Thermally Insulating Component with Integrated Reinforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing thermally insulating components between load-bearing structural parts require high manufacturing and assembly efforts due to complex designs involving multiple materials and components, making them difficult to produce and assemble efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A thermally insulating component with a joint, one-piece design featuring a closed profile insulating body and reinforcing bars, using only two materials for pressure/shear reinforcement and tensile force absorption, allowing for easy production and assembly while maintaining effective force transmission and insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple materials and components are used to achieve optimal performance in force transmission and insulation, then the functional performance is improved, but the manufacturing and assembly effort increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated insulating body. The insulating body integrates pressure/shear reinforcement elements, receptacles for reinforcing bars, and insulation functions into one monolithic component, eliminating the need for separate parts and reducing assembly complexity while maintaining force transmission performance
Solution Approach 2:
The insulating body is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides thermal insulation, absorbs pressure and shear forces through integrated reinforcement elements, and transmits tensile forces via receptacles for reinforcing bars. This single component replaces multiple specialized components, simplifying both manufacturing and assembly
2Reliability
If multiple materials and components are used to achieve optimal performance in force transmission and insulation, then the functional performance is improved, but the assembly effort increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional components into a single integrated insulating body. The insulating body integrates pressure/shear reinforcement elements, receptacles for reinforcing bars, and insulation functions into one monolithic component, eliminating the need for separate parts and reducing assembly complexity while maintaining force transmission performance
Solution Approach 2:
The reinforcement elements and receptacles are pre-integrated into the insulating body during manufacturing. This preliminary integration ensures proper positioning and connection readiness, so that during assembly only the placement of the insulating body and insertion of reinforcing bars are required, significantly reducing assembly effort
3Reliability
If different materials are used for different sections to optimize specific tasks, then the functional optimization is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates pressure/shear reinforcement elements and receptacles for tensile force transmission at specific locations within the insulating body. These localized reinforcement features provide task-specific optimization for pressure absorption, shear resistance, and tensile force transmission while maintaining a unified component design that avoids the complexity of assembling multiple different-material sections
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
The solution simplifies manufacturing and assembly while maintaining optimal performance in absorbing pressure and shear forces, transmitting forces and moments, and providing thermal insulation, with adjustable height options for versatile applications.
Implementation Method 1
the insulating body is suitable for absorbing pressure and shear forces that arise between the two load-bearing structural parts
Implementation Method 2
the insulating body is suitable for absorbing pressure and shear forces that arise between the two load-bearing structural parts
Implementation Method 3
The reinforcing bars are designed to absorb tensile forces
Implementation Method 4
the component consisting of the insulating body and reinforcing bars can transmit all occurring forces and moments between the two load-bearing structural parts and still has an insulating effect
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AI summary
The invention relates to a thermally insulating structural element for arrangement between two load-bearing structural components (2, 3) comprising an elongated, extruded insulating body (7, 7') and reinforcing bars (8), wherein the longitudinal direction (11) of at least one reinforcing bar (8) runs transversely to the longitudinal direction (10) of the insulating body (7, 7'). The insulating body (7, 7') is designed to absorb compressive and shear forces, while the reinforcing bars (8) are designed to absorb tensile forces. The insulating body (7, 7') comprises an upper, a middle, and a lower section (4, 4', 5, 6, 6'). The upper section (4, 4'), the middle section (5), and the lower section (6, 6') are each designed as closed profiles. Receptacles (9) for the reinforcing bars (8) are provided in the upper section (4, 4'). The upper section (4, 4'), the middle section (5) and the lower section (6, 6') are formed together in one piece.