US 6,634,155 B2Granted

Self-jigging resilient construction member and retrofit system using same

AssigneeOwens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.

InventorMark H. Smith

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Abstract

A construction beam includes a pair of lateral members and a resilient web extending therebetween, so as to present a cross-sectional profile corresponding to commonly used construction beams (e.g., 2″×4″ or 2″×6″). The resilience of the web helps to attenuate sound transmission through the beam from one lateral member to the other. In particular, in a wall frame, the lateral members are mounted at opposite ends thereof to end plates consisting of other construction beams according to the present invention. When the wall frame is used in a building structure, the lateral members of the end plates on the same side are attached to the surrounding structure, leaving the other side of the frame resiliently free floating. A wall is mounted on the free floating side of the wall frame so as to provide a resiliently free floating wall that acts as a sound attenuating absorber.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A wall frame in a building construction comprising:

a first end plate comprising first and second lateral members and a first resilient web extending therebetween;
wherein said first resilient web comprises a first portion, a second portion bent at an angle relative to said first portion, and a third portion bent at an angle relative to said second portion and generally parallel to said first portion, wherein said first portion is attached to said first lateral member, and wherein said third portion is attached to said second lateral member, wherein said third portion includes at least one first spacer arranged thereon for orienting at least one of said first and second lateral members relative to said first resilient web;
and
a stud comprising third and fourth lateral members and a second resilient web extending therebetween;
wherein said second resilient web comprises a first portion, a second portion bent at an angle relative to said first portion, and a third portion bent at an angle relative to said second portion and generally parallel to said first portion, wherein said first portion is attached to said first lateral member, and wherein said third portion is attached to said second lateral member, wherein said third portion includes at least one second spacer arranged thereon for orienting at least one of said third and fourth lateral members relative to said second resilient web;
wherein said stud is orthogonally mounted on said end plate.

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In a building structure, a frame for mounting a wall comprising:

a first end plate comprising a first pair of lateral members and a first resilient web extending therebetween wherein said resilient web comprises a first portion, a second portion bent at an angle relative to said first portion, and a third portion bent at an angle relative to said second portion and generally parallel to said first portion, wherein said first portion is attached to said first pair of lateral members, and wherein said third portion includes said at least one spacer formed thereon for orienting said first pair of lateral members and said resilient web relative to said first end plate, whereby the third portion is attachable to said first end plate;
a second end plate generally parallel to said first end plate and comprising a second pair of lateral members and a second resilient web extending therebetween wherein said second resilient web comprises a first portion, a second portion bent at an angle relative to said first portion, and a third portion bent at an angle relative to said second portion and generally parallel to said first portion, wherein said first portion is attached to said second pair of lateral members, and wherein said third portion includes said at least one spacer formed thereon for orienting said second pair of lateral members and said second resilient web relative to said second end plate, whereby the third portion is attachable to said second end plate;
and
a stud comprising a third pair of lateral members and a third resilient web extending therebetween wherein said third resilient web comprises a first portion, a second portion bent at an angle relative to said first portion, and a third portion bent at an angle relative to said second portion and generally parallel to said first portion, wherein said first portion is attached to said third pair of lateral members, and wherein said third portion includes said at least one spacer formed thereon for orienting said third pair of lateral members and said third resilient web relative to said stud, whereby the third portion is attachable to said stud;
wherein said stud is orthogonal to said first and second end plates with respective ends thereof being fixed to said first and second end plates.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/966,002Filed 28 Sep 2001 · division
Priority: 11 Dec 1998
Published: US 2002/0066253 A16 Jun 2002
Granted: 21 Oct 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

E04B 2/7411
Special measures for sound or thermal insulation, including fire protection: details for fire protection
E04B 1/82
Heat, sound or noise insulation, absorption, or reflection ; Other building methods affording favourable thermal or acoustical conditions, e.g.…:…
E04B 1/84
Specifically with respect to sound only: sound-absorbing elements
E04B 2/7412
Special measures for sound or thermal insulation, including fire protection: posts or frame members specially adapted for reduced sound or heat…

Family

Application09/209,308Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Dec 1998
Application09/338,892Parent of this division · filed 23 Jun 1999
US 2002/0066253 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Jun 2002
Application09/338,892Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 6,711,867 B1Related patent
US 6,755,003 B1Related patent
US 6,634,155 B2This patent

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