Adjustable Ceiling Panel With Offset Bracket
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ceiling panel systems offer limited design variation, primarily differing in color or texture, which restricts architects and builders in achieving alternative design aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A ceiling panel system featuring a panel body with an adjustable angle, attached to a ceiling grid via a laterally offset bracket with an upper fastener, allowing for various configurations and designs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional ceiling panel systems are used, then the installation is simple and structurally stable, but the design variation is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The ceiling panel system incorporates an adjustable bracket mechanism that allows the panel body to be positioned at multiple angles relative to the ceiling grid. This dynamic adjustment capability enables architects and builders to create varied ceiling configurations and design aesthetics without requiring completely different panel systems, thus improving design versatility while maintaining system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The ceiling panel is divided into distinct functional components: a panel body, a bracket with adjustable angle mechanism, and a fastening system. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently - the panel body for aesthetic purposes, the bracket for adjustability, and the fastening system for structural stability - thereby achieving design variation without compromising installation simplicity or structural integrity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If ceiling panels are made adjustable in angle, then design flexibility is enhanced, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket incorporates an angle adjustment mechanism that allows the panel body to be positioned at multiple predetermined angles during installation. This dynamic feature is integrated into the bracket design itself, requiring no additional complex components or assembly steps, thereby enhancing design flexibility while keeping manufacturing processes relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The angle adjustment capability is merged into the bracket component, which also serves as the mounting interface between the panel body and the ceiling grid. By combining the adjustment mechanism with the existing bracket structure rather than adding separate adjustment devices, the patent achieves design flexibility without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panels, for example, suitable for use forming a ceiling surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a ceiling panel including a panel body and a bracket. The panel body includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, a second end, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. The bracket extends upward from the upper surface of the panel body and is offset from a center of gravity of the panel body toward the first end. The bracket includes an upper fastener configured to attach the ceiling panel to a frame element of a ceiling grid. An angle of the panel body is adjustable with respect to the attachment of the upper fastener of the bracket.