Utility Light Mount with Pivotable Housing and Extensible Handle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing utility lights lack versatility and adaptability in mounting and directing light sources, particularly when used on elevated work platforms or varied workpieces, as they often require cumbersome adjustments and do not securely attach to different sizes and shapes of surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A utility light design featuring a pivotable and rotatable light housing within a yoke, a linearly extensible and biased handle for secure attachment to workpieces, and a processor-controlled light assembly with multiple modes and independent operation of light sources, allowing for adjustable positioning and secure mounting on various platforms and workpieces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the light housing is made fixed and non-adjustable, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability and versatility of mounting and directing light sources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The light housing is designed with pivotable and rotatable joints that allow dynamic adjustment of the light source direction and mounting position. The handle can be extended linearly to different positions and angles, enabling adaptation to various workpiece sizes and shapes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The light housing is divided into separable components including a main body, a pivotable light housing portion, and a rotatable yoke assembly. This segmentation allows each component to be adjusted independently, providing versatility in mounting and directing light sources without requiring complete redesign of the entire device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the handle is made non-extensible and fixed, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different workpiece sizes and shapes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is designed as a linearly extensible component that can be extended in a first direction and biased toward the main body in a second direction. This dynamic structure allows the handle to adapt to different workpiece dimensions and shapes while maintaining secure attachment, without requiring multiple separate handles or complex adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The extensible handle serves multiple functions: it provides a gripping portion for user operation, acts as a mounting mechanism for attaching to workpieces of various sizes, and enables positioning adjustment. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components for each function, maintaining simplicity while enhancing adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If the light housing is made non-pivotable and non-rotatable, then the device complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation and light direction adjustment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The light housing incorporates pivotable joints and rotatable yoke assemblies that enable easy adjustment of light direction. These dynamic elements allow operators to quickly change the illumination angle without complex mechanisms, maintaining ease of operation while keeping the overall structure relatively simple.
4Reliability
If the handle is made non-biased and non-clamping, then the device complexity is reduced, but the reliability of secure attachment to workpieces deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The handle incorporates a biasing mechanism that automatically applies clamping force to secure attachment to workpieces. This self-service feature maintains reliable attachment without requiring additional locking mechanisms or complex adjustment systems, as the biasing handle naturally maintains contact pressure against the workpiece surface.
Data Source
AI summary
A utility light mountable to a workpiece including a main body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a length extending between the first end and the second end. A light assembly is coupled to the main body and has a light housing and a light source disposed within the light housing. The light housing is pivotable and rotatable relative to the main body. The utility light further includes a battery support portion configured to selectively receive a battery. The battery support portion disposed at the first end of the main body. A handle assembly is coupled to the second end of the main body. The handle assembly has a first member configured to be grasped for carrying and maneuvering the utility light and a second member that is moveable relative to the first member.