Adjustable Recessed Light Fixture With Telescopic Extender
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recessed lighting assemblies lack the ability to provide adjustable aesthetics suitable for various applications, requiring inefficient installation methods and fixed-length components.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable light fixture with a light head, socket base, and an extender that moves between extended and compressed configurations, allowing for infinite or discrete length adjustments, and includes a guide mechanism to prevent rotation, enabling quick retrofitting into existing can light assemblies without collapsible springs or fixed-length extenders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed-length extenders are used in recessed lighting assemblies, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability to various lighting assembly sizes and shapes is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The extender is designed with telescopic components that allow it to dynamically adjust its length between extended and compressed configurations, enabling adaptation to various lighting assembly sizes and shapes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure
Solution Approach 2:
The extender is divided into multiple telescopic segments (first extender component and second extender component) that can slide relative to each other, providing adjustable length capability without requiring a completely complex mechanical structure
2Ease of operation
If collapsible springs are used in light fixture installation, then the installation process becomes simpler, but the reliability of secure positioning is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
A guide mechanism acts as an intermediary between the telescopic extender and the light fixture housing, providing rotational constraint and stable positioning without requiring collapsible springs, thus maintaining both ease of installation and positioning reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The guide mechanism enables dynamic adjustment of the extender length while maintaining reliable positioning through rotational constraint, eliminating the need for collapsible springs that compromise positioning stability
3Adaptability or versatility
If the light head is allowed to rotate freely, then the adjustability of light direction is improved, but the guide mechanism complexity increases due to rotational prevention requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The guide mechanism is segmented into a guide slot in the first extender component and a guide pin on the second extender component, creating a simple yet effective rotational constraint system that allows light direction adjustment without excessive complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The guide slot and guide pin act as intermediary elements that constrain rotation of the light head relative to the socket base, providing stable positioning while still allowing necessary adjustments for light direction
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient installation and maintains consistent light distribution while providing customizable aesthetics, fitting various lighting assembly sizes and shapes, and ensuring secure electrical connections.
Implementation Method 1
the first component may be frictionally engaged with the second component
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments are directed to an adjustable light fixture and method of installing the same. Various embodiments of the adjustable light fixture comprise a light head comprising a light source, a lens, and a frame; a socket base configured to be secured relative to a socket of a light assembly; and an extender located between the light head and the socket base and configured to move between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration. In various embodiments, the adjustable light fixture is installed by engaging the socket base with a corresponding socket of a light assembly and adjusting the extender toward the compressed configuration.