Pleasure Craft Deck Construction With Dual-Face Routing Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pleasure craft designs face challenges in efficiently arranging electrical, hydraulic, and ventilation/air-conditioning systems due to the need for long, winding paths around supporting and stiffening members, which complicates insulation, layout, and maintenance access.
Innovation Solution
The decks are constructed with supporting and stiffening members arranged on both the upper and lower faces of a base body, allowing components to be housed in open seats or channels, optimizing their arrangement and reducing intersections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If supporting and stiffening members are arranged only on the lower face of the base body, then the structural integrity is maintained, but the installation paths for ducts and cables become long and winding
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting and stiffening members are segmented and arranged on both the upper and lower faces of the base body. This segmentation creates separate installation zones, allowing ducts and cables to be routed more efficiently without having to wind around members on a single face, thus reducing installation path complexity while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The arrangement of supporting and stiffening members is extended from a single face (lower face only) to both faces (upper and lower faces) of the base body. This dimensional change creates additional routing dimensions for ducts and cables, enabling shorter and more direct paths while preserving the structural function of the members.
2Ease of manufacture
If supporting and stiffening members are arranged on both upper and lower faces of the base body, then installation paths are shortened and insulation is simplified, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base body structure is designed to accommodate supporting and stiffening members on both upper and lower faces, creating a multi-functional arrangement. This universal design allows the same base body structure to serve multiple purposes: providing structural support, creating installation channels for ducts and cables, and facilitating insulation routing, thereby simplifying installation despite the increased structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The arrangement of supporting and stiffening members on both faces of the base body merges the structural support function with the installation routing function. The members simultaneously provide structural integrity and create defined paths for ducts, cables, and insulation, reducing the need for separate installation structures and simplifying the overall manufacturing process.
3Stability of the object's composition
If long winding paths are used for ducts and cables around supporting members, then structural stability is maintained, but maintenance access becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the routing function from the winding paths around supporting members by creating dedicated channels and seats between adjacent members on both upper and lower faces. This separation allows ducts and cables to be installed in organized, accessible locations that are easier to maintain while the supporting members retain their structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The base body acts as an intermediary structure that mediates between the supporting members and the installation components. By creating defined channels and seats on both faces of the base body, it provides accessible routing paths for ducts and cables without requiring them to wind around the supporting members, thus improving maintenance access while preserving structural stability.
4Device complexity
If supporting and stiffening members are arranged on both faces of the base body, then installation complexity is reduced, but the quantity of members required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The arrangement of supporting and stiffening members is applied locally on both the upper and lower faces of the base body where needed for structural support and installation routing. This localized application allows the members to serve dual purposes at specific locations, reducing the overall quantity needed compared to a comprehensive arrangement, while still providing the necessary installation simplicity through their presence on both faces.
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AI summary
A pleasure craft is provided in which one or more decks of the craft have a deck construction in which a base body is provided, and in which a first part of supporting and stiffening members is arranged on an upper face of the base body, and a second part of the supporting and stiffening members is arranged on a lower face of the base body. This construction optimizes and rationalizes the arrangement of components of the installations of the craft in terms of size, weight and the required amount of space, as well as in terms of required power, this resulting in a reduction of time and cost for mounting the installations of the craft.