Removable Lighting Unit for Cordless Floor Lamp
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lamps, especially floor lamps, require a power connection to function, limiting their portability and independence from power sources, and existing battery-powered options often require a different design or forego the desired luminaire design.
Innovation Solution
A receiving device with a flat support surface and connecting means that allows for the easy replacement of lighting units, enabling a conventional lamp to be made self-sufficient by decoupling the lighting unit from the power supply, allowing for independent operation without altering the lamp's design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional lamp with power cable and socket is used, then the lamp can be connected to power supply, but the lamp is dependent on power outlet availability and lacks portability
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp system is divided into separate components: a fixed lamp body (luminaire) and a removable lighting unit containing the battery and light source. This segmentation allows the lighting unit to be detached and recharged elsewhere, providing power independence while maintaining the lamp's fixed position and design.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving device is designed to accept different types of lighting units (battery-operated or wired), making the lamp adaptable to multiple power supply modes. The same receiving device can hold either a battery-powered lighting unit for portability or a wired unit for continuous power supply.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a battery-operated lighting unit with permanently integrated LED and battery is used, then the lamp becomes independent of power outlets, but the lamp design must be completely different and cannot use conventional sockets
Solution Approach 1:
The battery and light source are separated from the main lamp body and placed in a removable lighting unit. This allows the lamp base to maintain its conventional structure while the battery-powered functionality is contained in a separate, interchangeable unit that can be easily replaced or recharged.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving device is designed to accommodate both battery-operated lighting units and traditional wired lighting units. This universal design allows users to choose battery operation for portability while still being able to use conventional wired units if desired, without requiring a completely different lamp design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional light bulb socket is replaced with a holder for battery-operated units, then the lamp can use battery-powered lighting, but the electrical connection between holder and lamp unit is removed
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical connection is segmented into two parts: a fixed receiving device in the lamp base and a removable connector on the lighting unit. This allows the electrical connection to be made simple and reliable when the lighting unit is inserted, while enabling easy removal and recharging when needed, without requiring complex wiring in the lamp base.
4Ease of operation
If the lighting unit is made interchangeable and removable, then the light unit can be easily replaced or removed for charging, but the connecting means must be designed for detachable connection
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is divided into a receiving device with connecting means and a lighting unit with a complementary connection interface. This segmentation enables simple plug-and-play replacement of lighting units while ensuring stable electrical and mechanical connections during use through proper contact design.
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AI summary
A receiving device (100) for receiving a luminaire unit (110) for a luminaire (111), in particular a floor lamp, wherein the receiving device (100) has a connecting means (10) for detachably connecting the receiving device (100) to the luminaire (111), in particular to a luminaire base (112) of the luminaire (111), or wherein the receiving device (100) has a luminaire base (112), wherein the receiving device (100) has a substantially planar support surface (11) and/or linear and/or web-shaped and/or ring-shaped and/or point-shaped support elements (11a) for supporting the luminaire unit (110).