Reconfigurable Frontal Portion for Switchboard Equipment Height Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing electrical switchboards face challenges in accommodating electrical equipment with varying standard heights, leading to increased production costs due to the need for multiple equipment lines with different standard heights to fit within switchboards.
Innovation Solution
A modular electrical switch with a removably coupled fitting element that allows the projecting frontal portion to be adjusted in height, enabling it to fit within switchboards with varying standard window heights, using a rod-shaped fitting element with quick-coupling means such as teeth and a coupling channel for easy installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers produce multiple electrical equipment lines with different standard heights to fit various switchboard windows, then compatibility with different switchboards is improved, but production costs and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical equipment is divided into two main segments: a fixed body portion and a removable fitting element. The fitting element can be detached and replaced to change the overall height of the equipment, allowing the same base unit to adapt to different switchboard window heights without requiring multiple complete equipment lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The equipment transitions from a static fixed-height design to a dynamic adjustable-height design. The removable fitting element allows the equipment height to be changed according to different installation requirements, providing adaptability while maintaining a single base product line.
2Shape
If the window height is set to match the projecting frontal portion height, then the linear appearance and dust prevention are improved, but adaptability to different standard heights is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the equipment into a fixed body and a removable fitting element, the invention allows the fitting element's height to be adjusted to match different window heights, thereby maintaining the linear appearance and dust prevention benefits while adapting to various standard heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The height parameter of the equipment is made variable through the removable fitting element. By changing the fitting element's height or replacing it with different height variants, the equipment can adapt to different window heights while preserving the aesthetic and functional benefits of a matched appearance.
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AI summary
Electrical equipment (1) to be installed in an electrical switchboard provided with a panel in which a substantially quadrangular window is defined, the electrical equipment (1) including a substantially box-like body (2) with a frontal portion (3) projecting from a face (4) of said body (2) having a first dimension (Hl) substantially similar to a side of the quadrangular window such that said frontal portion (3) can be received within said window, characterized in that the frontal portion (3) includes a fitting element (5) that can be removably associated with said face (4) of the box-like body {2} to reconfigure said frontal portion (3) by varying said first dimension (Hl) .