Vehicle Tire Inflator Housing for Heat-Dissipating Lighting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tire inflators generate excessive heat during high-power operation, which affects the lighting effect, especially in poor light conditions, and fails to efficiently dissipate heat.
Innovation Solution
The tire inflator design includes an inner housing with a chamber containing an air pump and a lighting assembly, where the lighting assembly is adjacent to the air outlet and surrounded by an outer housing for heat dissipation, utilizing a thermal conduction element and radiating ribs to transfer heat away from the device, and silicone grease to facilitate heat transfer through the air outlet, while maintaining a steady light beam.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the lighting assembly operates in a high-power state to illuminate the tire and chassis, then the illumination intensity is improved, but the temperature increases and adversely affects the lighting effect
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the lighting assembly from the inner housing and positions it adjacent to the air outlet end that extends through the outer housing. This separation allows the lighting element to be positioned where it can be illuminated by the air flow passing through the outer housing, enabling heat dissipation while maintaining lighting functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The air flow serves as an intermediary medium that performs dual functions: it cools the lighting assembly by passing over it and simultaneously provides illumination to the lighting element. The air flow acts as a heat transfer medium that carries away heat from the lighting assembly while the lighting assembly remains functional.
2Device complexity
If the lighting assembly is positioned inside the inner housing chamber, then the device structure is compact, but vibrations from the air pump affect the lighting stability
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting assembly is extracted from the inner housing chamber and repositioned adjacent to the air outlet end of the outer housing. This extraction removes the lighting assembly from the vibration-prone environment inside the chamber while maintaining a compact overall structure through strategic positioning near the air outlet.
3Temperature
If the outer housing completely surrounds the inner housing for heat dissipation, then the heat dissipation efficiency is improved, but the light output is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The outer housing is designed with an asymmetric configuration where the air outlet end extends through the outer housing, creating an opening that allows both air flow for heat dissipation and light transmission. This asymmetric design breaks the complete enclosure to enable dual functionality of heat dissipation and light output.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting assembly is positioned in a different spatial dimension adjacent to the air outlet end rather than inside the inner housing. This dimensional repositioning allows light to exit through the air outlet opening while heat dissipation occurs through the same opening, resolving the conflict between enclosure and light transmission.
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
This design effectively dissipates heat, maintaining a steady and bright light output even during high-power operation, preventing vibrations from affecting the lighting and ensuring efficient heat transfer, thus improving user experience and device performance.
Implementation Method 1
the lighting assembly gives off heat and transfers it to the outer housing for heat dissipation
Implementation Method 2
the air moves across the outer housing and picks up the heat accumulated in the tire inflator
Implementation Method 3
the heat is transferred from the air outlet end to the outer housing via the silicone grease and dissipated into the air
Data Source
AI summary
A tire inflator includes an inner housing, a lighting assembly, an outer housing, and an air pump; the inner housing includes a chamber; the air pump is disposed in the chamber; the air pump includes an air outlet end embedded in the inner housing and extending out of the chamber; the lighting assembly is disposed in the chamber and adjacent to the air outlet end; the outer housing surrounds the inner housing to dissipate heat; the outer housing includes a through hole; the air outlet end is disposed through the through hole; and at least a part of the lighting assembly abuts against the outer housing.