Wall Structure Guide Strip Alignment System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing building systems, particularly for residential and prefabricated houses, require significant material and labor to assemble due to large, heavy wall panels, making on-site construction costly and labor-intensive, and lack standardized components for easy assembly.

Innovation Solution

A building system featuring a skeletal structure with vertically spaced posts and guide strips for easy alignment of cover plates, allowing for standardized panel sizes and simplified assembly, with guide strips inserted into incisions on the posts and ceiling beams for easy handling and fastening, enabling easier construction of walls and ceilings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If large, heavy wall panels are used in prefabricated house construction, then structural stability is improved, but material costs and labor requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidmaterial costs
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The wall structure is divided into multiple standardized panels that can be assembled together to form complete walls. Each panel contains a skeleton structure with guide strips and cover plates, allowing modular construction that reduces material waste and costs while maintaining structural stability through proper panel sizing and arrangement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Strength

If large, heavy wall panels are used, then structural stability is improved, but assembly complexity and labor requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural stabilityVSAvoidassembly complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Guide strips are pre-installed into incisions on the skeleton structure during panel manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures that when panels are assembled on-site, the guide strips automatically align adjacent panels and cover plates, eliminating the need for complex alignment procedures and specialized assembly equipment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If standardized panel sizes are implemented, then assembly efficiency is improved, but adaptability to different building configurations decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly efficiencyVSAvoidadaptability to building configurations
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The wall system uses standardized panels that can be segmented and reconfigured in different patterns. By dividing walls into modular panel units with standardized dimensions, the system achieves assembly efficiency while allowing flexible arrangement to accommodate various building layouts, room configurations, and architectural designs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Shape

If cover plates are made wide to cover posts, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but alignment difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaesthetic appearanceVSAvoidalignment difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Guide strips serve as intermediary elements between the skeleton structure and cover plates. These guide strips protrude from the skeleton and provide physical guides that automatically align cover plates during installation, eliminating the need for manual alignment of wide cover plates while maintaining the aesthetic coverage of posts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP3067483B1Wall structure for a building system, in particular residential dwelling
Publication Date: 2017.05.10 TER HUURNE ANDRE
  • EP3067483B1 patent drawingFigure 1~2
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  • EP3067483B1 patent drawingFigure 5~6

AI summary

The invention relates to an exterior and/or interior wall structure for a building system, in particular a residential building, which is designed as a skeleton construction on a base plate with vertical posts (1, 2) and an insulating layer inserted between adjacent posts, wherein the posts (1, 2) are spaced apart in a standardized grid dimension and are arranged between the floor and ceiling of a building story, wherein adjacent posts are covered on both sides by cover plates (7, 8).According to the invention, the rectangular posts (1, 2) each have incisions (3, 4) extending longitudinally on the outside and inside of the wall, into which guide strips (5, 6) projecting from the surface of the posts (1, 2) can be inserted, and the cover plates (7, 8) on both sides have such a width that they laterally abut the side flanks of the guide strips (5, 6) projecting from the posts (1, 2), the cover plates (7, 8) being attached to the posts (1, 2) by screw or clamp fastening.