Facade Console Bracket With Thermal Break Layers and Bolt Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing facade substructure brackets in curtain walls face challenges in achieving effective thermal separation while maintaining mechanical resilience, adaptability, cost-effectiveness, ease of assembly, and weather resistance, with existing solutions like thermal sleeves increasing installation complexity and residual heat conduction.
Innovation Solution
A facade substructure console with a lower and upper support part, cantilever beam, and internal thermal break layers, utilizing a coupling bolt arrangement to create a mechanically robust and thermally insulated system, with optional external thermal separation layers for enhanced insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a conventional bracket design with mounting plates and multiple fastening elements is used, then the connection strength between support parts and cantilever bracket is improved, but the number of components increases and assembly complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the mounting plate and fastening elements into an integrated coupling bolt arrangement. The coupling bolt directly connects the support parts to the cantilever bracket without requiring separate mounting plates, thereby reducing the number of components while maintaining connection strength through the bolt's direct engagement with both parts.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling bolt serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both the mounting element and the fastening element, replacing the need for separate mounting plates and fasteners. This multi-functional design simplifies the overall structure while ensuring robust connection between support parts and the cantilever bracket.
2Temperature
If thermal break layers are added between support parts and cantilever bracket, then thermal insulation performance is improved, but the number of components and assembly steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The thermal break layers are integrated into the coupling bolt arrangement rather than being separate components. The coupling bolt structure incorporates the first and second thermal break layers between the support parts and the cantilever bracket, providing thermal insulation while maintaining a compact, unified component design that does not increase assembly complexity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the bracket coupling section is positioned between the upturned flanges, then the structural stability is improved, but the design flexibility for different facade applications is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling bolt arrangement is designed with local optimization: the bracket coupling section is positioned between the upturned flanges to provide optimal structural stability at this critical location, while the overall modular design of the console allows adaptation to different facade applications through configuration variations rather than fundamental design changes.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a facade substructure bracket comprising two support parts (10, 20), a cantilever bracket (30), an inner thermal break layer pair (40), and a coupling bolt arrangement (50), wherein the support parts (10, 20) are designed as a lower support part (10) and an upper support part (20), wherein the lower support part (10) has an upturned longitudinally extended lower part flange (14) and the upper support part (20) has an upturned longitudinally extended upper part flange (24), wherein the cantilever bracket (30) has a support-side bracket coupling section (31) and a facade-side mounting section (32), wherein the bracket coupling section (31) is arranged plane-parallel between the lower part flange (14) and the upper part flange (24), and the facade-side mounting section (32) is for coupling the facade construction components are formed wherein the inner thermal break layer pair (40) is a first and a second thermal break layer (41,42) and the first thermal separation layer (41) is arranged between the lower part flange (14) and the sword coupling section (31) and the second thermal separation layer (42) is arranged between the sword coupling section (31) and the upper part flange (24), wherein the coupling bolt arrangement (50) has at least one coupling bolt (51) which positively defines the positional relationship between the support parts (10, 20), the cantilever sword (30) and the thermal separation layer pair (40).