Modular Metallic Frame Structure with Longitudinal Grooves
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing and transportation of large modular housing units are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly, with limitations in size and high demand challenges, especially in emergency situations like natural disasters.
Innovation Solution
A metallic frame structure composed of detachably connected profiles with longitudinal structures, allowing for easy assembly, disassembly, and stacking, using hollow profiles made from sheet metal with longitudinal elevations or grooves for secure connections, reducing production time and costs, and enabling flexible and efficient transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If traditional welding and surface finishing methods are used to manufacture modular housing units, then structural strength and durability are improved, but manufacturing time and labor intensity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into modular components (vertical posts, horizontal beams, corner connections) that can be manufactured separately and assembled quickly. Each component is standardized with specific connection features that enable rapid assembly without welding.
Solution Approach 2:
Welding operations are replaced with mechanical connection systems including threaded rods, nuts, brackets, and interlocking features. This substitution eliminates the need for welding equipment and skilled welders while maintaining structural integrity through proven mechanical fastening methods.
2Volume of moving object
If large modular units are manufactured to meet housing requirements, then living space capacity is improved, but transportability and handling become impractical and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The housing system is segmented into transportable modules that can be assembled on-site. The frame components are designed to fit within standard shipping container dimensions while maintaining the capacity to form larger living spaces when multiple modules are combined.
Solution Approach 2:
Smaller frame components and building elements are designed to nest within larger structural elements during transport, maximizing space utilization in shipping containers and reducing the number of separate shipments required.
3Stability of the object's composition
If standard container dimensions are used, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability to different configurations and locations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The frame components are designed with universal connection features that allow the same vertical posts and horizontal beams to be used in multiple configurations. Corner connections can accommodate different joining angles and arrangements, enabling the formation of various building layouts including single-story and multi-story arrangements.
Solution Approach 2:
The structural system incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements that allow the housing to be dynamically adapted to different site conditions and usage requirements. Components can be easily added, removed, or repositioned to create different spatial configurations.
4Manufacturing precision
If extensive welding and surface finishing are performed, then manufacturing quality is improved, but production time and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
Connection features, mounting surfaces, and alignment elements are pre-formed during the extrusion or fabrication process of each frame component. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for time-consuming post-processing operations and ensures consistent assembly precision across all components.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame components are designed with self-aligning and self-positioning features that guide correct assembly without requiring precision machining or extensive finishing operations. The mechanical connection systems inherently provide positioning and alignment functions.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a metallic frame structure of a container-like, modular and mobile housing, an assembly kit for such a housing, a container-like, modular and mobile housing, as well as a hollow profile for such a housing. The hollow profile, which is designed as a floor main profile (1), roof main profile (2) and/or support profile (3) for the metallic frame structure, has a longitudinal structure (71, 72,...) extending along the longitudinal direction of the profile and originating from an outer profile surface, said longitudinal structure being formed as a longitudinal elevation or longitudinal groove and having a width at its attachment to the profile outer surface of less than (20, 15) or (10) millimetres in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the profile.