Modular Building System Frame Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing modular structures often require skilled labor for construction, transportation of raw materials, and are not relocatable or transportable, limiting their adaptability and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A modular building system featuring a frame with multiple columns and bottom supports, coupled with trim plate pairs, floor panels, wall panels, and roof panels, designed for easy assembly and disassembly, and compatible with standardized components for adaptability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional modular structures are used, then construction requires skilled labor and multiple days, but the patent achieves assembly by unskilled workers in minutes through a simplified frame system with columns, bottom supports, and trim plates that connect panels without complex fastening
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure is segmented into discrete columns, bottom supports, and trim plates that can be independently manufactured and assembled. Each component has a specific function and connection point, allowing unskilled workers to assemble the structure by simply connecting pre-fabricated elements together without requiring complex fastening operations
Solution Approach 2:
The trim plates serve multiple functions: they connect wall panels to the frame, provide structural support, and enable quick attachment/detachment of panels. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed and simplifies the assembly process while maintaining structural integrity
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing modular structures are designed for permanence, then they provide structural stability, but they cannot be relocated or disassembled; the patent enables relocation and disassembly while maintaining stability through standardized connection points and panel designs
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system transitions from static permanent fastening to dynamic reversible connections. Panels can be attached and detached from the frame through standardized connection points, allowing the structure to adapt between assembled and disassembled states while maintaining structural integrity in both configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The structural properties are maintained through standardized connection geometries and material specifications that ensure consistent load-bearing capacity regardless of assembly configuration. The trim plates and connection points are designed with specific dimensional parameters that guarantee structural stability whether the structure is assembled or during relocation
3Quantity of substance
If traditional construction methods are used, then raw materials must be transported to the site, but the patent reduces transportation needs by pre-assembling complete modular units that can be transported in standardized configurations
Solution Approach 1:
Complete modular units are pre-assembled at the manufacturing site before transportation. The frame structure with panels attached is configured in standardized modular units that can be efficiently transported and then quickly deployed at the destination, eliminating the need to transport raw materials and assemble them on-site
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple components (frame elements, panels, insulation, finishing materials) are merged into integrated modular units during manufacturing. This consolidation reduces the number of separate transportation trips and on-site assembly operations, as complete functional units are transported and deployed as single assemblies
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AI summary
A building system including a frame that includes multiple columns and multiple bottom supports. Each of the bottom supports may be coupled to at least one of the multiple columns and each may include a flange extending into the frame. The frame may also include a trim plate pair including two parallel trim plates. The building system may include multiple floor panels and multiple wall panels. Each of the floor panels may include a first floor panel edge and a second floor panel edge that are each configured to span between the flanges the bottom supports. Each of the multiple wall panels may include a first end configured to rest between the two parallel trim plates of the trim plate pair and the first end of at least one of the plurality of wall panels may be in direct contact with at least one of the plurality of floor panels.