lamp holder with the movable light source module that can independently adjust its position along a curved trajectory. This creates a multi-degree-of-freedom adjustment system where the lamp holder provides coarse directional adjustment while the light source module provides fine-tuned positioning, greatly enhancing lighting orientation flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The movable light source module is nested within the lamp holder structure, allowing the light source to adjust its position relative to the lamp holder's orientation. This nested arrangement enables compound adjustment where the outer lamp holder rotates and the inner light source module moves independently, achieving comprehensive lighting coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Area of stationary object

If the light source module extends out of the first inner chamber, then the illumination range increases, but the risk of damage to the light source module increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination rangeVSAvoidlight source module protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The light source module can dynamically adjust its position between extended and retracted states. When high illumination range is needed, it extends outward; when protection is prioritized, it retracts into the first inner chamber. This dynamic positioning allows the system to flexibly balance between illumination range and light source protection based on operational requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The guide assembly acts as an intermediary mechanism that controls the light source module's movement. It provides guided motion along a predetermined trajectory, ensuring the light source module extends and retracts in a controlled manner that balances illumination needs with protection requirements, rather than allowing free movement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Illumination intensity

If multiple sensors and control mechanisms are added to adjust power and brightness, then the lighting performance improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrightness adjustabilityVSAvoidcontrol mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Position sensors detect the light source module's location and provide feedback to the control system. Based on this feedback, the controller automatically adjusts power delivery to optimize brightness according to the actual position, reducing the need for manual controls and simplifying the user interface while maintaining sophisticated lighting control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses the light source module's own position information to automatically control its power and brightness output. The light source module essentially controls itself by having its position detected and used to determine appropriate lighting parameters, eliminating the need for separate manual dimming controls and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11754270B2Lamp
Publication Date: 2023.09.12 SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a lamp. The lamp includes a lamp holder including a first shell and a light source module, where the first shell includes a first inner chamber and a through hole which is in communication with the first inner chamber, and the light source module is movably disposed in the first inner chamber, and at least part of the light source module extends out of the first inner chamber or retracts into the first chamber through the through hole. The lamp further includes a support column and a lamp base, where the first shell is supported on the lamp base through the support column.