Umbrella Handle Integrating Speaker and LED for Multi-Function Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional umbrellas lack versatility as they do not provide sounding, lighting, and charging functions, limiting their utility beyond rain or sun protection.
Innovation Solution
An umbrella acoustics lamp is designed with a housing containing an acoustics device (including a battery, circuit board, and speaker) and a lighting device (with a light source, reflector, and light output board) that can be mounted on the umbrella shank, offering sounding, lighting, and charging capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional umbrella is used, then it can protect from rain or sun, but it cannot provide sounding, lighting, and charging functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent devices (acoustics device with speaker and battery, lighting device with light source and reflector, charging device with wireless charging coil) into a single integrated housing that serves as the umbrella handle. This merging of functions into one unified structure resolves the contradiction by providing versatile functionality (sounding, lighting, charging) while maintaining a single cohesive device rather than multiple separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The umbrella handle is designed as a multi-functional device that simultaneously provides protection from rain/sun, acoustic output through speaker, illumination through light source, and wireless charging capability. The housing integrates multiple functional components that each serve different purposes, making the single umbrella device universal enough to handle various user needs across different scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple functions are added to the umbrella, then versatility is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested arrangement where the acoustics device, lighting device, and charging device are all housed within a single housing structure. The speaker, light source, and wireless charging coil are positioned within the housing in a compact, nested configuration. This nesting approach allows multiple functional components to coexist in a limited space without creating excessive external complexity, resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension within the housing by positioning the speaker above the light source, which is above the wireless charging coil. This vertical stacking arrangement in the third dimension allows multiple functional components to be integrated without increasing the horizontal footprint or external complexity of the umbrella handle, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving multi-functionality.
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
Enhances the umbrella's versatility by enabling multiple functions, allowing it to serve as a handle while providing entertainment, illumination, and power functionality.
Implementation Method 1
a lighting device mounted in the receiving space of the housing and comprises a base, a light source, a reflector
Implementation Method 2
a reflector, a light output board and a washer; The light source is located above the base
Data Source
AI summary
An umbrella acoustics lamp includes a housing, an acoustics device mounted in the housing, and a lighting device mounted in the housing. The housing has a receiving space. The acoustics device is mounted in the receiving space and includes a battery, a circuit board, a speaker, and a speaker rack. The speaker rack is secured in the receiving space. The speaker is mounted on the speaker rack. The lighting device is mounted in the receiving space and includes a base, a light source, a reflector, a light output board, and a washer. The base is secured to and located under the speaker rack. The base is provided with a receiving chamber. The light output board, the washer, and the reflector are in turn received in the receiving chamber. The light source is located above the base.