Reflector Lamp Mounting Clip Anti-Rotation Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reflector lamps face challenges in easy installation and anti-rotation protection, often requiring complex processes like riveting and crimping, and utilize brass contact pins with lead content, which can be replaced by a simpler and more efficient solution.
Innovation Solution
A novel mounting clip with three sections, including a holder, adjustment, and base connection sections, made from stainless steel, which provides anti-rotation protection and eliminates the need for a lamp support disk, allowing for easier installation and replacement of brass contact pins with stainless steel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If brass contact pins with lead content are used, then electrical connection is achieved, but environmental harm and manufacturing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material composition parameter by replacing brass with lead content with stainless steel that is lead-free, thereby eliminating the harmful factor while maintaining the electrical connection function through the same contact pin structure
Solution Approach 2:
The contact pins are designed as simple, replaceable components made from inexpensive stainless steel, allowing for easy replacement and eliminating the need for complex fastening processes like riveting
2Strength
If complex manufacturing processes like riveting and crimping are used, then assembly strength is improved, but manufacturing time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the contact pin itself: electrical conduction, mechanical support, and anti-rotation protection are all integrated into a single component, eliminating the need for separate fastening operations like riveting and crimping
Solution Approach 2:
The contact pin design allows for self-centering and self-adjustment of the light source, eliminating the need for additional adjustment mechanisms and reducing assembly steps
3Manufacturing precision
If a lamp support disk is used for light source adjustment, then positioning accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the lamp support disk component entirely, extracting only the essential function of positioning and adjustment, which is then integrated directly into the contact pin structure
Solution Approach 2:
The contact pin is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: electrical connection, mechanical support, light source positioning, and anti-rotation protection, eliminating the need for separate specialized components
4Reliability
If multiple separate components are used, then functional reliability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate components (contact pin, mounting element, adjustment mechanism) into a single integrated stainless steel component, simplifying manufacturing while maintaining all necessary functions through careful design of the unified structure
Data Source
AI summary
In various embodiments, a reflector lamp having a longitudinal axis is provided. The reflector lamp may include: a reflector which has a contour and a neck, with a pin base resting at the end of said neck, a light source arranged in the reflector, wherein the light source is fastened in the reflector with the aid of a mounting clip, which simultaneously adjusts the light source, wherein the mounting clip comprises three sections, namely a first section which holds the light source, a second section which serves for the adjustment in the neck and a third section which is used for the base connection.