# US 10,480,188 B2 · Insulation and ventilation systems for building structures

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- Number: US 10,480,188 B2
- Document ID: US10480188B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/457,741
- Filed: 2017-03-13
- Published: 2018-09-13
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-13
- Assignees: Ross Power Investments Inc.
- Applicants: Ross Power Investments Inc.
- Inventors: Ross Patrick Power
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480188B2

## CPC

- E04C 2/243: {one at least of the material being insulating}
- E04B 1/7612: {in combination with an air space}
- E04B 1/7645: {with ventilation means for the insulation}
- E04C 2/322: {with parallel corrugations}
- E04C 2/523: {for ventilating}
- E04F 13/0875: {having a basic insulating layer and at least one covering layer}
- E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)
- 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})
- E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

## Abstract

One aspect of the invention relates to an insulation and ventilation system for a building envelope (e.g. a building wall and/or a building roof). The system includes: one or more first building envelope layers; an insulation panel having a first side abutting against at least one of the one or more first building envelope layers and a second side having a plurality of transversely spaced and continuously longitudinally extending grooves interspaced between a plurality of transversely spaced and continuously longitudinally extending protrusions; and one or more second building envelope layers located exterior to the insulation panel to provide a plurality of transversely localized venting channels defined at least in part by an interior surface of the one or more second building envelope layers and the grooves of the second side of the insulation panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An insulation and ventilation system for a building envelope, the system comprising:
one or more interior building envelope layers;
an insulation panel having an interior side abutting against at least one of the one or more interior building envelope layers and an exterior side having a plurality of transversely spaced and continuously vertically extending grooves interspaced between a plurality of transversely spaced and continuously vertically extending projections, the continual vertical extension of the grooves and the projections orthogonal to the transverse spacing of the grooves and the projections; and
one or more exterior building envelope layers located exterior to the insulation panel to provide a plurality of longitudinally extending and transversely localized venting channels defined at least in part by an interior surface of the one or more exterior building envelope layers and the grooves of the exterior side of the insulation panel;
wherein the insulation panel comprises a transversely and outwardly extending protrusion located at one of upper and lower, transversely extending, faces of the insulation panel and contiguously formed with a corresponding one of upper faces and lower faces of the transversely spaced and continuously vertically extending projections to thereby form a plurality of blocking surfaces having normal vectors parallel to the continual vertical extension of the grooves and the projections, the blocking surfaces at least partially blocking the channels at the transversely extending face;
wherein the insulation panel is fabricated from a fluid-impermeable material; and
wherein the insulation panel is mounted in a manner that does not permit fluid flow through the panel from an exterior side of the panel to an interior side of the panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An insulation and ventilation system according to claim 1 wherein an outward extension of the transversely and outwardly extending protrusion and outward extensions of the transversely spaced and continuously vertically extending projections are equal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An insulation and ventilation system according to claim 1 wherein an outward extension of the transversely and outwardly extending protrusion is at least one of greater than or less than outward extensions of the transversely spaced and continuously vertically extending projections.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An insulation and ventilation system according to claim 1 wherein a thermal conductivity of material used to fabricate the insulation panel is lower than a thermal conductivity of material used to fabricate the interior building envelope layers and lower than a thermal conductivity of material used to fabricate the exterior building envelope layers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An insulation and ventilation system according to claim 1 wherein the insulation panel is fabricated from the fluid-impermeable material and wherein the insulation panel is mounted in a manner that does not permit fluid flow through the insulation panel from an exterior side of the insulation panel to an interior side of the insulation panel.