Facade Panel Mounting System with Detachable Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing façade panel mounting systems are complex, time-consuming, and aesthetically undesirable, especially for high buildings, and often require additional fastening means like bolts or screws, making them difficult to use and maintain.
Innovation Solution
A modular mounting system comprising a façade mounting element and a panel mounting element with cooperating elements for secure, detachable coupling, allowing for easy installation and removal of single panels without additional fastening, using a lip and bridge design for downward and sideward support, and clamping elements for a force-locked connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional mounting systems are used to secure façade panels, then the panels can be firmly attached to the façade, but the mounting process becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate modular components: a mounting element that attaches to the façade and a panel element that connects to the mounting element. This segmentation allows for simpler, faster assembly while maintaining secure attachment, as each component can be independently installed and connected without complex fastening procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting element serves as an intermediary component between the façade and the panel. It provides a standardized interface that simplifies the connection process, allowing panels to be quickly attached and detached without direct complex fastening to the façade structure itself.
2Reliability
If traditional mounting systems with multiple fastening means are used, then panels can be securely fixed, but the system becomes complex and difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the mounting function from the panel connection function into distinct modular elements, the system reduces overall complexity. Each element has a specific, simplified function, making the overall system easier to understand, install, and maintain while maintaining secure fixation through the standardized connection interface.
3Reliability
If panels are clamped between hooks of two opposite mounting elements, then panels can be firmly held, but the panels cannot be easily detached for maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the mounting element and panel element is designed to be dynamically changeable - firmly secured during normal operation but easily detachable when needed. The standardized interface allows the panel element to be quickly released and reattached, facilitating maintenance and panel replacement without permanent fixation.
4Length of stationary object
If mounting systems are designed for high buildings, then panels can be attached at great heights, but the mounting time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The modular segmented design allows for pre-assembly of mounting elements and panels at ground level, which can then be transported and quickly installed at height. This reduces on-site assembly time at dangerous heights while maintaining secure attachment for high-building applications.
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AI summary
A mounting system for mounting a façade panel to a façade, comprising a façade mounting element (2) and a panel mounting element (3) which is designed for detachable coupling to the façade mounting element, wherein the panel mounting element comprises first cooperating elements (5) for bearing on the façade mounting element and comprises second cooperating elements (7) for a detachable coupling to the façade mounting element, wherein the panel mounting element further comprises clamping elements (13) for connection to the façade panel.