Wireless Sensor Mounting Plate with Dual Fastener and Adhesive Options
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current HVAC systems lack efficient and user-friendly solutions for controlling environmental conditions in buildings, particularly in terms of temperature management and occupancy-based adjustments, leading to suboptimal comfort and energy usage.
Innovation Solution
The development of a wireless sensor assembly and HVAC controller system that utilizes temperature signals from multiple sensors to adjust heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, allowing for remote control and occupancy-based adjustments through a user interface and communication with a building control system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wireless sensor assembly is mounted to a wall using traditional methods, then the mounting may be secure, but the installation process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a mounting plate with adhesive strip for wall attachment, and a separate sensor housing that attaches to the plate. This segmentation allows the adhesive mounting method to be simple while maintaining secure attachment through the combined system of plate and housing.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting plate serves as an intermediary component between the wall and the sensor housing. It provides a standardized interface that simplifies installation while ensuring reliable mounting through its adhesive strip and engagement features with the sensor housing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple mounting methods are provided for the wall plate, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with multi-functionality to accommodate different mounting preferences and wall types. It includes both an adhesive strip for simple adhesive mounting and holes for threaded fastener attachment, allowing the same component to serve multiple mounting purposes without requiring separate mounting solutions.
3Shape
If the sensor housing completely covers the wall plate, then aesthetics are improved, but accessibility for future releases or adjustments is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor housing is designed with a localized opening or incomplete coverage that specifically exposes the release tab area while maintaining aesthetic coverage of the rest of the wall plate. This allows the housing to provide visual coverage where needed while preserving accessibility to the release mechanism.
Data Source
AI summary
A wireless sensor assembly includes a wall plate that is configured to be secured to a wall of a building using either a threaded fastener or a releasable adhesive strip, the wall plate including an aperture therethrough for accommodating the threaded fastener and a recess on a back surface of the wall plate to accommodate at least part of the releasable adhesive strip. The wireless sensor assembly includes a sensor housing including a front housing region and a back housing region, the back housing region configured to be releasably secured to the wall plate, the back housing region including a recess that is configured to receive at least part of the wall plate when the back housing region is releasably secured to the wall plate.