Semiconductor Lamp Base Region for Multiple Socket Types
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing semiconductor lamps require multiple components and complex production processes to accommodate different base types, leading to increased costs, storage diversity, and longer conversion times between base types.
Innovation Solution
A semiconductor lamp with a housing base region made from electrically non-conductive material, featuring interchangeable electrical contact elements for Edison, bipin, and bayonet bases, allowing for a single base region to support multiple socket types through a simplified production process and assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple separate base components are used for different base types, then each base type can be precisely manufactured, but the number of components and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base region is designed as a universal component that can accommodate multiple base types (Edison, bipin, bayonet) through a single standardized structure. The housing includes a base region with standardized dimensions and features that accept different electrical contact elements, eliminating the need for multiple separate base components for different bulb types.
Solution Approach 2:
The base assembly is segmented into two independent parts: a standardized base region (housing component) and interchangeable electrical contact elements. This segmentation allows the base region to remain constant while only the contact elements need to be changed for different base types, reducing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple base types are supported with separate components, then each base type can be optimized, but storage diversity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single base region design serves multiple base type requirements, allowing the housing to accommodate Edison, bipin, and bayonet bases without requiring separate inventory for each base type. Only the electrical contact elements need to be stored in variety, significantly reducing storage diversity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the common structural features of different base types into a single base region design, combining the housing, mounting features, and electrical contact interfaces into one standardized assembly that can be configured for different base types through interchangeable contact elements.
3Ease of manufacture
If multiple separate base components are used, then each base can be independently manufactured, but production process complexity and conversion times increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base assembly is divided into a permanent base region and interchangeable electrical contact elements. This segmentation allows the base region to be manufactured once and reused, while only the contact elements need to be produced in various configurations, significantly reducing conversion times between different base type productions.
Solution Approach 2:
The base region is pre-manufactured with standardized features that accommodate multiple base types. This preliminary action eliminates the need to re-manufacture the entire base for each base type, allowing rapid conversion by simply changing the electrical contact elements during production.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor bulb, including a housing, and at least one semiconductor light source that is arranged on the housing. The housing includes a rearward base region that is embodied from an electrically non-conductive material for the purpose of engaging in a bulb socket. At least one electrical contact element is arranged on the base region for the purpose of contacting the bulb socket. The base region is embodied for the purpose of arranging electrical contact elements of different base types.