Tractor Light Guard Tubular Housing Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle light guards do not effectively protect exposed lights from damage caused by tree branches and low-hanging objects, and they often require disconnecting electrical wiring for installation.
Innovation Solution
A tubular-shaped housing designed to encase tractor lights with a light cord opening and housing post hole, allowing for easy mounting without disconnecting electrical connections, providing protection and stability with rubber bumpers for vibration reduction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional light guard design is used, then the light is protected from damage, but the electrical wiring must be disconnected for installation
Solution Approach 1:
The light guard is divided into separate components: a mounting bracket that attaches to the fender and a tubular housing that encases the light. The electrical wiring passes through a dedicated opening in the mounting bracket, allowing the light to be protected without disconnecting the wiring. This segmentation enables independent installation of the protective structure while maintaining electrical continuity.
2Reliability
If the light guard encases the light, then protection is provided, but the electrical cord and threaded post must be disconnected
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting bracket is pre-configured with openings and slots positioned to accommodate the electrical cord and threaded post in their original positions. This preliminary design allows the protective housing to be installed around the light without requiring disconnection of electrical components, eliminating the time-consuming step of disconnecting and reconnecting wiring during installation.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a protective housing is added around the light, then damage prevention is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective housing provides comprehensive protection only where needed - around the light assembly - while leaving the rest of the vehicle structure unchanged. The mounting bracket is designed with specific local features (openings for wiring, slots for posts) only at the locations where they are functionally required, minimizing overall complexity while achieving effective protection.
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AI summary
A vehicle light guard for protecting from damage an exposed vehicle light mounted on a fender of a tractor or on a fender of a similar type of vehicle. The light guard includes a tubular-shaped housing. The housing is adapted for receipt around the tractor light. The housing has sufficient width and diameter to cover the tractor light. The housing includes a light cord slit opening and a housing post hole adapted for receiving a threaded post attached to the tractor light and an electrical cord connected to a tractor battery. The post hole is center on a bottom portion of the housing. The threaded post and electrical cord are attached to a bottom of the vehicle light. The light cord slit opening and the housing post hole eliminate the need to disconnect the threaded post from the electrical cord, when attaching the tubular-shaped housing around the tractor light.