Panel Seal Activation System for Door Window Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sealing systems for panels, such as doors and windows, often fail to provide a sufficient barrier against environmental elements like noise, weather, water, and insects due to inadequate sealing integrity and positional misalignment between the panel and frame.
Innovation Solution
A combined seal activation system with interconnected first and second seal activation systems, featuring movable members and cams, that engage and disengage to maintain positional relationships and form seals between the panel and frame, preventing movement and environmental transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional weather stripping (felt, foam, or flexible synthetic material) is used between panels and frame, then the sealing function is provided, but the seal becomes insufficient to prevent transfer of environmental elements (noise, weather, water, insects)
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing system is divided into multiple independent sealing members positioned at different locations (first sealing member at first side, second sealing member at second side, third sealing member at third side). Each sealing member independently contributes to the overall seal, creating redundant barriers that collectively prevent environmental element transfer more effectively than a single conventional weather stripping.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing system transitions from conventional one-dimensional linear weather stripping to a multi-dimensional distributed arrangement of sealing members at multiple sides and locations of the panel. This spatial distribution across different dimensions creates a more comprehensive sealing barrier that addresses the insufficiency of traditional linear sealing approaches.
2Reliability
If seals are positioned between frame and panel, then sealing function is provided, but the seals become disjoined due to disturbed alignment between frame and panel
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing members are pre-positioned in their optimal locations before the panel is installed in the frame. The system is designed so that when the panel is properly installed, the sealing members automatically engage with the frame at the correct positions, ensuring proper alignment is established in advance rather than requiring adjustment after installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing members serve multiple functions: they provide the primary sealing function to prevent environmental element transfer, simultaneously maintain the positional relationship between panel and frame, and act as alignment references that ensure proper engagement. This multi-functionality addresses both sealing integrity and alignment stability in a unified system.
Data Source
AI summary
A combined seal activation system positioned within a panel for use with a combination of the panel and a frame includes a first seal activation system and a second seal activation system. The panel pivots relative to the frame. The first seal activation system activates a first sealing system positioned within the frame, and the second seal activation system activates a second sealing system positioned within the frame. The first seal activation system is positioned adjacent a first side of the panel, and the second seal activation system is positioned adjacent a second side of the panel different than the first side of the panel. The first and second seal activation systems having an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration.