Secured mounting frame for an air conditioning unit and device for securing a window
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Solution Overview
Problem
Window air conditioner units pose installation challenges due to their heavy and cantilever design, which can lead to safety hazards and security concerns, including the risk of falling or unauthorized access, and existing mounting solutions often require permanent fastening, complicating emergency egress.
Innovation Solution
A mounting frame with a front-facing flange and rear or front security platforms, coupled to wall plates via hinges and latches, allowing secure installation and easy removal of air conditioner units, while providing a secure and reversible connection to the wall to prevent unauthorized access and facilitate emergency egress.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If window air conditioner units are fastened to the window frame using screws or other fasteners, then security against unauthorized access and falling is improved, but ease of removal during emergency situations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a mounting frame that remains installed in the window, and an AC unit that can be independently removed. The security feature is segmented into the fixed mounting frame structure while the AC unit maintains removable access, allowing security without permanent fastening of the unit itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting frame acts as an intermediary between the window structure and the AC unit. It provides the secure anchoring to the window frame while allowing the AC unit to be easily inserted and removed from the frame, thus mediating between the need for security and ease of removal.
2Ease of operation
If the window is left ajar to accommodate the air conditioner unit, then installation and operation of the unit is improved, but security against unauthorized access deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the AC unit accommodation function from the window security function. The mounting frame provides a dedicated secured opening for the AC unit, allowing the main window to remain closed and secure, thus segmenting the operational access from the security barrier.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting frame serves as an intermediary structure that allows the AC unit to be installed and operated while maintaining window security. It creates a controlled access point within the closed window structure, mediating between the need for unit installation and window security.
3Reliability
If the mounting frame is permanently fastened to the window structure, then security against unauthorized access is improved, but ease of emergency egress deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting frame incorporates dynamic, reversible fastening mechanisms that allow it to be securely installed during normal operation but quickly released during emergencies. The reversible nature of the fasteners enables the frame to transition from a secure fixed state to a removable state, accommodating both security and emergency egress needs.
4Ease of manufacture
If heavy air conditioner units are supported by a cantilever design, then installation simplicity is improved, but safety against falling deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into a mounting frame structure that provides distributed support points and a platform that directly supports the AC unit. This segmentation replaces the cantilever design with a multi-point support system, maintaining installation simplicity while improving safety through broader load distribution.
Data Source
AI summary
Mounting frames for an air conditioning unit that secure the unit in a window while allowing portions of the frame and the air conditioning unit to be pivoted in and out of the window opening for safe and timely egress from the window, if needed. In addition, described herein is a device or securing a window optionally having an air condition unit installed wherein the securing device prevents unauthorized opening of the window from the outside.