Panel Light Hook-and-Rope Mounting for Faster Ceiling Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing panel lights face issues with bulky and heavy mounting structures that reduce installation efficiency, affect appearance, and increase labor costs, while alternative mounting methods either compromise safety or require complex installation processes.
Innovation Solution
A panel light design featuring a carrier plate with U-shaped fixing portions and inverted U-shaped frame strips, secured by safety ropes, allowing for a simple, temporary load-bearing installation process with automatic alignment and locking mechanisms, accommodating junction boxes of various sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a ceiling-mounted frame is used for mounting, then the panel light can be installed on the ceiling, but the mounting structure becomes bulky and heavy, reducing installation efficiency and affecting appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is divided into separate components: a carrier plate with fixing portions and a frame body with L-shaped hook portions. This segmentation allows for simpler, lighter individual parts that can be easily installed while maintaining overall structural stability when assembled together.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a traditional ceiling-mounted frame that surrounds the panel light, the invention inverts the approach by using a carrier plate with fixing portions that engage with L-shaped hooks on the frame body. This inverted mounting method eliminates the need for a bulky surrounding frame while maintaining secure attachment.
2Shape
If a mounting structure with carrier plate and hooks is used, then the appearance is improved, but the installation process becomes complex, reducing installation efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential mounting function from complex traditional structures, keeping only the necessary carrier plate with fixing portions and L-shaped hooks on the frame body. This extraction maintains a clean appearance while eliminating unnecessary structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier plate with U-shaped fixing portions and L-shaped hooks serves multiple functions: structural support, alignment guidance, and secure attachment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components, simplifying the overall mounting structure while maintaining appearance quality.
3Reliability
If a metal frame with multiple mounting holes is used, then the panel light can be mounted, but several people are required for installation, increasing labor costs
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier plate is pre-equipped with fixing portions and the frame body has pre-formed L-shaped hooks. This preliminary preparation of mounting features eliminates the need for on-site drilling and assembly adjustments, allowing a single installer to quickly secure the panel light without requiring multiple people for alignment and fastening.
Data Source
AI summary
A panel light includes: a carrier plate having two fixing portions disposed at the two ends thereof; a frame body having two first frame strips and two second frame strips spliced with each other; and two safety ropes corresponding to the first frame strips and fixing portions respectively. The first frame strips are arranged opposite to each other and corresponding to the fixing portions respectively, and the second frame strips are arranged opposite to each other. Each first frame strip has an L-shaped hook portion, so the cross-section of the first frame strip is inverted U-shaped, and the L-shaped hook portion has an opening. The two ends of each safety rope are fixed to the first frame strip and the fixing portion corresponding thereto. Each fixing portions is engaged with the L-shaped hook portion of the first frame strip corresponding thereto via the opening of the L-shaped hook portion.