Transparent Housing Cover for Lighting Without Drilling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing standard housings require additional processing to provide lighting effects or visibility without compromising their protective function, which is time-consuming and challenging in terms of measurement, tightness, and mechanical resilience.
Innovation Solution
A standard housing design featuring a non-transparent lower part and a lid made of transparent or translucent material, allowing light from inside the housing to escape without the need for additional processing, such as milling or drilling, to open or close the lid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the cover is made of transparent or translucent material, then light can pass from the interior to the outside and visibility is improved, but the protective function and sealing integrity may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the material parameter of the cover from opaque to transparent or translucent, allowing light transmission while maintaining the protective enclosure function. This parameter change enables both illumination transmission and component visibility without compromising the housing's protective integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite material construction where the cover is made of transparent or translucent material (such as transparent plastic or glass) while the base remains opaque. This composite approach allows different parts of the housing to have different optical properties, achieving both protection and light transmission/visibility functions simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional processing steps are performed to provide lighting effects or viewing windows, then functionality is improved, but manufacturing complexity and time are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-manufacturing the cover with transparent or translucent properties built into its material composition. This eliminates the need for subsequent processing steps such as drilling, milling, or installing separate viewing windows, as the transparency function is already integrated into the cover itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent or translucent cover serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural closure for the housing, maintains protective sealing when combined with appropriate gaskets, enables light transmission for lighting effects, and allows visibility of internal components. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional specialized components and processing steps.
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
Enables the standard housing to be equipped with lighting effects and visibility without the need for additional processing, maintaining the housing's protective integrity while allowing for enhanced functionality and user feedback through lighting signals.
Implementation Method 1
the cover (6) is made of a transparent or translucent material, such that light can pass from the interior of the enclosure to the outside
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a standard housing (2) for the installation of electrical and/or electronic components, comprising a lower part (4) as a first housing component and a cover (6) as a second housing component, which closes the housing interior (8). In order to make parts of the standard housing (2) luminous without separate machining, it is proposed that the lower part (4) be made of a non-transparent and non-translucent material and the cover (6) be made of a transparent or translucent material, wherein a hood (14) made of a non-transparent and non-translucent material is placed on the cover (6), at least partially or completely covering the cover (6).