Radiator Grille Mesh Mounting for Replaceable Indicator Lamps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing car radiator grilles have fixed indicator lamps that may not be preferred by consumers, leading to inventory challenges for manufacturers due to varying consumer preferences, and require separate production for different patterns, increasing costs.
Innovation Solution
A car radiator grille design allowing for easy replacement of indicator lamps through a frame, grille mesh, fixing member, and fixing column configuration, enabling users to customize patterns without manufacturer inventory management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed indicator lamps with specific texts/patterns are manufactured for different products, then consumer preferences can be met, but manufacturer inventory costs increase and inventory management becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The indicator lamp is divided into separable components: the lamp body and the text/pattern panel. This segmentation allows the panel to be independently replaced, enabling consumers to change patterns without replacing the entire lamp, thus reducing inventory requirements while maintaining product variety.
Solution Approach 2:
The indicator lamp transitions from a fixed, non-changeable component to a dynamic, user-reconfigurable component. The detachable panel design allows the lamp's appearance and function to be changed according to consumer preferences, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and inventory management.
2Adaptability or versatility
If different texts/patterns are produced as separate products, then customization options increase, but manufacturing complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single universal lamp body design can accommodate multiple different text/pattern panels. This multi-functionality approach allows one base product to serve multiple customization needs, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining diverse pattern options for consumers.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of manufacturing entirely different lamp assemblies for each pattern, the invention uses identical or similar lamp bodies that are 'copied' across different product variants, with only the superficial text/pattern panels differing. This reduces manufacturing complexity while maintaining pattern diversity.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional fixed indicator lamps are used, then manufacturing is simple, but user customization and replacement are difficult
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the indicator lamp into a permanent lamp body and a replaceable text/pattern panel, the invention maintains manufacturing simplicity for the main component while dramatically improving user customization capability. The panel can be easily detached and replaced by users without complex tools or procedures.
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AI summary
A car radiator grille (100) is installed to a front end of a car, and includes a frame (110), a grille mesh (120), an indicator lamp (130), a fixing member (150), and a fixing column (140). The frame (110) surrounds a hollow area (110a). The grille mesh (120) is disposed in the hollow area (110a), and provided with a plurality of mesh holes (121). These mesh holes (121) are communicated with a front side (120a) and a rear side (120b) of the grille mesh (120). The indicator lamp (130) includes a body (131) disposed on the front side (120a) of the grille mesh (120), and a light source (132) disposed on a front surface (131a) of the body (131). The fixing member (150) is disposed on the rear side (120b) of the grille mesh (120). The fixing column (140) is passed through one of the mesh holes (121), and connected with the fixing member (150) and the rear surface of the body (131), so as to clamp the grille mesh (120) between the body (131) and the fixing member (150).