Wall Light Fixture With Downward Heated Airflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing light fixtures with heating capabilities are often obtrusive and not designed for formal aesthetics, lacking a seamless integration into typical home environments while also being difficult to maintain.
Innovation Solution
A light fixture with a housing that includes an air channel for airflow, a heat source, and a fan, allowing for efficient heating and air circulation, mounted on a vertical structure to provide unobtrusive and efficient heating by directing heated air downward, thus reducing the need for extensive room heating.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If light fixtures incorporate heaters to warm the surrounding air, then heating capability is improved, but aesthetic integration and ease of maintenance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the light fixture and heater into a single integrated unit, merging the lighting function with the heating function. The housing contains both the light source and heating element, creating a unified device that provides both illumination and warmth without requiring separate fixtures, thereby improving aesthetic integration while maintaining heating capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The light fixture is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides lighting through the light source and heating through the heating element. This multi-functional design allows a single device to serve both aesthetic lighting purposes and thermal comfort purposes, eliminating the need for separate fixtures and improving overall aesthetic integration.
2Temperature
If heaters are integrated into light fixtures, then heating capability is improved, but ease of maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed with removable sections that allow access to the internal components including the light source and heating element. This segmentation enables maintenance personnel to easily remove and replace individual components without disassembling the entire fixture, thereby improving ease of maintenance while maintaining heating capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The light source and heating element are designed as extractable components that can be removed from the housing for replacement or maintenance. This extraction capability allows quick servicing of the heating and lighting functions without requiring complex disassembly, thereby improving ease of maintenance while preserving heating capability.
3Productivity
If heat is directed downward closer to users, then heating efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heating element is oriented to direct heat downward in a vertical dimension rather than radiating uniformly in all directions. This directional heating approach targets the lower body area of occupants more effectively, improving heating efficiency by delivering heat to where it is most needed while using a relatively simple heated air flow mechanism.
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 provides a compact, unobtrusive, and efficient heating and lighting solution that concentrates heat closer to users, enhancing comfort and reducing heating requirements, while maintaining a formal aesthetic by positioning the heat source lower and directing it downward for better room coverage.
Implementation Method 1
a heat source mounted within the channel to heat air passing through the housing air channel
Implementation Method 2
a fan mounted within the channel to create an airflow through the channel
Implementation Method 3
a fan mounted within the channel to create an airflow through the channel
Data Source
AI summary
A light fixture (10) is provided having a wall housing (11) and lighting arms (12). The light fixture includes a heating source (17) mounted within the wall housing. The wall housing includes an external wall (19) adapted to be mounted to a vertical wall of a structure. The external wall has a top (19a), bottom (19b), two oppositely disposed sides (19c), and a front face (19d). The housing top has an air intake opening (20). The housing bottom has an air exhaust outlet (21) which directs air in a downwardly direction. The wall housing also includes an air channel (23) which commences at air intake opening and ends at air exhaust outlet. The heat source includes a heating element (25) mounted within the airflow channel and a motorized fan (26) to create an air flow through the channel which exits through the air exhaust outlet.