Oblique Viewing Angle Sensing Assembly with Integrated Indicator Lens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sensing assemblies require time-consuming reorientation and have limited visibility of indicator lights, making them inefficient for flexible positioning and user feedback in various environments.
Innovation Solution
A sensing assembly with a housing that includes an integral indicator lens device, allowing for an oblique viewing angle range greater than 90 degrees, ensuring the indicator light is visible from multiple angles and simplifying the assembly process by integrating mounting holes and reducing the need for additional mounting accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sensing assembly components are made repositionable to allow flexible orientation of the sensor face, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and assembly time increase due to requiring multiple components and fastening mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sensor face and mounting portion into a single integrated component rather than separate parts. This merging eliminates the need for additional fastening mechanisms and reduces assembly steps while maintaining the ability to orient the sensor face in different directions through the integrated design geometry
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated component serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both the sensor housing and the mounting structure, and provides both sensing capability and orientation adjustment capability through its geometric design, eliminating the need for separate specialized components
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional mounting methods with separate components are used, then ease of manufacture is maintained, but loss of time occurs due to time-consuming screwing and unscrewing of bolts
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the mounting holes directly into the sensor face component, the patent eliminates the need for separate mounting brackets and fasteners. This reduces the number of assembly steps from multiple fastening operations to a single installation action, significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through the integrated design
3Loss of information
If indicator lights are positioned on the sensing assembly, then user feedback is provided, but visibility is limited when the assembly is mounted in certain orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator light is positioned on the mounting portion of the integrated component, which is geometrically designed to always face upward or outward regardless of the sensor face orientation. This local positioning ensures the indicator remains visible to users while the sensor face can be oriented in different directions to detect objects from various positions
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a sensing assembly. The assembly includes a sensing assembly housing for enclosing an interior. The assembly further includes a plurality of sensing assembly components which are at least partially positioned, or at least partially contained, within the interior. And the assembly includes an indicator lens device which is integral with, or integrated with respect to the housing. In at least some embodiments, at least a portion of the housing coincides at least in part with a first axis and at least a portion of the indicator lens coincides with a second axis, such that the first axis and the second axis intersect to form an oblique viewing angle range and at least a portion of the indicator lens device is visible at least substantially throughout the oblique (e.g., obtuse) viewing angle range.