Modular console frame structure and console
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional consoles are often custom-manufactured, making them expensive and difficult to modify or retrofit, and they lack flexibility in customization to accommodate unique room layouts or specific equipment requirements, particularly in supporting heavy equipment and providing adjustable support.
Innovation Solution
A modular console frame structure comprising interchangeable frame modules with pivot connections and adjustable support members, allowing for customizable angles and positions to accommodate various equipment and layouts, including adjustable intermediate frames for enhanced load-bearing capacity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom-manufactured consoles are used to meet unique user requirements, then the console can be tailored to specific room layouts and equipment needs, but the cost increases and modification becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The console is divided into multiple interchangeable frame modules, each with standardized pivot connections. This segmentation allows users to assemble different configurations from the same set of modules, achieving customization without custom manufacturing. The modules can be easily reconfigured or modified by replacing individual units rather than redesigning the entire console.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame modules are designed with universal pivot connections that can accommodate various equipment types and room layouts. The same basic module design serves multiple functions through different angular configurations and support member arrangements, eliminating the need for custom-designed modules for each application.
2Ease of manufacture
If standard-sized consoles are used to simplify manufacturing, then production becomes easier and more cost-effective, but the ability to customize for unique layouts is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The console framework incorporates pivot connections that allow dynamic adjustment of module angles and positions. This dynamic capability enables standard modules to adapt to various static configurations, providing customization flexibility while maintaining standardized manufacturing processes for the modules themselves.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivot connections enable modules to be arranged in multiple angular configurations, adding a dimensional aspect to the assembly. This allows standard modules to create varied console shapes and layouts by changing the angular relationships between modules rather than requiring different module sizes or shapes.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed support structures are used in traditional consoles, then the structure remains simple and stable, but the ability to provide adjustable support for heavy equipment is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The support members are connected through pivot joints rather than fixed connections, allowing them to be adjusted to different angles and positions. This dynamic support system can adapt to various equipment weight distributions and mounting requirements while maintaining structural stability through proper mechanical support.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivot connections act as intermediaries between the fixed frame modules and the adjustable support members. This intermediary mechanism allows the support members to move and adjust independently while remaining firmly connected to the stable frame structure, providing both stability and adjustability.
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AI summary
According to an aspect, there is provided a frame module for a console. The frame module comprises first and second spaced apart leg frames and respective upper and lower elongated frame sections extending between and interconnecting the first and second leg frames. The frame module may also comprise an intermediate frame section that is horizontally adjustable along the length of the upper and lower frame sections. Two or more frame modules may be connected to form a console frame structure. The console frame structure may comprise at least one pivot connection between the second leg frame of the first frame module and the first leg frame of the second frame module. For each pivot connection, the console frame structure may also include at least one support member pivotably connected to the first and second frame modules by the pivot connection.