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US 2024/0183169 A1Published application
Composite Overclad Panels for Buildings
AssigneeUT-Battelle, LLC
InventorsNolan W. Hayes, Diana Hun, Pritesh Yeole, Uday Vaidya
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Abstract
The disclosure provides systems methods for overclad panels for buildings. The overclad panels include a first fiber sheet, a second fiber sheet and a plurality of foam beams arranged parallel to one another and disposed between the first fiber sheet and the second fiber sheet. The first fiber sheet, second fiber sheet, and plurality of foam beams can be bonded together with resin. The panels can further include an aesthetic textile layer and a Teflon barrier layer.
Claims20
An overclad panel comprising:
- a first fiber sheet;
- a second fiber sheet;
- and
- a plurality of foam beams arranged parallel to one another and disposed between the first fiber sheet and the second fiber sheet.
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An overclad panel system comprising:
- two or more panels, each panel comprising
- a first fiber sheet and a second fiber sheet, and
- at least one foam beam;
- and
- panel-to-building connections configured to couple the panels to a building wall, wherein each panel-to-building connection comprise:
- a first panel-to-building connector having a panel cleat disposed on a surface of an associated panel that is to face the building wall, and
- a second panel-to-building connector having a wall cleat configured to be disposed on the building wall and arranged relative to the panel cleat to engage with the panel cleat.
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A method of constructing an overclad panel comprising:
- placing at least one first foam beam on a first fiber layer;
- placing a second fiber layer over the first foam beam;
- placing distribution media on the second fiber layer;
- and
- infusing the first fiber layer, second fiber layer, and first foam beam with resin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.