Joint type prefab assembly
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorHideki Kawasaki
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Abstract
A modular connector and modular bolt can be adapted to connect first and second prefabricated building components together. The modular connector can include a recess having a multistage notch structure that can be coupled with protrusions of a modular bolt. The chamber can also include a moveable butting element that is operably coupled with the multistage notch structure, where the moveable butting element can be adapted to move further into the chamber when the modular bolt is received by the multistage recess structure such that a relative position of the second prefabricated building component is adjustable with respect to the first prefabricated building component.
Claims19
A modular connector for attaching prefabricated walls and columns comprising:
- a body structure having an internal chamber with an opening at one end and a closed base opposite of the opening with a multistage notch structure having a plurality of chamber stages in the internal chamber, each chamber stage has one or more chamber recesses and one or more chamber protrusions;
- a modular bolt having an external multistage protrusion structure with a plurality of bolt stages, each bolt stage has one or more bolt protrusions and one or more bolt recesses, wherein one or more of the bolt stages couple with one or more of the chamber stages when the modular bolt is received into and coupled with the internal chamber;
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- a moveable butting structure having a butting element coupled to a biasing element, the moveable butting structure located within the internal chamber and having the biasing element abutting a surface of the closed base, the moveable butting element being adapted to move toward the base upon being contacted by an end of the modular bolt such that a relative position of the moveable butting element and opening is adjustable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.