# US 10,480,176 B2 · Modular building > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,176 B2 - Document ID: US10480176B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/413,421 - Filed: 2013-07-11 - Published: 2015-06-04 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-11 - Assignees: 1 Space Pty Ltd - Applicants: 1 Space Pty Ltd - Inventors: Susan Unger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480176B2 ## CPC - E04B 1/34336: {Structures movable as a whole, e.g. mobile home structures (vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles B60P3/32)} - E04B 1/19: Three-dimensional [3D] framework structures - E04B 1/34384: {Assembling details for foldable, separable, collapsible or retractable structures} - E04B 1/3483: {the supporting structure consisting of metal} - E04B 2/58: with elongated members of metal - E04B 5/10: with metal beams or girders, e.g. with steel lattice girders (E04B5/14 takes precedence) - E04H 1/005: {Modulation co-ordination} - E04H 1/02: Dwelling houses; Buildings for temporary habitation, {e.g. summer houses}(small erections for limited occupation E04H1/12 {; collapsible, erectable or rotatable buildings E04B1/343}) - E04H 3/02: Hotels; Motels; Coffee-houses; Restaurants; Shops; Department stores - E04H 3/08: Hospitals, infirmaries, or the like; Schools; Prisons - E04B 1/34317: {Set of building elements forming a self-contained package for transport before assembly} - E04B 1/34846: {the supporting structure consisting of other specified material, e.g. of plastics} - E04B 2001/199: {Details of roofs, floors or walls supported by the framework} - E04B 2001/1993: {Details of framework supporting structure, e.g. posts or walls} - E04B 2001/34876: {with a sloping or barrel roof} - E04B 2001/34892: {Means allowing access to the units, e.g. stairs or cantilevered gangways} - E04H 9/14: against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods - Y02A 50/00: in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract A modular building unit for construction of a building comprises a structural frame 40 suitable for interconnection to another modular building unit in construction of the building; and a stud frame wall 80/82 internal to and fixed to the frame. The modular building unit is suitable for handling as a shipping container for transport. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular building unit for construction of a building, said modular building unit comprising: a structural frame suitable for interconnection to another modular building unit construction of the building, wherein the modular building unit is adapted to be transported as a shipping container; and a stud frame panel immovably fixed internal to the structural frame, wherein the stud frame panel comprises a frame, which is distinct from the structural frame, and a plurality of vertically extending studs when the modular building unit is assembled in the building; wherein the stud frame panel is structurally load bearing; wherein the structural frame and stud frame panel are directly and immovably fastened so as to be load bearing in combination, wherein the stud frame panel is inwardly spaced from a parallel adjacent external face of the structural frame, wherein the building unit comprises a longitudinal extending stair well, wherein a longest dimension of the modular building unit extends in a vertical orientation when formed as part of the modular building. ### Claim 2 A modular building unit for construction of a building, said modular building unit comprising: a structural frame suitable for interconnection to another modular building unit in construction of the building, wherein the modular building unit is adapted to be transported as a shipping container; and a stud frame panel immovably fixed internal to the structural frame, wherein the stud frame panel comprises a frame, which is distinct from the structural frame, and a plurality of vertical extending studs when the modular building unit is assembled in the building; wherein the stud frame panel is structurally load bearing; wherein the structural frame and stud frame panel are directly and immovably fastened so as to be load bearing in combination, wherein the stud frame panel is inwardly spaced from a parallel adjacent external face of the structural frame, wherein the modular building unit comprises an internal structure connected to the structural frame, wherein the internal structure comprises the stud frame panel and at least one further stud frame panel so as to form peripheral side or end walls of the internal structure, and a load bearing top panel so as to form a roof of the internal structure. ### Claim 3 A modular building unit for construction of a building, said modular building unit comprising: a structural frame suitable for interconnection to another modular building unit in construction of the building, wherein the modular building unit is adapted to be transported as a shipping container; and a stud frame panel immovably fixed internal to the structural frame, wherein the stud frame panel comprises a frame, which is distinct from the structural frame, and a plurality of vertical extending studs when the modular building unit is assembled in the building; wherein the stud frame panel is structurally load bearing; wherein the structural frame and stud frame panel are directly and immovably fastened so as to be load bearing in combination, wherein the stud frame panel is inwardly spaced from a parallel adjacent external face of the structural frame, wherein the stud frame panel is connected to another stud frame panel in a manner that forms a wall comprising a corner where the respective stud frame panels extend from the corner, wherein the wall is structurally load bearing so as to be able to withstand hurricane conditions, such that the stud frame panels add to the structural integrity provided by the structural frame. ### Claim 4 A modular building unit comprising an integrally formed parallelepiped structural frame comprising frame vertical posts, and a structural wall comprising structural wall segments at an angle to each other so as to extend in different directions at a corner of the structural wall, wherein at least one of the structural wall segments is offset inwardly from the structural frame so as to provide an inward indent from a plan extending through the outermost face of the frame vertical posts and receives a weather resistant panel within the indent without extending past the external face of the vertical posts, the at least one of the structural wall segments comprising a single vertical post at the corner of the structural wall, wherein the vertical post is structurally load bearing and is arranged to be directly fixed to one of the frame vertical posts so as to fix the at least one of the structural wall segments to the structural frame, wherein the inward indent extends inwardly by a distance larger than a thickness of a weathering steel panel so that the inward indent provides an air gap between the panel and the structural wall when the panel is received in the inward indent. ### Claim 5 A modular building unit comprising an integrally formed parallelepiped structural frame comprising frame vertical posts, and a structural wall comprising structural wall segments at an angle to each other so as to extend in different directions at a corner of the structural wall, wherein at least one of the structural wall segments is offset inwardly from the structural frame so as to provide an inward indent from a plane extending through the outermost face of the frame vertical posts and receives a weather resistant panel within the indent without extending past the external face of the vertical posts, the at least one of the structural wall segments comprising a single vertical post at the corner of the structural wall, wherein the vertical post is structurally load bearing and is arranged to be directly fixed to one of the frame vertical posts so as to fix the at least one of the structural wall segments to the structural frame.