# US 12,768,165 B2 · Wall panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,768,165 B2 - Document ID: US12768165B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/394,377 - Filed: 2023-12-22 - Published: 2024-05-02 - Granted: 2026-10-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-25 - Assignees: Eekowall Limited - Applicants: Eekowall Limited - Inventors: Derek Platt; Michael Reilly - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12768165B2 ## CPC - E04B 2/7403: {with special measures for sound or thermal insulation including fire protection} - E04C 2/384: {with a metal frame} - E04B 2002/7488: {Details of wiring} - 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}) - 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) ## Abstract A system for forming a wall is described. In an embodiment, the panel comprises: one or more prefabricated wall panels each panel comprising: a rear board; a front board forming an internal face for a room, said front board spaced away from said rear board to form a cavity; a first side stud and a second side stud, each side stud connected to the front and rear boards on opposing sides of the cavity; and a head track and a base track, each track connected to the front and rear board and the first and second side stud at a top and bottom of said boards and studs respectively; and wherein the first side stud comprises a male mating means and the second side stud comprises a female mating means such that the prefabricated wall panel can mate with an adjacent prefabricated wall panel to form a continuous internal wall surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for forming a wall, said system comprising: one or more prefabricated wall panels, separated by a central deflection profile to brace the wall panels, each panel comprising: a rear board; a front board forming an internal face for a room, said front board spaced away from said rear board to form a cavity; a first side stud and a second side stud, each side stud connected to the front and rear boards on opposing sides of the cavity; and a head track and a base track, each track connected to the front and rear board and the first and second side stud at a top and bottom of said boards and studs respectively; and wherein the first side stud comprises a male mating means and the second side stud comprises a female mating means such that a respective said prefabricated wall panel is configured to mate with an adjacent prefabricated wall panel of the one or more prefabricated wall panels to form a continuous internal wall surface; and guide rails provided on a floor of a building, said guide rails comprising a raised portion configured to be received within a correspondingly shaped recessed portion in the base track; wherein at least first and second wall panels of the one or more prefabricated wall panels are arranged parallel to each other on separate, discrete said guide rails to form a party wall. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein multiple panels are provided, each panel secured to a respective adjacent said panel via the mating means and received in the guide rails. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the rear board of each wall panel is a cardboard liner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein insulation is provided between the guide rails to lie between the first wall panel and the second wall panel in a void of the party wall between the rear boards. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the side studs and the tracks comprise metal framework to form a rigid frame for the wall panels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the front board comprises a gypsum based board. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the front board sits in front of the side studs and tracks to hide the side studs and tracks behind the front board. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each wall panel is secured to a soffit using a deflection profile. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising intumescent fire sealant between the deflection profile and the soffit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the wall panels further comprises a wireway secured to the front board, said wireway provided within the cavity and comprising one or more passages, said passages aligned along a height of the panels for constraining service cabling fed through the panels within a respective passage of the one or more passages. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein two or more passages are provided, each said passage running parallel to each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the raised portion comprises a substantially frustoconical cross-section, said raised portion provided along a length of the guide rails. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the recessed portion extends less than a height of the raised portion, such that a gap is formed between the base track and the floor when the recessed portion receives the raised portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the gap comprises a front gap beneath the front board and a rear gap beneath the rear board, and wherein at least the front gap is sealed by a fire sealant. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the fire sealant is an intumescent fire sealant.