Sliding Door Guide System with Integrated Drive Rail
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing guide systems for sliding doors, particularly those with drive systems, have complex structures, large dimensions, and lack external control capabilities, making them difficult to manage and maintain.
Innovation Solution
A compact guide system with a running rail and panel configuration that integrates a control panel accessible from the underside, allowing for external control of the drive system, and features a fastening mechanism using grooves and a clamping device to secure the drive device within the running rail, enabling easy assembly and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a carrier profile with two running rails and a stiffening profile is used to accommodate the motor and carriage, then the drive system can be integrated, but the structure becomes complicated and dimensions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the running rail and panel into a single integrated component that serves multiple functions: guiding the carriage, accommodating the motor, and providing structural support. This eliminates the need for separate carrier profiles, stiffening profiles, and multiple running rails, thereby reducing structural complexity while maintaining integration capability
Solution Approach 2:
The running rail in the patent is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously serves as a guide track, motor mounting structure, and structural support element. This universal design replaces multiple specialized components (carrier profile, stiffening profile, running rails) with a single versatile element, reducing overall system complexity
2Quantity of substance
If a large carrier profile is used to accommodate the carriage and motor cavity, then sufficient space is provided, but the dimensions of the guide system increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the motor from a vertical arrangement (above the carriage in a separate cavity) to a horizontal arrangement (adjacent to the carriage alongside the running rail). This dimensional change allows efficient use of space along the longitudinal axis of the running rail, providing adequate space for both carriage and motor without increasing the overall height or requiring a large vertical carrier profile
3Adaptability or versatility
If the motor is installed in the carrier profile, then the drive system is integrated, but external control of the motor is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the control panel from the internal motor housing and positions it on the exterior surface of the running rail. This allows the control functionality to be accessed and operated from outside the guide system, enabling external control while the motor remains integrated within the running rail structure
Solution Approach 2:
The control panel serves as an intermediary interface between the external user and the internal motor system. It is positioned on the exterior of the running rail, allowing users to control the motor without direct access to the motor itself, thus enabling external control while maintaining system integration
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a guide system (1) for sliding doors (3), comprising a track (5) for guiding a roller (8) of a door guide (10) with a drive system (13) including a drive device (15), and a travel space (6) of the door guide (10) extending longitudinally along the track (5). The travel space (6) is at least partially bounded by the track (5). The drive device (15) is arranged longitudinally along the track (5) extending from the travel space (6) and is fastened in the track (5) by means of a fastening device (19).