Awning Roller Tube Electrical Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sun protection systems, such as awnings, face challenges in integrating electrical equipment without increasing external dimensions, requiring additional housing and complex sealing, and often necessitate separate components for control elements like lighting and heating.
Innovation Solution
The electrical equipment is fixed to a second console and protrudes into the roller tube's hollow space, allowing for concealed arrangement and rotation without interfering with the drive motor, enabling simpler design and reduced space requirements, with optional sliding rings for additional support and cable routing through the support part or roller tube.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electrical equipment is integrated into existing components (cassette housing, static support tube, or side console area), then the system can accommodate electrical components, but the external dimensions of the system must increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical equipment is nested within the hollow space of the roller tube, utilizing the internal volume of an existing component. The electrical components are arranged inside the roller tube's hollow space, allowing integration without increasing external dimensions. This nesting approach enables the electrical equipment to be accommodated within the existing structural envelope of the awning system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electrical equipment is integrated into existing components, then space requirements are met, but the electrical equipment cannot be properly integrated requiring additional housing
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical equipment is merged with the roller tube assembly, eliminating the need for separate housing structures. The electrical components are directly integrated into the roller tube's hollow space, combining the functions of structural support and electrical component containment into a single integrated assembly. This merging approach reduces the number of separate parts and simplifies the overall system architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If additional electrical control elements are installed for lighting, heating, or loudspeakers, then the system functionality is enhanced, but additional plug-in couplings and control elements must be installed
Solution Approach 1:
The roller tube hollow space serves as a universal accommodation space for various types of electrical equipment and consumers. The same internal space can host different electrical components (lighting, heating, loudspeakers, or other devices) depending on the application requirements. This multi-functional approach allows the system to adapt to different electrical consumer needs without requiring separate dedicated spaces or complex specialized installations for each device type.
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AI summary
A sun protection system has a fabric shaft (120; 220) onto which a curtain can be wound, wherein the fabric shaft (120; 220) is supported on lateral brackets (122, 123; 222; 223) and a drive motor (142; 242), which drives the fabric shaft (120; 220), is supported on a first bracket (123; 223) and projects into an inner cavity of the fabric shaft (120; 220), wherein electrical equipment (12) for controlling the drive motor and/or other electrical consumers (142; 242) is provided. In order to improve such a sun protection system in such a way that the integration of the electrical equipment is possible without changing the external dimensions of the system, it is proposed that the electrical equipment (12) is fixed to the second console (122; 222) and protrudes into the cavity of the fabric roller (120; 220).