Plug-in Lamp Base With Terminal Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing production process for bulbs is inefficient due to labor-intensive wire connection and disassembly, assembly, and maintenance, which reduces production efficiency and complicates later use, replacement, and repair.

Innovation Solution

A plug-in lamp design featuring a lamp base with connecting terminals and a light-emitting LED assembly with plug-in male terminals, where wires are quickly fixed using a lamp base cover, facilitating electrical connection and simplifying assembly and disassembly, thereby improving production efficiency and user convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If wires are connected to lamp base by welding with spiral light-emitting assembly, then electrical connection is reliable, but production efficiency is low and disassembly is laborious

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connection reliabilityVSAvoidproduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The lamp base is divided into separate components: lamp base housing, lamp base cover, connecting terminals, and plug-in male terminals. This segmentation allows independent assembly and disassembly of each component, greatly improving production efficiency while maintaining reliable electrical connections through dedicated terminal interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Connecting terminals serve as intermediary components between the lamp base housing and the light-emitting assembly. These terminals provide standardized plug-in interfaces that ensure reliable electrical connection while enabling quick assembly and disassembly, eliminating the need for welding operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If welding is used to connect wires to lamp base, then electrical connection is stable, but disassembly and maintenance become difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical connection stabilityVSAvoiddisassembly and maintenance ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The electrical connection system transitions from a static welded joint to a dynamic plug-in interface. The lamp base cover with connecting terminals and the plug-in male terminals allow for repeated assembly and disassembly operations while maintaining stable electrical connection during use, enabling easy maintenance and replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The light-emitting assembly with plug-in male terminals can be extracted from the lamp base housing by simply removing the plug-in connectors, without damaging the lamp base structure. This extraction capability enables easy replacement and maintenance while maintaining stable connections during normal operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Strength

If traditional wire connection method is used, then structural integrity is maintained, but assembly and replacement processes are laborious

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural integrityVSAvoidassembly and replacement ease
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The connecting terminals are pre-installed in the lamp base housing, and the plug-in male terminals are pre-attached to the light-emitting assembly. This preliminary preparation allows for rapid assembly by simply plugging the components together, eliminating time-consuming wire connection operations while maintaining structural integrity through dedicated mounting features.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The traditional mechanical welding process is replaced with a simplified plug-in mechanical connection system. The lamp base cover clamps down on the connecting terminals to secure the electrical connection, replacing complex welding operations with a straightforward mechanical assembly process that maintains structural integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11747006B2Plug-in lamp
Publication Date: 2023.09.05 WANG JIANGUO
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to the field of lamps, and in particular to a plug-in lamp. The plug-in lamp includes a lamp base and a light source assembly. The lamp base includes a lamp base housing and a lamp base cover. The lamp base cover is capped on the top of the lamp base housing, connecting wires between the lamp base housing and the lamp base cover are contacted with ends of connecting terminals to realize electrical connection, and plug-in male terminals are respectively plugged into two plug-in holes to realize electrical connection. According to the present disclosure, the structural design is simple and reasonable, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.