Ceiling Profile Recess Structure for Stable Carrier Flange Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing profiles for interior fittings, such as ceiling profiles, face challenges in achieving a reliable and stable attachment to carrier profiles, particularly due to inadequate fastening mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
The profile design incorporates a receiving incision with a support tab that protrudes from the side edge, allowing for improved flexural and torsional rigidity and enabling a more stable attachment by bearing on the flange of the carrier profile, potentially with additional connections like welding or screwing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a simple receiving incision is used to attach the profile to the carrier profile, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the reliability of attachment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving incision is divided into two functional parts: a first receiving incision for initial insertion and a second receiving incision for final locking. This segmentation allows the attachment process to occur in stages, ensuring both ease of manufacture and reliable attachment without requiring complex single-step operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The first receiving incision enables preliminary insertion of the carrier profile flange into the profile, allowing positioning and alignment to be completed before the final locking action through the second receiving incision. This preliminary action simplifies the overall manufacturing process while ensuring attachment reliability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the receiving incision fully accommodates the flange, then the stability of attachment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving incision is segmented into two distinct incisions rather than one large accommodating incision. The first incision handles initial positioning while the second incision provides final locking, achieving stable attachment without requiring a single complex large-scale incision structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment mechanism transitions from a static fully-accommodating incision to a dynamic two-stage process where the flange moves from the first receiving incision to the second receiving incision. This dynamic approach provides stability while maintaining simpler individual incision structures.
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AI summary
A profile for interior construction, in particular a ceiling profile, is proposed, which extends along a longitudinal direction and comprises at least one surface section parallel to the longitudinal direction. This surface section has a receiving recess extending longitudinally from an end face of the profile into the surface section and designed to receive a flange of a support profile running transversely to the longitudinal direction. A support flange is provided on a side edge of the receiving recess, which limits the receiving recess transversely to the longitudinal direction and projects from the surface section.