Resilient Warning Light Housing for Curved Vehicle Mounting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional warning lights are rigid and fail to seamlessly attach to curved vehicle surfaces, leading to disengagement over time, and their metal fastening components corrode due to exposure to wind and rain, reducing service life.

Innovation Solution

A warning light design featuring a resilient covering component made of deformable material, fastening components concealed by shielding components, and heat dissipating plates that deform to fit curved surfaces, protecting the fastening components from corrosion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional rigid warning lights are mounted on curved vehicle surfaces using metal fastening components, then the warning lights can be initially attached to the vehicle surface, but the warning lights become disengaged from the curved surfaces after long-term usage and the metal fastening components corrode due to exposure to wind and rain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveattachment reliabilityVSAvoidservice life

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies a resilient covering component made of elastomeric material that can elastically deform to conform to curved vehicle surfaces. This flexible covering component replaces rigid fastening mechanisms, allowing the warning light assembly to maintain seamless attachment on curved surfaces while resisting disengagement over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts the metal fastening components from the assembly and replaces them with resilient fixing portions integrated into the covering component. This eliminates the corrosion issue associated with metal components exposed to wind and rain while maintaining the fastening function through elastic deformation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Strength

If metal fastening components are used to mount warning lights on curved surfaces, then the warning lights can be securely fastened, but the metal components corrode due to long-term exposure to wind and rain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefastening strengthVSAvoidcorrosion from wind and rain

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces durable but corrosion-prone metal fastening components with resilient fixing portions made of elastomeric material. These resilient portions maintain fastening strength through elastic deformation and are immune to corrosion from environmental exposure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Device complexity

If rigid warning lights are used on curved surfaces, then the structure is simple, but the warning lights fail to seamlessly attach and become disengaged over time

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidattachment reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a resilient covering component made of elastomeric material that elastically deforms to conform to curved surfaces. This single flexible component replaces complex rigid fastening mechanisms, maintaining structural simplicity while achieving reliable seamless attachment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

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 design ensures seamless attachment to curved vehicle surfaces and extends the service life by protecting fastening components from inclement weather, enhancing durability and heat dissipation.

Implementation Method 1

the covering component is made of resilient or deformable material and mounted on the base... When the light case assembly is positioned on a surface of a vehicle body of a vehicle by the two fastening components, the covering component is configured to be resiliently deformed, such that the light case assembly is attached onto the surface of the vehicle body of the vehicle

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElastic deformation: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the light emitting assembly includes a flexible circuit board and at least one light emitting component disposed on the flexible circuit board

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Data Source

PatentUS12385620B2Warning light

Publication Date: 2025.08.12 JULUEN ENTERPRISES

AI summary

A warning light includes a light case assembly and a light emitting assembly. The light case assembly includes a base, a covering component, a base plate, two fastening components and two shielding components. The covering component is made of resilient or deformable material and mounted on the base. The base plate and the light emitting assembly are disposed an accommodating space between the base and the covering component. The two fastening components pass through two fixing portions of the covering component, respectively. The two shielding components are mounted on the two fixing portions of the covering component for concealing the two fastening components, respectively. When the light case assembly is positioned on a surface of a vehicle body of the vehicle by the two fastening components, the covering component is resiliently deformed, such that the light case assembly is attached onto the surface of the vehicle body of the vehicle.