Insulating Panel Bracket With Anti-Tilting Support

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing insulation brackets fail to prevent tilting of insulating panels, leading to reduced insulation performance, potential damage, and increased installation time and complexity due to air gaps and uneven stress distribution.

Innovation Solution

A bracket design featuring anti-tilting holding means, such as teeth or flaps, that extend perpendicularly from the holding plate to prevent the insulating panel from tilting, ensuring a continuous and reliable contact with the wall, even under its own weight or external forces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional brackets without anti-tilting means are used, then the bracket structure is simple, but the insulating panel tilts under its own weight creating air gaps and reducing insulation performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsulation performanceVSAvoidbracket structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket is divided into distinct functional components: a fixing plate for wall attachment, a holding plate for panel support, and multiple teeth extending from the holding plate. Each segment performs a specific function, with the teeth providing anti-tilting support while the main plates provide structural attachment and panel holding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The teeth extend perpendicularly from the holding plate in a third dimension, creating a multi-dimensional structure that prevents tilting in multiple directions. This dimensional addition allows the bracket to resist panel tilting without significantly increasing the footprint or complexity of the main bracket structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Reliability

If traditional brackets without anti-tilting means are used, then the bracket structure is simple, but the insulating panel tilts causing damage to vapor barrier films and rain barrier films

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprotection of barrier filmsVSAvoidbracket structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The teeth are pre-positioned on the holding plate to provide immediate anti-tilting support as the insulating panel is installed. This preliminary positioning prevents tilting before it can cause damage to vapor barrier films or rain barrier films, eliminating the need for corrective actions after installation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The teeth act as a protective cushioning element that absorbs and distributes the stresses exerted by the insulating panel before these forces can concentrate and damage the barrier films. The teeth provide a forgiving interface that prevents the transmission of damaging forces to the panel's protective layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

3Productivity

If traditional brackets without anti-tilting means are used, then the bracket structure is simple, but tilting results in loss of time and efficiency during membrane installation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation efficiencyVSAvoidbracket structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bracket with anti-tilting teeth provides self-aligning support that automatically maintains the insulating panel in the correct position during installation. This self-service functionality eliminates the need for manual adjustment and positioning by installers, thereby improving installation efficiency without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3555384B1Attachment bracket for an insulating panel
Publication Date: 2022.04.20 SAINT GOBAIN ISOVER
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a bracket (100) for installing an insulating panel (P) on a wall surface (M) comprising an attachment plate (101) attached to said surface and a supporting plate (102), said supporting plate (102) extending substantially perpendicular to said attachment plate (102) in order to support said insulating panel (P), characterised in that said bracket (100) also comprises anti-tilting supporting means (110) arranged to prevent the insulating panel (P) from tilting on itself.