Switch Cabinet Interior Fitting with Perpendicular Fastening Grid

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing switch cabinet arrangements face limitations in interior design flexibility due to the need for additional mounting components, which restricts packing density and thermal management, and require complex fastening systems to maintain grid dimensions.

Innovation Solution

The solution involves a switch cabinet arrangement with a second row of fastening receptacles perpendicular to the first row, maintaining the grid dimension, allowing for flexible interior design by using hook elements and ensuring dimensional accuracy across all mounting components, including the use of mounting rails and chassis, and enabling cascaded interior design concepts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If additional mounting components are provided to increase interior design flexibility, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases and packing density decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterior design flexibilityVSAvoidmounting component complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The profile frame is designed with multiple rows of fastening receptacles (first row on the profile, second row on the interior component) that can serve multiple mounting functions. This universal fastening system eliminates the need for specialized mounting components, allowing the same profile structure to provide both structural support and flexible mounting capabilities for various interior components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention merges the fastening function directly into the interior component by integrating a second row of fastening receptacles onto the interior component itself. This combines the mounting function with the interior component structure, eliminating the need for separate mounting rails or brackets, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If additional mounting components are used to provide more mounting points, then adaptability is improved, but packing density worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemounting point availabilityVSAvoidpacking density
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The profile frame structure serves dual purposes: it provides the structural framework of the cabinet and simultaneously offers multiple rows of fastening receptacles for mounting interior components. This eliminates the need for additional dedicated mounting components, maximizing packing density while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention adds a second row of fastening receptacles in a direction perpendicular to the first row, creating a two-dimensional grid of mounting points on the interior component. This dimensional expansion provides more mounting opportunities without adding extra mounting components, thereby maintaining packing density while improving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Manufacturing precision

If traditional fastening systems are used to maintain grid dimension, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegrid dimension accuracyVSAvoidfastening system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fastening receptacles are designed with uniform dimensions and spacing across all locations (both first and second rows). This homogeneous design allows for standardized manufacturing processes and simple fastening mechanisms while maintaining precise grid dimensions, avoiding the need for complex adjustable fastening systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Solution Approach 2:

The fastening system is segmented into modular receptacles that can be independently positioned at precise locations. Each receptacle maintains the grid dimension through standardized design, allowing the overall system to achieve high precision through modular repetition rather than complex integrated fastening mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3513470B1Electrical cabinet assembly with at least two electrical cabinets having a frame and an interior fitting component
Publication Date: 2022.01.12 RITTALWERK RUDOLF LOH GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a switch cabinet (1) having a cuboid frame (2) of four vertical profiled elements (3) and eight horizontal profiled elements (4), wherein four of the profiled elements (3, 4) form a rectangular profiled-element frame and two of the four profiled elements (3, 4) forming the profiled-element frame, extending parallel to each other, each have a first fastening profiled-element side (5) having a first row of fastening receptacles (6) spaced apart from each other at a constant spacing (M), wherein the first fastening profiled-element sides (5) lie in a common plane (E) and a first interior fitting component (7) extending between the parallel profiled elements is mounted on these two first fastening profiled-element sides (5), said first interior fitting component having a mounting side (8) having a second row of fastening receptacles (9), which extends perpendicularly to the first row (6), characterized in that the second row of fastening receptacles (9) is arranged at the spacing (M) of the first row of fastening receptacles (6) in the extension direction (y) of the first row of fastening receptacles (6).