Vehicle Rocker Light Bar Bracket for Stable Projection Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing light bar assemblies for vehicles face challenges in securely attaching to various vehicle types and maintaining consistent light projection angles, which affects their effectiveness in illuminating external areas.
Innovation Solution
A light bar assembly with a first bracket assembly that includes a light bar receiving portion and a rocker attachment portion, allowing secure attachment to a vehicle rocker panel, and featuring a design that enables consistent light projection by using bracket assemblies with flexible members and clamping mechanisms to accommodate different vehicle configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing light bar assemblies are installed on multiple vehicle types, then the light bar can be universally applied to different vehicles, but the light projection angles vary and attachment security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly incorporates a flexible member that can dynamically adjust its configuration to accommodate different vehicle rocker panel geometries. This flexibility allows the bracket to adapt to various vehicle types while maintaining consistent light projection angles through controlled deformation rather than rigid fixed-angle mounting
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameters of the bracket assembly by introducing a flexible member that can alter its shape and orientation. This allows the same bracket design to be applied across multiple vehicle types while maintaining consistent functional parameters (light projection angle) through parameter adaptation in the intermediate mounting structure
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing light bar assemblies are installed on multiple vehicle types, then the light bar can be universally applied to different vehicles, but attachment security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly applies local quality by having different portions serve different functions: the flexible member provides adaptability to various vehicle geometries, while the light bar receiving portion and rocker attachment portion provide secure, reliable connection points. This localized functional differentiation ensures both versatility and attachment security
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket assembly is segmented into distinct functional portions: a flexible member for adaptation, a light bar receiving portion for secure light bar attachment, and a rocker attachment portion for secure vehicle mounting. This segmentation allows each portion to optimize its specific function while working together to achieve both universality and reliability
3Reliability
If a secure attachment mechanism is implemented, then attachment reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly achieves multi-functionality by combining adaptation, light bar securing, and vehicle mounting capabilities in a single integrated structure. The flexible member with its specific geometry serves both as an adaptive element for different vehicles and as a structural component that provides secure attachment points, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms
Data Source
AI summary
A light bar assembly for a vehicle. The light bar assembly including a light bar and a first bracket assembly. The light bar configured to receive a light source. The first bracket assembly including a first light bar receiving portion and a first rocker attachment portion. The first light bar receiving portion being configured to receive a first portion of the light bar. The first rocker attachment portion being configured to receive a first portion of a vehicle rocker.