Insulating Glass Partition Kit with Universal Connectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for producing insulating glass with internal partitions in the English or Viennese style require multiple assembly accessories for different profile sizes and dimensions, leading to high costs, visible end pieces, limited configuration options, and reduced thermal insulation due to trapped air within the profiles.
Innovation Solution
A kit comprising an internal partition grid with universal connecting elements and external grids that cover the internal profiles, allowing for various configurations without specific accessories, reducing visible components, and maximizing gas filling by minimizing trapped air.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional assembly accessories are used for different profile sizes, then each profile can be assembled correctly, but the number of accessories increases and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single type of connecting element that can join profiles of different dimensions. The connecting element features a universal interface that accommodates various profile sizes through adjustable clamping mechanisms, eliminating the need for multiple specialized accessories for different profile types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by making the connecting element dimensions and clamping forces adjustable. The connecting element can adapt to different profile widths and thicknesses by modifying its engagement parameters, allowing one accessory type to serve multiple profile sizes without sacrificing assembly precision.
2Strength
If profiles with closed sections are used, then structural strength is improved, but air is trapped inside reducing thermal insulation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies porous materials by using profiles with perforated or mesh-like walls instead of solid closed sections. The perforated profile structure maintains structural strength through its geometric configuration while allowing gas to penetrate and fill the internal volume, eliminating trapped air pockets that would compromise thermal insulation performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite materials by combining the profile structure with filling material (such as insulating foam or gas-filled cells) within the profile cavity. This composite approach allows the profile to maintain strength from its structural framework while the filling material provides thermal insulation, resolving the contradiction between strength and energy loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple assembly accessories are used for different configurations, then various partition designs can be achieved, but assembly costs and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by designing connecting elements with adjustable and reconfigurable features. The connecting elements can be positioned, oriented, and configured in multiple ways to accommodate different partition designs, angles, and configurations, providing versatility without requiring multiple specialized accessories for each possible arrangement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses segmentation by dividing the partition structure into modular profile segments that can be independently assembled and connected using the universal connecting elements. This modular approach allows various partition configurations to be achieved by arranging standard segments in different patterns, eliminating the need for specialized accessories for each configuration type.
4Shape
If profiles are used to create partitions inside insulating glass, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but air inside profiles reduces gas filling percentage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies porous materials by using perforated profiles that maintain their aesthetic appearance while allowing gas to pass through and fill the internal volume. The perforations are designed to be visually imperceptible or aesthetically integrated, enabling the profiles to serve both decorative and functional purposes by maximizing gas filling percentage.
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AI summary
A kit (1) for making a partition in an insulating glass, said glass being provided with a perimeter frame (2) and at least two sheets of glass (L), comprising at least one internal partition grid (P), which can be fixed to said perimeter frame (2) through fixing means (8), comprising a plurality of profiles (la,lb), variously combined and mutually connectable, by means of at least one universal connecting element (6) to create one or more crossing zones inside the volume enclosed by said glass sheets (L). The kit (1) further comprises at least two external partition grids (9), which can be fixed to the outer surfaces of the respective glass sheets (L) of the insulating glass, configured so as to cover the internal partition grid (P) by exactly matching the latter. Each of the profiles (la, lb) comprises at least a first perimeter portion (10) and at least a second perimeter portion (11) opposed, flat or substantially flat, arranged orthogonally to the glass sheets (L); the external partition grids (9) are suitable for completely covering said profiles (la,lb) with the exception of said first perimeter portions (10) and second perimeter portions (11).