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US 11,352,786 B2Granted
Constructing buildings with modular wall structure
AssigneeWSP USA Inc.
InventorsAhmad Rahimian, Konstantin Udilovich, Jeffrey Smilow, Mohammed M. Haque
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Abstract
A method of construction of composite wall module system in which a first wall module and a second wall module are coupled to the first wall module by a vertical joint. The vertical joint is comprised of plurality of anchors and reinforcement bars as well as steel side plates allowing composite wall steel faceplates to be discontinuous across the vertical joint. The faceplates of the first and second modules are not made continuous across the vertical joint through continuous welding. The vertical wall joint further includes fill disposed between faceplates and side plates adjacent to anchors and reinforcement bars.
Claims18
A composite wall module system, comprising:
- a first composite wall module including:
- a first pair of faceplates;
- a first set of cross-ties extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- and
- a first side plate extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- a second composite wall module including:
- a second pair of faceplates;
- a second set of cross-ties extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- and
- a second side plate extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- wherein the first and second composite wall modules are separated by a vertical joint that interfaces the first and second composite wall modules, and wherein the faceplates of the first and second composite wall modules are not made continuous across the vertical joint through continuous welding;
- fill disposed between the first and second pairs of faceplates of the respective first and second composite wall modules;
- and
- at least one reinforcement bar that extends along the first composite wall module transversely across the first set of cross-ties, transversely across the vertical joint, and along the second composite wall module across the second set of cross-ties to join the first and second composite wall modules together, the at least one reinforcement bar includes at least one bottom reinforcement bar and at least one top reinforcement bar, the at least one bottom reinforcement bar disposed on a bottom surface of the first and second composite wall modules, the at least one top reinforcement bar disposed on a top surface of the first and second composite wall modules;
- wherein at least one of the first or second side plates defines a plurality of perforations therethrough receiving a plurality of additional reinforcement bars.
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A composite wall module system comprising:
- a first composite wall module including:
- a first pair of faceplates;
- a first set of cross-ties extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- and
- a first side plate extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- a second composite wall module including:
- a second pair of faceplates;
- a second set of cross-ties extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- and
- a second side plate extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- wherein the first and second composite wall modules are separated by a vertical joint that interfaces the first and second composite wall modules, and wherein the faceplates of the first and second composite wall modules are not made continuous across the vertical joint through continuous welding;
- fill disposed between the first and second pairs of faceplates of the respective first and second composite wall modules;
- and
- a vertical reinforcement bar assembly supported in the vertical joint between side plates of the first and second wall modules, the vertical reinforcement bar assembly including a first vertical reinforcement bar, the first vertical reinforcement bar having a first end segment and a second end segment that are vertically oriented and extend substantially parallel to at least one of the first and second pair of faceplates and to at least one of the first and second side plates, the first and second end segments connected by at least one angled segment between the first and second end segments, the at least one angled segment being transverse to the first and second end segments.
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A composite wall module system comprising:
- a first composite wall module including:
- a first pair of faceplates;
- a first set of cross-ties extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- and
- a first side plate extending between the first pair of faceplates;
- a second composite wall module including:
- a second pair of faceplates;
- a second set of cross-ties extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- and
- a second side plate extending between the second pair of faceplates;
- wherein the first and second composite wall modules are separated by a vertical joint that interfaces the first and second composite wall modules, and wherein the faceplates of the first and second composite wall modules are not made continuous across the vertical joint through continuous welding;
- at least one fill disposed between the first and second pairs of faceplates of the respective first and second composite wall modules;
- and
- a plurality of vertical reinforcement bars supported in the vertical joint between the first and second side plates of the first and second wall modules, each vertical reinforcement bar being spaced from and independent of other vertical reinforcement bars of the plurality of vertical reinforcement bars and including at least one angled segment disposed between a pair of end segments;
- wherein each end segment of the pair of end segments extends substantially parallel to at least one of the first and second pair of faceplates and to at least one of the first and second side plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.