Rotating LED Ring Lighting with Conductive Pins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing variable configuration lighting apparatuses are complicated in construction, inefficient, and lack versatility due to the presence of traditional electric wires required for powering and controlling multiple lighting sources.
Innovation Solution
A lighting device comprising ring-shaped bodies with integrated LEDs and conductive pins that allow rotational connection without wires, enabling flexible spatial configurations and efficient electrical connectivity through rotational hinges and elastic elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional electric wires are used to power and control multiple lighting sources, then electrical connectivity is achieved, but construction complexity increases and versatility decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the traditional electric wire system from the lighting apparatus, replacing it with a wireless power transmission system using electromagnetic fields. This eliminates the complex wire connections while maintaining reliable electrical connectivity to multiple lighting sources throughout the apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical wire-based electrical connection system with an electromagnetic field-based wireless power transmission system. This substitution eliminates the need for physical wire routing and connections, significantly reducing construction complexity while maintaining electrical connectivity.
2Use of energy by moving object
If traditional electric wires are used to connect multiple lighting sources, then power transmission is achieved, but the number of connections and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal wireless power transmission system that can simultaneously power multiple lighting sources throughout the apparatus without requiring individual wire connections to each source. This multi-functional system transmits electromagnetic energy throughout the entire apparatus, eliminating the need for numerous separate connections.
3Ease of operation
If complex wire connections are used to support many lighting sources, then electrical control is achieved, but ease of manufacture and installation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the complex wire connection system entirely, replacing it with a wireless electromagnetic field-based control system. This extraction simplifies both manufacturing and installation processes, as no wire routing, connection, or troubleshooting is required, while full electrical control of lighting sources is maintained through wireless communication.
4Stability of the object's composition
If traditional wired systems are used for lighting apparatus, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability and versatility decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic wireless control system that allows real-time adjustment of lighting parameters and spatial configurations without being constrained by fixed wire connections. This enables the apparatus to adapt to various spatial arrangements and lighting scenarios while maintaining structural stability through the underlying support framework.
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
The solution simplifies construction, enhances efficiency, and increases versatility by allowing various lighting configurations with multiple sources while eliminating the need for complex wire connections, resulting in a cost-effective and reliable lighting system.
Implementation Method 1
joints (4) comprising pins (10) and elastic elements (25), each pin being pushed by a respective elastic element so as to axially push adjacent ring-shaped bodies (2) against one another
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AI summary
A lighting variable configuration apparatus comprises a plurality of ring-shaped bodies, arranged about a central axis and provided with respective plurality of lighting sources, in particular LEDs, and connected to one another by means of joints in such a way to be differently oriented with respect to one another; the bodies are connected to one another by means of pins made of electric conductive material which contact respective pairs of terminals arranged on adjacent bodies, so that the adjacent bodies are rotational with respect to one another by means of the pins and are electrically connected by means of the same pins.