Smart Window Hollow Profile for Integrated Functional Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing windows and French doors lack integration with smart home systems and additional functional modules while maintaining a visually appealing design.
Innovation Solution
A smart window system featuring a hollow profile support device with integrated functional modules, such as sensors and actuators, that can be attached to the frame to provide additional functionality and interact with smart home systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If functional modules are integrated into the window system, then the functionality and smart home integration are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support device is designed as a hollow profile that contains cavities for receiving functional modules. This nesting approach allows sensors, actuators, and other functional components to be integrated within the existing support structure, adding functionality without significantly increasing overall device complexity or requiring separate mounting structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The support device serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the sash frame, offers mounting locations for functional modules through its hollow profile, and enables smart home integration. This multi-functionality approach consolidates several components into one, improving versatility while managing complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If the support device is designed as a hollow profile, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the volume of the support device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support device utilizes a hollow profile design that is standard in window construction. This design parameter change allows the structure to maintain sufficient structural strength while reducing material consumption and simplifying manufacturing processes through established extrusion techniques for hollow profiles.
3Reliability
If functional modules are integrated within the hollow profile, then the protection from environmental influences is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Functional modules are received within the hollow profile's cavities, which provide physical protection from environmental factors such as moisture, dust, and temperature extremes. This nesting arrangement shields sensitive electronic components while integrating them into the window structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow profile acts as an intermediary protective structure between the functional modules and the external environment. It provides a protected internal environment for sensitive components while maintaining their functionality and integration with the window system.
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AI summary
Smart window comprising at least one frame and at least one sash of a window, French door or the like, and a support device wherein the support device is a hollow profile which is attached to the inside of the frame by means of fasteners such that it interacts with an edge of the sash, and the support device extends at least along a part of the inside of the frame and at least one functional module is provided within the hollow profile and/or on a surface of the support device or the frame, or within their walls.