Window Panel LED Integration for Infinity Mirror Lighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing lighting systems are visible through windows but not located in or on the windows themselves, lacking special lighting effects directly on or within windows.

Innovation Solution

A window configuration using a multiwall polycarbonate material with an LED lighting strip secured to its periphery, sealed with a chemical-resistant sealant, and optionally surrounded by a diffuser frame, to create sophisticated visual effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If LED lighting systems are installed outside windows, then visual effects can be seen through windows, but the lighting system is not located in or on the windows themselves

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveintegration with windowVSAvoidvisibility through window

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The LED lighting strip is nested within a channel that is routed into the window panel itself, creating a recessed housing for the LEDs. This nesting approach allows the lighting system to be integrated directly into the window structure while maintaining visibility through the window, resolving the contradiction between integration and visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention transitions from surface-mounted or external lighting to a three-dimensional integration by routing a channel into the window panel. This dimensional change allows the LED strip to be positioned within the window's depth, achieving both direct integration and proper light emission through the window surface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If LED lighting strip is routed into channel in window panel, then lighting system is integrated on window, but water and chemicals can damage the LED lighting strip

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveintegration with windowVSAvoidwater and chemical damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A sealant is introduced as an intermediary substance between the LED lighting strip and the external environment (water and chemicals). The sealant fills and seals the channel, creating a protective barrier that isolates the LED strip from harmful factors while maintaining the integrated appearance and functionality of the lighting system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention converts the potentially harmful exposure of LEDs to water and chemicals into a benefit by using the sealing process. The sealant not only protects the LEDs but also creates a unified, integrated appearance where the lighting system becomes part of the window structure, transforming a vulnerability into a design advantage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Ease of manufacture

If LED lighting strip is exposed, then installation is simple, but the lighting system lacks sophisticated visual effects

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinstallation simplicityVSAvoidvisual effects capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The window panel is segmented to include a routed channel that accommodates the LED lighting strip. This segmentation allows the LED strip to be installed within the channel while maintaining relative installation simplicity. The channel acts as a pre-defined pathway that guides the LED strip placement, preserving ease of manufacture while enabling sophisticated visual effects through proper light diffusion and reflection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

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

Enables special lighting effects directly on windows, providing dynamic patterns, interactive capabilities, and versatile integration with various materials, suitable for both wet and dry environments.

Implementation Method 1

A window configured for presenting visual effects using light emitting diodes (LEDs) is disclosed

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectLight emitting diode: Light Emitting Diode

Implementation Method 2

a hollow diffuser frame, formed of a semi-transparent material, secured around an entirety of the periphery of the transparent or translucent material, wherein the hollow diffuser frame comprises an LED lighting strip positioned therein to surround the transparent or translucent material

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectLight diffusion: Scattering

Data Source

PatentUS20250347406A1Light display systems on or within doors and windows

Publication Date: 2025.11.13 MINSHALL TYLER J

AI summary

A lighting system for installation around window panels to provide sophisticated visual effects. The lighting system involves the use of an LED lighting strip that is secured around the entire periphery the window panel. For one window panel, formed from multiwall polycarbonate (MWP) material, the MWP material is configured at its edges to receive the LED lighting strip then treated with a chemical resistant sealant and a trim applied around the panel. When the strip is energized an “infinity mirror” effect is created, the impression of multiple LED strips horizontally displayed across the panel. Another clear panel uses a diffuser along its edges to house the lighting strip to form a panel frame of changing colors without disturbing visibility through glass. A third panel involves inserting the strip into a sealed glass/plexiglass unit before the spacer is inserted; once the strip is installed, the spacer installed, the sealant is applied.