Strip Lighting Modular Installation Module and Connection Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current strip LED lights have a fixed structural design that limits installation methods and cannot be easily adjusted to meet various installation environments or angles, restricting their versatility and functionality.

Innovation Solution

A modular strip lighting system with a connection mechanism and detachable installation module that allows for multiple installation methods, including surface mount, vertical, and series connections, and enables adjustable angles through a rotating insertion barrel and slot design.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a fixed structural design is used for strip lighting, then the manufacturing and installation process is simplified, but the adaptability to different installation environments is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation process simplicityVSAvoidadaptability to installation environments
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The strip lighting is divided into modular components: a lighting body and a separate installation module that can be detached and replaced. This segmentation allows the lighting body to remain simple while the installation module provides adaptability to different environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The installation module is designed with universal adaptability, featuring a rotating connection mechanism that can accommodate multiple installation orientations (surface mounting, vertical installation, ceiling mounting) and different environmental requirements through a single standardized interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Device complexity

If a fixed installation method is designed, then the device structure is simplified, but the ability to adjust installation angles is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural complexityVSAvoidmulti-angle adjustment capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The connection mechanism incorporates a rotating insertion barrel that can dynamically adjust to different angles and orientations. This dynamic element allows the rigid lighting body to be positioned at various angles while maintaining a simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If various lighting modules are designed to be interconnected, then the system versatility is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterconnection capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A standardized universal interface is designed for the connection mechanism, allowing different lighting modules (scan lights, key lights, linear light sources) to be interconnected through the same mounting and electrical connection system, avoiding the need for multiple specialized interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The mounting function and electrical connection function are merged into a single integrated connection mechanism. The installation module simultaneously provides mechanical support and electrical connectivity, simplifying the overall system while enabling module interconnection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11168877B2Strip lighting with connection mechanism and installation module
Publication Date: 2021.11.09 SELF ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A strip light has a strip lighting body and a lighting end cover fixedly arranged at both ends of the strip lighting body, the strip lighting has a connection mechanism fixedly disposed in the lighting end cover and one end of which electrically connected to the PCB board in the strip lighting body, and an installation module that is electrically connected to other end of the connection mechanism and detachably connected to the lighting end cover for easy replacement. Compared with the prior art, the strip lighting features a variety of installation methods of the lighting and the lighting angle can be adjusted 360 degrees, thereby improving the competitiveness and availability of the lighting.