Insulated Mounting Frame for Wall Installations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing installation housings face difficulties in attaching to insulated building walls due to cramped spaces and the risk of creating cold bridges in the insulation layer, as they require drilling into the wall and often lack sufficient stability for mechanically stressed components.
Innovation Solution
An installation housing design that includes an insulating body between the building wall and a cover element, providing stability for mechanical components and allowing for easy routing of cables, with a recess that compensates for wall tolerances and uses a fastening section on the peripheral side to attach directly to the insulation material, avoiding direct attachment to the wall and minimizing thermal bridges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the installation housing is attached directly to the building wall through the insulation layer, then the housing can be securely fastened, but cold bridges are created in the insulation layer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an insulating body as an intermediary element between the building wall and the installation housing. This insulating body extends into the insulation layer and provides a thermal bridge-free attachment path, allowing the housing to be securely fastened while maintaining the insulating performance of the building envelope.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution moves the attachment point from the two-dimensional wall surface to the third dimension by extending the insulating body into the insulation layer. This dimensional transition allows the housing to be mounted on the wall while the insulating body anchors deeper into the insulation, creating stability without compromising thermal performance.
2Reliability
If the installation housing is mounted in a previously created opening in the insulation layer, then the housing can be attached to the building wall, but the mounting process becomes complicated and space is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The insulating body is designed to be inserted into the insulation layer before the installation housing is mounted. This preliminary action creates a ready-made attachment structure that simplifies the subsequent mounting process, eliminating the need to create openings in the insulation layer and reducing mounting complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The installation system is divided into separate functional components: the insulating body for thermal isolation and anchoring, and the installation housing for mounting the device. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall assembly process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If electrical or sanitary installations are threaded through the base of the housing, then the installations can be connected to the wall, but the attachment process becomes significantly more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The insulating body serves as a mediator that separates the installation routing function from the attachment function. Installations can be routed through or alongside the insulating body without interfering with the attachment process, as the insulating body provides both thermal isolation and structural support independent of the housing mounting.
4Ease of operation
If the insulation layer is interrupted to attach the housing, then the housing can be mounted, but cavities are created that form cold bridges
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of viewing the interruption of the insulation layer as a harmful effect, the patent converts it into a beneficial feature by using the insulating body to intentionally extend into the insulation layer. This creates a controlled interruption that provides both mounting access and continuous thermal isolation, transforming the potential cold bridge into a thermal bridge-free attachment solution.
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
Facilitates uncomplicated and universal enclosure and fastening of installation elements without creating cold bridges, offering sufficient stability for mechanical components and allowing for easy adjustment and installation without complex cutting of insulation materials.
Implementation Method 1
at least one insulating body (4) which can be inserted into the installation frame (2), with the insulating body being located between the building wall and the cover element in the installed state
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AI summary
A mounting housing (1) for enclosing and/or fastening electrical, sanitary and other installations (40) to a building wall (31) coated with an insulating material (30) or with a facade, comprising a mounting frame (2) to be attached to the insulating material (30) or the facade, a cover element (3) for closing the mounting frame (2) at an opening (11) of the mounting frame (2) facing away from the building wall (31) in the mounting position (M), wherein at least one insulating material body (4) can be inserted into the mounting frame (2), wherein the insulating material body (4) is located between the building wall (31) and the cover element (3) in the mounting position (M).