Shed Wallboard-to-Top Plate Assembly With Integrated Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sheds require complex construction due to the need to set up top rods and connecting rods before top plates, resulting in a large number of components and cumbersome assembly.
Innovation Solution
A shed design featuring top plates with mounting grooves that directly connect to wallboards, supported by a robust support frame with connecting plates and rods, allowing for simplified assembly and enhanced structural integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If traditional shed designs use separate top rods, connecting rods, and top plates requiring sequential assembly, then structural stability can be achieved, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the top rod and connecting rod functions into a single integrated top plate structure. The top plate includes integrated mounting grooves that directly receive the support frame, eliminating the need for separate top rods and connecting rods. This merging reduces the number of components and simplifies assembly while maintaining structural stability through the integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The top plate serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as the roof structure, provides mounting points for wallboards through integrated grooves, and replaces the functions of separate top rods and connecting rods. This multi-functionality reduces device complexity while maintaining the structural stability previously achieved through separate components.
2Strength
If multiple separate components (top rods, connecting rods, top plates) are used to form the shed structure, then structural integrity can be maintained, but ease of manufacture and assembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate components (top rod, connecting rod, top plate) into a single integrated top plate structure. This integration simplifies manufacturing and assembly processes while maintaining structural integrity through the unified design that incorporates all necessary connection features in one piece.
Solution Approach 2:
The top plate is segmented into functional zones with integrated mounting grooves at specific locations. These grooves are formed as part of the top plate structure itself, allowing for easy assembly with the support frame while maintaining the strength of the overall structure. The segmentation within the integrated design enables simple connection points without compromising overall integrity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If traditional shed designs require sequential setup of multiple components, then structural stability can be achieved, but loss of time for assembly increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the top rod and connecting rod functions into the top plate, the patent reduces the number of assembly steps. The integrated mounting grooves allow for direct connection of the support frame to the top plate in a single operation, eliminating the sequential assembly process and significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining structural stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting grooves are pre-formed as integral parts of the top plate during manufacturing. This preliminary action of creating ready-to-connect features during fabrication eliminates the need for on-site assembly of separate connection elements, reducing assembly time while ensuring structural stability through pre-engineered connection points.
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AI summary
A shed includes top plates, a support frame, and multiple wallboards, where the wallboards each are provided with a first mounting portion; an end of the top plate is provided with a first mounting groove; the first mounting portion is fit with the first mounting groove to connect the top plate to the wallboard; the top plates include multiple first top plates and multiple second top plates; the first top plates are connected to the second top plates; the support frame includes a first support rod; the first support rod is provided at a junction between the first top plate and the second top plate; a connecting plate is provided at a junction between each two adjacent wallboards; a first end of the connecting plate is connected to a first end of the first support rod; and a bottom of the wallboard is connected to a floor.