Modular Building Elements With Integrated Anchoring For Stress Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular building systems for dry construction lack the ability to build structures like attics, balconies, or beams, and are limited in withstanding tensile, compressive, and shear stresses, requiring specialized labor, are costly to maintain, and difficult to modify or repair without disassembling entire walls.
Innovation Solution
A modular system comprising recyclable, modular elements with removable anchoring means that can be easily assembled and modified, capable of transmitting compressive, tensile, and shear stresses, allowing for the construction of various structures like attics, balconies, and beams, with integrated anchoring systems that allow for maintenance without disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional modular elements with male-female coupling systems are used, then assembly is simplified, but structural strength and ability to withstand stresses is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple coupling mechanisms (interlocking male-female systems, tying systems with hooks and eyes, and anchoring systems) into a single integrated modular element design. This combination allows the structure to achieve both ease of assembly through the interlocking system and high structural strength through the combined action of all coupling mechanisms working together to resist various stresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular element employs composite construction principles by integrating different functional components (structural core, coupling protrusions, tying attachment points, anchoring interfaces) into a unified element. This composite approach enables the single element to provide both simple assembly capabilities and enhanced structural strength simultaneously.
2Strength
If modular elements are stacked vertically to create walls, then vertical load support is achieved, but ability to build diverse structures like attics and balconies is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The modular element is designed with universal functionality to serve multiple structural purposes. In addition to vertical stacking for walls, the elements can be configured to create horizontal structures (beams, balconies) through the tying system, support inclined structures (attics) through anchoring, and accommodate various architectural forms. The same basic element type performs diverse structural functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular system allows dynamic reconfiguration of elements for different structural applications. The coupling mechanisms can be arranged and activated differently depending on whether the element is used for vertical walls, horizontal beams, or inclined attic structures, enabling the same component to adapt to various structural demands.
3Strength
If ties are used to fasten consecutive modular elements, then tensile and shear stress resistance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the tying system directly into the modular element design itself, with hooks and eyes built as integral features of the element structure. This merging eliminates the need for separate, external tying components, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced tensile and shear stress resistance.
4Adaptability or versatility
If through-holes are provided for plumbing and electrical plants, then functionality is improved, but ease of maintenance is worsened due to wall section breakage requirement
Solution Approach 1:
The modular element design segments the utility access function from the structural wall function. Through-holes are integrated into individual modular elements rather than requiring breaks in completed wall sections. This segmentation allows utilities to be accessed by simply removing or opening specific modular elements containing the through-holes, without compromising the integrity of the overall wall structure.
5Reliability
If specialized arrangement of modular elements is required to maintain structural features, then structural integrity is ensured, but building time and cost increase due to need for specialized staff
Solution Approach 1:
The modular elements are designed with homogeneous coupling features distributed uniformly across each element. The male-female interlocking system, tying attachments, and anchoring interfaces are consistently positioned and dimensioned, allowing workers to assemble structures using standardized procedures without requiring specialized knowledge of complex arrangement patterns, thereby maintaining structural integrity while accelerating construction.
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AI summary
A modular system for dry building of structures includes a plurality of modular elements having a generally planar upper or lower wall and a plurality of side faces substantially perpendicular thereto, and further having a first end edge at the upper or lower wall and a second edge opposed thereto. Anchoring members couple the modular elements so that the planar walls cooperate to define a first plane generally parallel to or coinciding with the main development plane of the structure to be built, with each of the side faces interacting with each other. The second edges of the side faces cooperate to define a second plane generally parallel and opposed to the first plane. The anchoring members include first anchoring members that act in correspondence with the second plane to effectively counteract the tensile stresses developing in the structure due to a load acting on the first plane.