Rapid escape door
This was a project I worked on near the end of my study at The Hague University. This was a project provided by an external party, who already had a patent on the basic idea.
We improved on the initial idea that was provided by creating a whole new mechanical solution. The idea is that we take a “regular” roller shutter but use it in reverse, letting gravity move the shutter down.
While designing this product, we did a patent investigation, uncovering 38 patents that deal with similar mechanisms and making sure our solution did not interfere with any of these.
With a small group of 3 people, we designed and completed this project.
After the final presentation of this project, we received a 9/10 grading.