Y-Shaped LED Lamp Assembly Socket for Vibration-Resistant Dashboard Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional filament lamps in mechanical tools and vehicles have short lifespans due to physical or electrical impacts, requiring frequent replacements and increasing maintenance costs, while existing LED lamp assemblies face productivity and maintainability issues with complex mounting structures and vulnerability to external vibrations.
Innovation Solution
A light emitting diode lamp assembly with a Y-shaped housing unit, substrate, and cover unit, where the contact terminal is directly inserted into the substrate, simplifying assembly and enhancing durability by reducing the need for soldering and improving heat dissipation through air passage holes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the light emitting diode is mounted on the printed circuit board using conventional through-hole soldering, then the LED is securely fixed, but productivity is lowered due to extended work time and complex assembly process
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the mounting structure into separate components: a socket body with through-holes and a separate LED component with legs. This segmentation allows the LED to be inserted into the socket without complex soldering operations, significantly improving assembly productivity while maintaining reliable electrical and mechanical connections through the socket's clamping structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the soldering process from the mounting procedure by using a socket-based mechanical connection system. The socket body provides both electrical contact and mechanical retention through its clamping structure, eliminating the need for time-consuming soldering operations while maintaining connection reliability.
2Reliability
If the light emitting diode is mounted on the printed circuit board using conventional soldering, then the LED is securely fixed, but it becomes difficult to separate and replace damaged LEDs
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the LED mounting system into a reusable socket body and a replaceable LED component. This allows damaged LEDs to be easily removed and replaced by simply extracting the LED legs from the socket's through-holes, significantly improving ease of repair while maintaining secure connections through the socket's clamping structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention enables the socket body to be recovered and reused while the damaged LED component is discarded and replaced. The socket's clamping structure maintains reliable electrical and mechanical connections with each new LED inserted, making the replacement process simple and cost-effective.
3Ease of manufacture
If connectors are simply inserted and loaded in the socket space unit, then assembly is simplified, but the loaded state can be released due to external vibrations causing connectors to become loose
Solution Approach 1:
The invention employs a dynamic clamping mechanism where the socket body's elastic deformation provides continuous adaptive pressure on the LED legs. This dynamic response allows the connection to maintain stability under external vibrations while keeping the assembly process simple, as the elastic material automatically adjusts to maintain contact pressure.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the mechanical parameters of the socket body by using elastic material properties. The elastic deformation of the socket body under compression creates a clamping force that secures the LED legs, preventing them from becoming loose due to vibrations while maintaining simple assembly through the compression-securing mechanism.
4Reliability
If lead frames are bent to contact connectors, then connection is achieved, but contact failure may occur when lead frames do not maintain linear state
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of bending the lead frames to achieve contact, the invention inverts the approach by having the socket body actively clamp onto the LED legs. The socket's elastic material deforms to create the contact force, eliminating the need to bend the lead frames and ensuring reliable electrical contact without complex lead frame configurations.
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 extends the lifespan of the LED lamp assembly, reduces maintenance costs, and enhances productivity by simplifying the assembly process and improving heat dissipation, while maintaining the semi-permanent nature of LED lights.
Implementation Method 1
A light emitting diode (LED) is a lighting equipment which emits light by forward current
Implementation Method 2
improving heat dissipation through air passage holes
Implementation Method 3
improving heat dissipation through air passage holes
Data Source
AI summary
A light-emitting diode lamp assembly comprises a housing unit formed in a Y shape, a contact terminal for supplying electrical power and configured to be inserted into the housing unit, and a substrate configured to be mounted on the upper side of the housing unit and for receiving power from the contact terminal. The light-emitting diode lamp assembly further comprises a cover unit which is positioned on the upper part of the substrate and which can effectively release light released from an LED mounted on the substrate. The light-emitting diode lamp assembly is configured to be mounted on the inner side of a dashboard of various mechanical equipment, and is used to increase the discrimination between components on the dashboard and to improve profitability by simplifying the shape of the components and facilitating the assembly of the components.