Panel Light Folding Hooks for Versatile Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Designing a flexible panel light device with enhanced functionality while maintaining a thin profile remains a challenge, as existing solutions often compromise on efficiency and versatility.
Innovation Solution
A panel light apparatus comprising a back plate with folding hooks for versatile installation, a light source module with diffused LED outputs, a driver module for adjustable light intensity, and a metal driver cover for protection, allowing for customizable lighting and redundancy to extend lifespan.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sets of folding hooks are added for versatile installation, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The folding hooks are designed with multiple configurations to serve different installation scenarios. Each hook can be folded into different positions and orientations, allowing the same component to adapt to various mounting platforms and installation methods, thereby achieving multi-functionality without adding separate components
Solution Approach 2:
The hooks are designed to be movable and foldable rather than fixed, allowing them to change position and orientation during installation and usage. This dynamic design enables the same hook structure to serve multiple installation purposes while maintaining a compact form when not in use
2Illumination intensity
If LED modules with lenses are used for even light distribution, then illumination quality is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is divided into multiple independent LED modules, each with its own lens. This segmentation allows each module to be manufactured and tested separately, reducing the cumulative precision requirements compared to a single large lighting assembly. Each module can be independently adjusted and replaced if needed
Solution Approach 2:
Each LED module is designed with specific local optical characteristics through its lens, allowing different parts of the lighting panel to have optimized light distribution patterns. This local optimization approach enables better overall uniformity while allowing for tolerances in individual module positioning
3Reliability
If a driver cover is added to conceal the driver module, then protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The driver module is nested within the driver cover, which itself is integrated into the overall panel light structure. This nested design provides protection for the driver module while maintaining a compact and integrated appearance, avoiding the need for separate protective housings or complex mounting mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a flexible, energy-efficient, and long-lasting panel light with adjustable light output and redundancy, enhancing user control and device longevity.
Implementation Method 1
The lens diffuses a light of the LED device to be evenly emitted from the lens and broadening an output angle of the light via the lens
Data Source
AI summary
The back plate has four lateral walls and a bottom plate. A back side of the bottom plate includes multiple sets of folding hooks. Each set corresponds a different installation platform. One of the multiple sets of folding hooks is folded to be used for hooking to a corresponding installation platform. The light source module has multiple LED modules disposed on the bottom plate. Each LED module has a LED device and a lens. The lens diffuses a light of the LED device to be evenly emitted from the lens and broadening an output angle of the light via the lens. The diffusion plate with a peripheral edge is fixed to the four lateral walls of the back plate. The driver cover is attached to an external side of one of the four walls of the back plate. The driver cover defines a container cavity for concealing the driver module.