RV Roof Window and AC Mounting Frame for Shared Ceiling Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recreational vehicles face space constraints and high mounting efforts due to the need for separate systems for windows and air conditioning units, with both often not being used simultaneously, leading to inefficiency and unnecessary installation complexity.
Innovation Solution
A modular climatization system with a mounting frame that allows for easy exchange between a window and an air conditioning unit, incorporating a fan module and shading unit, all sharing the same frame, ensuring a sealed fit and efficient air distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate systems for window and air conditioning unit are used, then each system can be optimized for its specific function, but the mounting complexity and space requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the window system and air conditioning system into a single integrated mounting frame structure. The frame includes a first receiving structure for the window and a second receiving structure for the air conditioning unit, allowing both systems to share common mounting components and space, thereby reducing overall mounting complexity while maintaining functional optimization of each subsystem.
2Adaptability or versatility
If both window and air conditioning unit are installed simultaneously, then complete functionality is available, but the available ceiling space is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested arrangement where the window and air conditioning unit are positioned within the same mounting frame structure. The frame's design allows one component to be partially or fully nested within the spatial envelope of the other, enabling both systems to coexist in a limited ceiling area without interfering with each other's functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional ceiling surface arrangement to a three-dimensional volumetric arrangement. By utilizing vertical space and depth within the mounting frame, both the window and air conditioning unit can be accommodated in the same ceiling opening, effectively adding a dimensional layer to the space utilization strategy.
3Area of stationary object
If alternating use of single opening for window or air conditioning unit is implemented, then space is saved, but mounting effort increases repeatedly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates preliminary action by designing the mounting frame with pre-configured receiving structures for both the window and air conditioning unit. This allows either component to be quickly installed or removed without requiring repeated modifications to the mounting structure, significantly reducing the time and effort needed for alternating installations while maintaining efficient space utilization.
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AI summary
A modular climatization system for a recreational vehicle and includes a mounting frame and a window, the mounting frame is mountable into a roof cut-out of the recreational vehicle, thereby defining an opening in the roof, an outward facing side and an inward facing side of the mounting frame with respect to the recreational vehicle, and the window is mountable to the outward facing side of the mounting frame, the modular climatization system further comprises an air conditioning unit and an air distribution unit, the air conditioning unit being mountable to the outward facing side of the mounting frame, wherein the window and the air conditioning unit are mountable to the frame in a mutually exchangeable manner, and the air distribution unit being mountable to the inward facing side of the mounting frame.