Underwater Light Fixture Adapter with Pivot Contacts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing swimming pool lighting systems lack flexibility and control, as they often require full renovation to upgrade from simple white lighting to modern LED-based systems with adjustable color, size, position, and direction, and there is a need for adapters that allow for easier integration of new lighting technologies without extensive pool renovations.
Innovation Solution
An underwater light fixture adapter system with a substantially cylindrical shape and pivot contacts that securely attach to the lighting unit housing, enabling it to pivot within the pool niche, allowing for adjustable orientation and direction of illumination, and facilitating easy installation and retrofitting of existing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing pool lighting systems are upgraded to modern LED-based systems with adjustable color and direction, then lighting flexibility and user control are improved, but the requirement for full pool renovation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is divided into separate modular components: the existing pool niche housing and a new adjustable adapter assembly. This segmentation allows the lighting technology to be upgraded independently without requiring renovation of the pool structure itself, resolving the contradiction between improving lighting flexibility and avoiding full renovation.
Solution Approach 2:
The adapter serves as an intermediary component between the existing pool niche and the new LED lighting unit. It interfaces with the original housing while providing modern LED technology and adjustability, enabling upgrade without direct modification of the pool structure.
2Ease of operation
If the lighting unit is made adjustable for position and direction, then user control is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter incorporates movable and adjustable components that allow the lighting unit to be positioned and oriented in different directions. These dynamic elements enable users to adjust the light direction and position according to their needs, improving ease of operation while maintaining reasonable device complexity through mechanical adjustment mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
An underwater light fixture adapter system includes a lighting unit having a housing with at least one light positioned within the housing. An adapter has a substantially cylindrical shape with an open interior portion, wherein at least a portion of the housing is positionable within the open interior portion. A connection system is formed between the adapter and the housing of the lighting unit, wherein the connection system secures the housing to the adapter. At least one pivot contact is formed on an exterior surface of the adapter, the at least one pivot contact having a curved surface, wherein the curved surface is contactable to an inner wall of a niche to allow the housing and adapter to pivot.