Wall Lamp Socket Door Panel for Outdoor Waterproof Power Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wall lamps lack multi-functionality and fail to meet diverse user needs, particularly in outdoor installations where additional lighting or equipment powering is required, and they lack waterproofing to prevent moisture ingress.
Innovation Solution
A lamp wall seat with a door panel and waterproof socket is designed, featuring a movable door panel that exposes or covers the socket jack end, allowing for external lighting or equipment powering without additional wiring and providing waterproofing through a rubber ring and spring mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the wall lamp is designed with only lighting function, then the structure is simple, but the functionality is limited and cannot meet diversified user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The wall lamp integrates multiple functions including lighting, power supply through socket, and charging through USB interface within a single device structure, allowing it to serve diverse purposes such as illumination, powering external devices, and charging mobile devices
2Adaptability or versatility
If the socket is exposed for external power supply, then the multi-functionality is achieved, but rainwater can enter the socket causing safety issues
Solution Approach 1:
The door panel is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to open when pushed to expose the socket for power connection, and automatically close when not in use to protect the socket from rainwater, thus dynamically adapting between accessibility and protection states
Solution Approach 2:
The door panel acts as an intermediary element between the external environment and the socket, providing a controllable barrier that can be opened to allow access and closed to provide waterproof protection, mediating between the need for connectivity and the need for protection
3Reliability
If a door panel is added to protect the socket, then the waterproofing is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door panel is equipped with a spring mechanism that enables it to automatically return to its closed protective position after being opened, eliminating the need for manual operation to close it and reducing the complexity of control mechanisms while maintaining the waterproofing function
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
The solution enhances the wall lamp's functionality, safety, and practicability by enabling outdoor installations with integrated power supply and waterproofing, suitable for various shapes and environments.
Implementation Method 1
a spring is sleeved on the first screw, and a lower end of the spring is elastically butted with the connecting block, and when the door panel is moved up, the door panel is reset under an elastic force of the spring to cover the jack end of the socket
Implementation Method 2
a waterproof rubber ring is arranged between the front side of the mounting frame and an inner side of the box body. Thereby, the waterproof performance can be further improved
Data Source
AI summary
A lamp wall seat and a wall lamp with a door panel and a waterproof socket, and the lamp wall seat and the wall lamp with the door panel and the waterproof socket includes a box body, a socket and a door panel, one side of the box body is provided with a first through frame, the socket is installed in the box body, a jack end of the socket corresponds to the first through frame, and the door panel is movably arranged between the socket and the first through frame up and down; when the door panel is moved up, the jack end of the socket is exposed, and when the door panel is reset, the jack end of the socket is covered.