Composite table top
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing table tops made of traditional materials like wood and synthetic substitutes face environmental unfriendliness, high maintenance costs, and inadequate mechanical properties, failing to meet modern design requirements for durability, convenience, and appearance.
Innovation Solution
A composite table top structure featuring a bottom plate with projections arranged in arrays and a reinforcing frame, utilizing vacuum forming technology, provides elastic resistance against deformation and enhances mechanical properties while allowing for low-cost production and assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If a table top is made entirely of glass to achieve transparency and modern aesthetics, then the visual appeal is improved, but the risk of breakage and safety hazards increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies composite materials by combining glass with metal (stainless steel or aluminum) to create a table top structure that maintains the transparency and aesthetic appeal of glass while incorporating the strength and safety of metal. The glass is positioned between metal layers or frames, creating a composite structure where each material compensates for the other's weaknesses.
2Reliability
If multiple glass layers are stacked to increase strength and safety, then the breakage risk is reduced, but the structural complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional elements into a unified structure where metal frames or layers are integrated with glass panels to provide both structural support and aesthetic function. This combining approach achieves strength enhancement without requiring multiple separate glass layers, thereby reducing overall structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
By using composite construction with metal and glass, the patent achieves enhanced strength through the metal components while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. The metal provides the structural framework that supports the glass, eliminating the need for complex multi-layer glass arrangements.
3Shape
If adhesive alone is used to attach glass layers to achieve a clean appearance, then the aesthetic quality is improved, but the bonding reliability and resistance to environmental factors deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using different attachment methods in different locations: adhesive is used in visible areas to maintain aesthetic quality, while mechanical fasteners (screws, clips, or rivets) are used in hidden or structural areas to ensure bonding reliability. This localized approach allows each method to excel at its intended function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces metal frames or intermediate structural elements as mediators between glass layers. These intermediaries provide mechanical support and attachment points, distributing loads and improving bonding reliability without compromising the aesthetic appearance of the glass surfaces.
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AI summary
A composite table top, comprising a face plate (100) with an outer surface and an inner surface; and a bottom plate (200) with array-like projections (201) arranged in an x-axis direction and an y-axis direction, wherein the projections (201) are configured to contact and attach to the inner surface of the face plate (100); and a reinforcing frame (300) fastened to the downside of the bottom plate (200) at the outside of the composite table top, wherein the face plate (100) is a plate with a first flange (101) extending towards the bottom plate (200) on outer peripheral edges, the external peripheries of the bottom plate (200) have a second flange (203) extending towards the face plate (100), and the second flange (203) of the bottom plate (200) mates the first flange (101) of the face plate (100) vertically; and wherein the reinforcement frame (300) covers the upward flange (101) mating the downward flange (203) from outside.