Segmented Lighting Strip Lamp for Easier Rail Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing lighting strip systems with fluorescent or LED lamps face challenges in handling and design due to the weight and positioning limitations of the operating device and rotary taps, which hinder easy mounting and arrangement of lamps on the supporting rail.
Innovation Solution
A lamp design featuring two units: one with the operating device and another with the light source, connected via a plug connection apparatus, allowing for easier handling and weight distribution, and a profiled support element for the light source, enabling simpler mounting and improved design flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the operating device is integrated into the lamp body, then the lamp structure is compact, but the weight makes handling and mounting difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp is divided into two separate units: a first unit containing the operating device and a second unit containing the light source. These units can be connected via plug connection apparatus or arranged separately on the supporting rail, allowing the heavy operating device to be handled independently from the light source unit.
2Reliability
If rotary taps and rotary knobs are used for mounting, then electrical contact and mechanical holding are established, but the design options for light source arrangement are limited
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the operating device unit from the light source unit, the light source can be arranged in various configurations (e.g., different positions, orientations, or types of light sources) without being constrained by the mounting mechanism of the operating device.
Solution Approach 2:
The plug connection apparatus and supporting rail arrangement provide a universal mounting interface that accommodates different light source designs and arrangements while maintaining reliable electrical contact and mechanical holding.
3Power
If the operating device has high weight, then it provides sufficient power supply capability, but it adversely affects handling and mounting ease
Solution Approach 1:
The heavy operating device is separated into its own unit that can be mounted independently on the supporting rail. This allows the power supply capability to be maintained while the light source unit can be handled and positioned more easily without the operating device's weight.
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AI summary
A lamp for use in a lighting strip system which includes a support rail, which extends along a longitudinal axis, and supply lines for supplying power to a light source of the lamp. The lamp has a first unit for arrangement on the support rail and for electrical contact to the supply lines, wherein the first unit includes an operating device for supplying power to the light source of the lamp. The lamp also has a second unit which includes the light source, and a plug connection device, having a first and second plug connection element, via which the second unit can be electrically connected to the first unit. The design having two units which are connected to each other enables the entire weight of the lamp to be divided across the two units. The two units can thus each be more easily handled, for assembly on the support rail.