Insulating Mounting Profile for Window Thermal Bridge Elimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for thermal insulation and fastening systems of windows, doors, and facades often result in thermal bridges at contact points, requiring additional structural elements and inefficient installation processes.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight, high-strength insulating mounting profile made from angle brackets with adhering foam and coated with resin and fiber, capable of carrying significant loads, which eliminates the need for additional structural components by allowing direct installation outside the wall and providing excellent thermal insulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional fastening systems and thermal insulation methods are used for windows and doors, then structural strength and thermal insulation are achieved, but thermal bridges are created at contact points between the window/door and the wall
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an insulating mounting profile as an intermediary element between the window/door frame and the wall. This profile includes an insulating body made of thermal insulation material that physically separates the metal fastening elements from direct contact with the wall, thereby eliminating thermal bridges while maintaining both structural strength and thermal insulation performance
Solution Approach 2:
The insulating mounting profile combines multiple materials with different properties: the insulating body is made of thermal insulation material, while fastening elements are made of metal. This composite structure allows the profile to simultaneously provide mechanical strength for mounting and thermal insulation to prevent heat transfer, resolving the contradiction between structural requirements and thermal performance
2Reliability
If multiple separate components are used for mounting and insulation, then functional requirements are met, but device complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the mounting function and thermal insulation function into a single integrated insulating mounting profile. The profile includes both the insulating body and fastening elements as one unified component, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets, insulation blocks, and fasteners, thereby reducing device complexity and installation time while maintaining all required functionalities
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional mounting profiles are used, then installation is performed, but material usage is inefficient and structural components are excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential functional elements needed for mounting and insulation, eliminating unnecessary structural components. The insulating mounting profile contains precisely the elements required for its function (insulating body and fastening elements) without excess material, achieving material efficiency while maintaining ease of manufacture and installation
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 effectively reduces material usage while achieving maximum strength and thermal insulation, enabling quick and simple installation of windows and doors of any shape, eliminating thermal bridges and minimizing structural components.
Implementation Method 1
angle brackets with adhering foam
Implementation Method 2
coated with resin and fiber
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AI summary
An essential structural element of the developed insulation mounting profile is the angle iron (1), with the shape of the letter „l", made of any material, preferably steel or composite with a high density, that can carry loads even up to 450 kg/m2. The angle iron (1), which is supplemented with the adhering foam (2), forms a compact, basic part of the profile with the cross section of a right triangle. The foam (2} can be made of any plastic, preferably of foamed polypropylene having a cellular structure. The foam 2 can be even the floral sponge, i.e. made of pofyurethane with short chains, as well as of polystyrene (soft tor hard), a styrodur, a polyurethane, preferably having a density from 15 kg/m2 to 450 kg/m2, a foamed PVC or other plastic, such as ABS, PE, PP, or compressed wood chips or other material combined with polyurethane. The basic part of the developed insulation mounting profile, consisting of the angle iron (1) along with the adhering foam (2), is covered with the layer of resin (4), for example, with epoxy resin, urine resin or polyurethane resin, and then coated with the layer of glass fiber (5), carbon fiber or fiber impregnated with resin. To such prepared basic part of the insulation profile is installed the supplementing foam (3), made, for example, of one of the materials, from which the adhering foam (2) is made. The supplementing foam (3) along with the previously prepared basic part of the profile is also covered with the layer of resin (4), and then with the layer of fiber (5).