Door Hinge Wire Harness for Outdoor Power and Data Retrofit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Most households and commercial buildings lack outdoor power supply and data connectivity options, necessitating labor-intensive and costly modifications for retrofitting wire harnesses, which is impractical for rental properties and inefficient for providing power and data to outdoor electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
A door hinge apparatus with a wire harness that includes multiple power supply lines (220 V, 110 V, 24 V) and data lines, allowing for easy retrofitting or OEM integration, featuring a base plate with channels for the wire harness and connectors for secure power and data transfer from indoors to outdoors without permanent modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wire harnesses are retrofitted for outdoor use through wall modifications, then power supply and data connectivity are achieved, but labor intensity and installation complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The door hinge serves as an intermediary component that already contains integrated wire harnesses with power and data lines. Instead of modifying walls to install wire harnesses, the hinge acts as a pre-wired intermediary that provides connectivity between indoor and outdoor spaces, eliminating the need for complex wall modifications while maintaining reliable power and data supply.
2Reliability
If wall modifications are made to install wire harnesses, then outdoor power and data connectivity is achieved, but the process becomes labor intensive and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The wire harnesses are pre-installed within the door hinge during hinge manufacturing, before the hinge is installed in the building. This preliminary action means that when the hinge is later installed, the power and data connectivity pathways are already in place, eliminating the need for time-consuming wall modifications and reducing overall installation time significantly.
3Ease of manufacture
If battery-operated devices are used for outdoor electronic devices, then power supply is achieved without modifications, but maintenance requirements increase and carbon footprint increases
Solution Approach 1:
The door hinge is designed with multi-functionality, serving both its traditional mechanical function of hinging the door and an additional electrical function by containing integrated wire harnesses. This universal design allows the same component to provide both mechanical support and electrical connectivity, enabling hardwired power supply without requiring separate battery systems and improving energy efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A door hinge apparatus for provisioning power and data connectivity to electronic devices in a door and outdoors. The door hinge apparatus includes a wire harness in the form of an electrical ribbon. The wire harness includes multiple power lines and data lines, including 24V and 120 V power lines, and data lines. The apparatus includes a door hinge in which a base plate of the hinge includes one or more channels for accommodating the wire harness permitting it to pass through from the interior to the exterior of a building. Interior and exterior connectors provide one-click connectivity to power sources, network sources, and electronic devices. The apparatus may also include a barrel for coupling with the hinge, wherein the barrel allows the passing of the wire harness from a connector to a terminal box in a door.