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Solution Overview
Problem
In constructing multi-story buildings using pre-assembled building units, it is challenging to install common equipment, such as air conditioning ducts and electrical wires, across both upper and lower floors effectively, leading to variations in quality and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
The building unit is designed with pre-assembled first and second units that include pre-installed equipment, allowing for the stacking and connection of these units on-site, with vertical air circulation ducts and electrical infrastructure that can be easily linked to ensure uniform temperature distribution and reduced energy consumption across floors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If building units are divided into multiple units and stacked at the building site, then transportation and assembly become feasible, but installation of common equipment across units becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-installing equipment within individual building units before they are transported to the building site. The equipment is installed in advance in each unit, and then the units are simply connected together at the site, eliminating the difficulty of installing common equipment across multiple stacked units.
2Adaptability or versatility
If equipment is installed at the building site using traditional construction methods, then flexibility is maintained, but quality variation and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the building into separate pre-fabricated units, each equipped with necessary equipment. This allows equipment to be installed in a controlled factory environment for each unit, ensuring quality consistency, while the modular nature maintains construction flexibility through standardized connections.
3Productivity
If multiple units are stacked to form multi-story buildings, then construction speed increases, but uniform equipment distribution across floors becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing each building unit with standardized equipment installation capabilities and interfaces. This allows the same equipment types to be uniformly distributed across multiple stacked units, simplifying the equipment distribution system while maintaining fast construction speed through modular assembly.
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AI summary
A building unit constitutes part of a two or more story building. The building unit includes: a first unit that is pre-assembled somewhere other than at a building site and constitutes one of a plurality of floors; a second unit that is pre-assembled somewhere other than at the building site and constitutes a floor above the first unit out of the plurality of floors; and a space path (upper and lower floor air circulation duct that spatially communicates with the first unit and the second unit.