Universal Clamp for Adjustable Mirror Light Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mirror lights for vehicles often require multiple mountable components and complex installations to achieve wide-angle illumination, which can be cumbersome and difficult to calibrate.
Innovation Solution
A clamping mirror light system featuring a universal clamp with adjustable jaws and a coupler, integrated with a mirror light that includes angled lighting elements, allowing for secure attachment to various mounting structures and providing wider illumination without the need for multiple components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If conventional mirror lights use multiple mountable components to achieve wide-angle illumination, then the illumination coverage is improved, but the device complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple lighting elements (first lighting element and second lighting element oriented at an angle) into a single integrated mirror light unit, eliminating the need for multiple separate mountable components while achieving wide-angle illumination coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The universal clamp is designed with adjustable jaws and multiple clamping faces that can accommodate various mounting structures with different geometries, allowing a single device to serve multiple mounting applications without requiring component changes
2Illumination intensity
If conventional mirror lights use multiple mountable components, then wide-angle illumination can be achieved, but the installation process becomes cumbersome and calibration becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp features an adjustment mechanism that allows the jaws to be dynamically adjusted to different positions and configurations, enabling easy adaptation to various mounting structures without complex installation procedures or calibration requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The universal clamp design with multiple clamping faces and adjustable geometry allows a single standardized component to interface with various mounting structures, simplifying the installation process by eliminating the need for multiple specialized components or complex alignment procedures
3Adaptability or versatility
If a universal clamp is designed to accommodate various mounting structures with different geometries, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp incorporates an adjustment mechanism that enables the jaws to be dynamically repositioned and reconfigured to match different mounting structure geometries, providing versatility through movement rather than through a complex fixed structure with multiple specialized components
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp is divided into distinct functional components (first jaw, second jaw, guide, adjustment mechanism, coupler) that can independently adjust and position themselves, allowing the overall structure to adapt to various geometries while maintaining simplicity in each individual component
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AI summary
A universal clamp including a first jaw, a guide, a fixed jaw, an adjustment mechanism, and a coupler. The first jaw has a first clamping face. The guide is coupled to the first jaw. The second jaw has a second clamping face. The second jaw is adjustably connected to the guide to move relative to the first jaw with the first clamping face oriented to face the second clamping face. The adjustment mechanism adjusts and secures the first jaw relative to the second jaw. The coupler is connected to at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw. The coupler is configured to facilitate attachment of a structure to the universal clamp.