Roof Window Base Frame Modules With Guide Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of roof windows with multiple modules requires extensive and precise work, involving numerous steps and various components, leading to high costs and potential errors.
Innovation Solution
A window frame system with base frame modules that feature engagement and guide portions to simplify alignment and connection, allowing for efficient, error-free, and cost-effective assembly by enabling side-by-side mounting and alignment of modules on a roof structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional mounting methods are used for multiple window modules, then each module can be installed individually, but the assembly process requires significant labor and time with numerous sequential steps
Solution Approach 1:
The base frame is divided into multiple base frame modules that can be assembled separately and then connected together. Each module contains engagement portions and guide portions that enable rapid connection without requiring numerous sequential mounting steps, thereby significantly reducing assembly time and labor requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The base frame modules are pre-configured with engagement portions and guide portions during manufacturing. This preliminary preparation allows the modules to be quickly connected on-site without requiring complex alignment procedures or additional components, improving assembly productivity while reducing time loss
2Ease of operation
If traditional alignment methods are used for base frame modules, then modules can be mounted on the roof structure, but the alignment process is complex and requires high precision
Solution Approach 1:
Guide portions protruding from the base frames of adjacent modules serve as intermediary elements that facilitate alignment. These guide portions engage with corresponding features on neighboring modules, automatically establishing proper alignment in multiple directions and reducing the complexity of the alignment process while maintaining high precision
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment system utilizes guide portions that provide constraints in multiple dimensions simultaneously. By engaging guide portions from adjacent modules, the system achieves precise alignment in both longitudinal and transverse directions through a single connection action, simplifying the alignment operation while ensuring high precision
3Reliability
If multiple components are provided for each window module installation, then proper installation can be achieved, but additional significant costs are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The engagement portions and guide portions are integrated directly into the base frame modules themselves, merging multiple functions (alignment, connection, and positioning) into the primary structural components. This eliminates the need for separate alignment devices, mounting brackets, and other auxiliary components, reducing device complexity while maintaining installation reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The base frame modules are designed with universal engagement portions and guide portions that perform multiple functions: providing alignment guidance, enabling mechanical connection, and ensuring proper positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the total number of components needed for installation while maintaining reliable and proper installation of the window system
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AI summary
The invention relates to a window frame system for roof windows, comprising: a first base frame module and a second base frame module configured to be mounted side by side in an arrangement direction and in a predetermined orientation state relative to each other on a roof structure, wherein the first base frame module and the second base frame module can be connected to each other in the predetermined orientation state, wherein one of the first base frame module and the second base frame module has an engagement section and the other of the first base frame module and the second base frame module has a guide section, wherein the engagement section and the guide section in engagement with each other form a guide structure, wherein the guide structure causes the first base frame module and the second base frame module to be aligned relative to each other in a vertical direction.while a displacement of the first base frame module and the second base frame module relative to each other in a longitudinal direction is permitted.