Alignment and connection system for prefabricated modular buildings
AssigneeCloud Apartments, Inc.
InventorCurtis Harrison Wong
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Abstract
Disclosed is a modular housing construction system. The system includes a plurality of housing modules configured to stack upon each other to create a multi-story construction assembly. Each housing module may include at least a room section, an optional riser section and a corridor section. The system may include one or more riser alignment elements. The riser alignment elements may include a plurality of pre-installed risers disposed within riser openings. The riser openings being configured to position the risers, relative to the riser alignment element, to within a predefined range each dimension of a horizontal plane.
Claims10
A modular construction system comprising:
- a plurality of housing modules configured to vertically stack upon each other to create a multi-story construction assembly, each of the plurality of housing modules including at least a room section, a shaft section and a corridor section, each housing module having a bottom and a top;
- one or more exterior wall alignment elements, each exterior wall alignment element having a top and a bottom, a male exterior wall alignment feature structured along the top and a female exterior wall alignment feature structured along the bottom;
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- one or more shaft alignment elements, each shaft alignment element having a top and a bottom, a male riser alignment feature structured along the top, and a female riser alignment feature structured along the bottom, and having an upper template plate structured in proximity with the top and with one or more riser openings, and a lower template plate structured in proximity with the bottom with one or more riser openings, the one or more riser openings of the upper template plate vertically aligned with the one or more riser openings of the lower template plate;
- one or more risers configured to pass through corresponding one of more riser openings of the lower template plate and the upper template plate, each riser of the one or more risers having a first end and a second end, the first end of each riser structured to couple a source;
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- a cap module configured to fit across the corridor section, the cap module including one or more runners, each runner having a first end and a second end and having a length greater than a width of a housing module of the plurality of housing modules, the cap module including cap alignment elements configured to align the cap module with the one or more shaft alignment elements of the plurality of housing modules, the first end of a runner configured to couple the second end of a riser of the one or more risers and a second end of the runner coupled as subsequent source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.