Hollow Wall Frame Cable Routing Accessory
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for routing conductive elements, such as electrical cables, within hollow partitions are inefficient due to obstacles posed by the metal framework, making it difficult to navigate wires to the desired height and reducing the rigidity of the partition.
Innovation Solution
A connection accessory that can be interposed between sections of the metal frame's vertical uprights, allowing conductive elements to pass through at a desired height, facilitating the connection of equipment to the supply network by linking sections of the frame and providing a passage for conductive elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If vertical uprights have reduced thickness to allow cable passage, then cable routing is facilitated, but the rigidity of the framework is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The vertical upright is divided into two separate sections that are joined by a connection piece. This connection piece contains the cable passage, so the upright sections maintain their full thickness and rigidity while the connecting element provides the routing path for cables.
Solution Approach 2:
A separate connection piece acts as an intermediary element between two upright sections. This mediator contains the cable passage and joins the uprights, allowing cables to pass through without requiring the uprights themselves to be thinned.
2Strength
If the metal framework obstacles are maintained for structural integrity, then framework strength is preserved, but cable routing becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The cable passage function is extracted from the upright sections themselves and placed in a separate connection piece. This allows the uprights to maintain their full structural integrity while the connection element provides the routing path, separating the structural function from the cable routing function.
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AI summary
The accessory (100) has a central part (110) for delimiting a passage (111) of a conducting element. Two end parts (120) are extended on two sides of the central part and adapted to immobilize two sections (11, 12) of a side rail (10) in an axis from each other. The central part and the end parts together form a single-piece part, where the end parts are brought back on the central part via a complementary assembly unit. The passage delimited by the central part comprises a closed contour.