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US 2010/0146902 A1Published application
Frame construction for low-rise building
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorsShinichiro Hashimoto, Yoshimitsu Murahashi, Shigeaki Tohnai, Tatsuo Ezaki, Atsushi Watanabe
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Abstract
A frame construction for a low rise building. In the construction, a wall frame panel is made of thin light-gauge section steel by bonding together a surface member, a lower frame member, vertical frame members and an upper frame member. Roof or floor support girders are made of heavyweight section steel having H-shape or channel shape. The girders are coupled to frame construction panels by bolts or hold-down fasteners.
Claims2
A frame construction arrangement for a low-rise building having an opening in a wall thereof, comprising:
- a component being at least one of a construction surface member and a brace;
- frame members composed of thin light-gauge section steel coupled to the component to form a wall frame panel;
- a girder, which is formed from heavy-weight section steel, provided above the wall frame panel in the lower floor, wherein the girder is coupled with the wall frame panel by a bracing plate, bolts and nuts;
- an end beam composed of thin light-gauge section steel coupled with a floor beam above the girder;
- a construction surface member provided above the floor beam;
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- a wall frame panel in the upper floor provided above the construction surface member;
- and wherein a section above the opening excludes a lintel so that the opening extends to an area directly beneath the girder.
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