Modular Load-Bearing Mounting Structure for Reconfigurable Function Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exhibition stand systems are inflexible and poorly suited for movable or adaptive use, particularly in multi-camera systems, due to their design for static installations and lack of consideration for electrical line guidance, making retrofitting and adaptation difficult and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A modular support structure with carrier elements featuring hollow cross-sections and profile elements with integrated wing portions allows for flexible and stable accommodation of functional modules, enabling efficient assembly and disassembly, and accommodating various module configurations, including spherical arrangements and variable positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If prefabricated exhibition stand systems are used, then assembly is simplified and standardized, but flexibility and adaptability for different uses are severely limited
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is divided into modular carrier elements with standardized connection interfaces. Each carrier element can be independently assembled and disconnected, allowing the system to be configured in various arrangements for different functional modules while maintaining simple standardized assembly procedures through consistent connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system enables dynamic reconfiguration of the support structure. Carrier elements can be easily connected and disconnected to adapt the system for different uses, transforming a static prefabricated system into a dynamically adaptable structure that maintains assembly simplicity while achieving versatility.
2Stability of the object's composition
If fixed wall systems are used, then structural stability is achieved, but ease of movement and repositioning is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The fixed wall system is segmented into discrete carrier elements that can be independently positioned and connected. This segmentation allows the structure to maintain stability when assembled while enabling easy disassembly and repositioning, transforming a permanently fixed system into a movable yet stable configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection system transitions from static fixed mounting to dynamic可拆卸 connections. Carrier elements can be securely attached to provide structural stability during operation, then easily disconnected for movement and repositioning, achieving both stability and mobility through the same modular system.
3Strength
If heavy structural components are used, then load-bearing capacity and stability are improved, but weight and structural complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier elements utilize composite construction combining aluminum profiles with reinforcing elements. This composite approach provides high load-bearing capacity and structural stability while keeping the individual components lightweight and manageable, avoiding the need for heavy structural materials.
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AI summary
An arrangement is provided for supportingly accommodating a functional module, comprising: a modular support structure which is formed with support elements which are designed with a hollow cross-section and profile elements lying opposite one another, wherein the profile elements each have a middle half-tube portion and partial wing portions integrally formed thereon on both sides with profile element openings, and the partial wing portions of the profile elements are arranged flat on top of one another in such a way that the profile element openings are assigned to one another in pairs, the half-tube portions of each of the carrier elements form a tube portion, and the partial wing portions of each of the carrier elements each form a wing portion, and a functional module which is mounted on the support structure. Furthermore, a modular system is provided.