Reversible LED Component with Adjustable Electrodes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional LED components are irreversible and non-adjustable, limiting their compatibility with various LED sockets and holders, and their orientation specificity restricts functionality regardless of current direction.
Innovation Solution
A reversible and length-adjustable LED component featuring a quadrilateral-prism shaped mounting block with a heat sink and extendable electrodes, allowing for flexible fitting into different sockets and ensuring half of the LED elements are activated regardless of current direction through parallel connection with reverse orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional LED components are used, then the structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but the component is irreversible and non-adjustable, limiting compatibility with various LED sockets and holders
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the LED component length-adjustable through extendable electrodes that can be compressed or extended. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the component to adapt to different socket sizes and configurations, directly resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality by designing a reversible LED component with dual polarity connections. The component can function in both forward and reverse current directions, making it universally compatible with different socket orientations and types, thereby improving adaptability without significantly increasing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If LED elements are connected in a single orientation, then the circuit is simple, but the component is orientation-specific and cannot function regardless of current direction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry in the circuit design by creating an asymmetric connection pattern where half of the LED elements are oriented in one direction and half in the opposite direction. This asymmetric arrangement ensures that regardless of current flow direction, there will always be functional LED elements, achieving orientation-agnostic functionality while maintaining relatively simple circuitry.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements segmentation by dividing the LED elements into two separate groups with opposite orientations. This segmentation allows each group to be independently functional based on current direction, enabling the overall component to work in both orientations without requiring a complex bidirectional circuit design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the LED component has a fixed length, then manufacturing is easier, but it cannot fit in LED sockets or holders of a range of sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by incorporating extendable electrodes that can be compressed during insertion and then extend to their full length. This dynamic length adjustment capability allows a single component design to fit various socket sizes, eliminating the need for multiple fixed-length variants and simplifying the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by making the physical length of the LED component variable through the extendable electrode mechanism. By changing the length parameter dynamically rather than manufacturing multiple fixed-length versions, the patent achieves versatility across different socket sizes while maintaining ease of manufacture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the LED component to fit a range of LED holders and maintain functionality across different orientations, ensuring consistent activation of half of the LED elements regardless of current flow direction, enhancing versatility and adaptability.
Implementation Method 1
A spring is interposed between the first electrode and the mounting block so that the LED component length can be varied
Implementation Method 2
There is a heat, sink component mounted to the bottom surface of the LED mounting block
Data Source
AI summary
The invention is a reversible, automatically and self-adjustable light emitting diode (LED) component with a heatsink, a plurality of LED elements connected in parallel with half reversed, and two electrodes, each coupled to the main block by a spring. The LED component can be compressed by a user, shortening its length, placed in an LED holder, and then released. The reversed elements allow the LED component to be placed in either orientation with respect to current direction.