Demountable Building Structure with Insulation Cavities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building structures kits have limited structural rigidity, require traditional measurement and cutting techniques, leading to errors, waste, and inability to demount and reassemble, with thermal bridges causing heat loss and gain.
Innovation Solution
A demountable and reassemblable building structure system using prefabricated components with attachment receiving elements, insulation, and adjustable post anchors, allowing for measurement-free assembly, reduced thermal bridges, and easy reconfiguration or relocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional measurement and cutting techniques are used to assemble kit components, then the building structure can be constructed, but errors, delays, and material waste occur due to measurement procedures and cutting operations
Solution Approach 1:
The building structure is divided into pre-fabricated modular components with standardized dimensions. Each component is manufactured with precise dimensions in a controlled environment before assembly, eliminating the need for on-site measurement and cutting operations. This segmentation allows rapid assembly while maintaining high precision through factory-controlled manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
All measurement, cutting, and preparation operations are performed in advance during component manufacturing. The components arrive at the assembly site ready for installation, with all dimensions precisely predetermined. This preliminary action eliminates on-site measurement errors and material waste from improper cutting.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional construction techniques with cutting operations are used, then building components can be assembled, but relatively large quantities of material waste are generated from unusable small remaining pieces
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is segmented into standardized modular components designed to fit together without requiring on-site cutting. Each component is manufactured to precise dimensions that allow direct assembly, eliminating the generation of unusable material fragments and significantly reducing overall material waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular components are designed to be fully reusable. When the building needs to be relocated or reconfigured, all components can be disassembled and reused in their original or new configurations, eliminating the need to discard any material and enabling complete recovery and reuse of all structural elements.
3Strength
If insulation is inserted between internal and external walls attached to studs, then wall structure is formed, but thermal bridges occur at stud locations causing heat loss and heat admission
Solution Approach 1:
The stud structure that creates thermal bridges is completely removed from the design. Instead of attaching walls to continuous studs, the patent uses a post-and-panel system where vertical posts are spaced apart and walls are attached between them, allowing continuous insulation to be placed without thermal bridging through structural elements.
Solution Approach 2:
Continuous insulation material is introduced as an intermediary between the internal and external walls, filling the space created by the spaced-apart post structure. This insulation layer completely eliminates thermal bridges while the posts provide structural support, separating the structural function from the thermal envelope.
4Productivity
If building structures are assembled using traditional kits, then construction is completed, but the structure cannot be demounted and reassembled since some elements must be destroyed during disassembly
Solution Approach 1:
The building is completely segmented into discrete, standardized modular components connected by reversible fastening mechanisms. This segmentation allows the entire structure to be disassembled component-by-component without destruction, and reassembled in different configurations or locations, providing full adaptability while maintaining construction efficiency through standardized assembly procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system is designed to be dynamic and reversible rather than permanent. All joints use removable fasteners and connectors that allow components to be easily detached and reattached, enabling the structure to adapt to changing needs through reconfiguration or relocation without loss of any structural elements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible, error-free, and efficient construction with reduced waste, improved thermal insulation, and the ability to modify or relocate the building structure without damaging components.
Implementation Method 1
an insulation adapted to be engaged between each of the posts, adjacent the wall panel, wherein the space substantially reduces a thermal bridge effect between the interior and the exterior of the structure
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AI summary
There is provided building structures that are demountable from a first configuration to be reassemblable to the first configuration or another configuration. The building structures include systems and kits for the structure, post anchors, kits for floor structure, method for assembling floor structures, wall and ceiling support systems, electrical junction box supports, and kits for frame assembly.