US 12,650,017 B1Granted

Panelized structural wall, floor, and roof panel

AssigneeCover Technologies, Inc.

InventorsAlexis Xavier Rivas, Craig Derian

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Abstract

A panel system includes a first wall panel including: a left column element; a right column element; a footer element; a header element; an insulative element; a left flange; and a left return flange. The left column element: carries vertical loads through a left side of the wall panel; and defines a gasket relief. The right column element carries vertical loads through a right side of the wall panel. The footer element: extends between the column elements; and defines a lower vertical wall datum configured to vertically locate the wall panel relative to a floor panel. The left flange: extends rearward from the left column element; mates to a second wall panel; and defines a lateral wall datum to laterally locate the first wall panel relative to the second wall panel. The gasket: locates along the gasket relief; and compresses between the gasket relief and the second wall panel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A panel system comprising:

a first wall panel, in a set of wall panels, comprising:
a left column element:
configured to carry vertical loads through a left side of the wall panel;
and
defining a left gasket relief extending vertically along the left column element;
a right column element:
configured to carry vertical loads through a right side of the wall panel;
a footer element:
extending between the left column element and the right column element;
and
defining a lower vertical wall datum configured to seat on a vertical floor datum of a floor panel to vertically locate the wall panel relative to the floor panel;
a header element:
extending between the left column element and the right column element above the footer element;
an insulative element:
extending between the left column element, the right column element, the header element, and the footer element;
a left flange:
extending rearward from the left column element;
laterally offset from the left gasket relief;
configured to mate to a second right flange of a second wall panel installed adjacent the wall panel, via a series of clinch connections;
and
defining a left lateral wall datum configured to laterally locate the first wall panel relative to the second wall panel;
and
a left return flange:
configured to stiffen the left flange;
and
extending laterally from the left flange opposite the second wall panel;
and
a gasket:
located along the left gasket relief;
and
configured to compress between the left gasket relief of the first wall panel and a second right column element of a second wall panel during installation of the series of clinch connections.

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A panel system comprising:

a first wall panel, in a set of wall panels, comprising:
a left column element:
configured to carry vertical loads through a left side of the wall panel;
and
defining a left gasket relief extending vertically along the left column element;
a right column element:
configured to carry vertical loads through a right side of the wall panel;
a lower vertical wall datum:
configured to seat on a vertical floor datum surface of a floor panel to vertically locate the wall panel relative to the floor panel;
a header element:
extending between the left column element and the right column element above the floor panel;
an insulative element:
extending between the left column element, the right column element, the header element, and the footer element;
an exterior façade panel:
defining a prefinished exterior surface;
and
extending across outer faces of the left column element, the right column element, the footer element, and the header element;
and
a left flange:
extending rearward from the left column element opposite the exterior façade panel;
laterally offset from the left gasket relief;
configured to mate to a second right flange of a second wall panel installed adjacent the wall panel, via a series of clinch connections;
and
defining a left lateral wall datum configured to laterally locate the first wall panel relative to the second wall panel;
and
a gasket:
located along the left gasket relief;
and
configured to compress between the left gasket relief of the first wall panel and a second right column element of a second wall panel during installation of the series of clinch connections.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/630,876Filed 9 Apr 2024 · continuation in part
Priority: 3 Feb 2023
Granted: 9 Jun 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

E04C 2/384
With attached ribs, flanges, or the like, e.g. framed panels: with a metal frame
E04C 2/284
Composed of materials covered by two or more of groups E04C2/04, E04C2/08, E04C2/10 or of materials covered by one of these groups with a…
E04C 2/3405
Composed of two or more spaced sheet-like parts: spaced apart by profiled spacer sheets
E04C 2/46
Characterised by the purpose: specially adapted for making walls

Family

Application63/443,247Us provisional application · filed 3 Feb 2023
Application63/443,240Us provisional application · filed 3 Feb 2023
Application63/443,251Us provisional application · filed 3 Feb 2023
Application18/433,312Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Feb 2024
US 12,680,301 B2Related patent
US 2024/0263447 A1Published application
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