Prefabricated shear wall system with integrated channels
OwnerMichael Neumayrinventor
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Abstract
Prefabricated wall segments for construction of buildings. The prefabricated wall segments are lightweight and easy to install and enable an improved ability to install electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems as well as insulation in both the vertical and horizontal direction. The prefabricated wall segments can be utilized in new construction as well as in preexisting structures without the need for specialty equipment or tools.
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A wall system for construction of a building, comprising:
- a corrugated core, the corrugated core comprising a series of vertical channels that run parallel to each other, the series of vertical channels are alternately open to an exterior side and an interior side of the corrugated core and define a set of vertical surfaces with a set of vertical spaces between the vertical surfaces on the interior side of the corrugated core, the corrugated core having a top and a bottom and a first end and a second end, wherein the interior side of the corrugated core is further comprised of a set of horizontal channel segments recessed from the set of vertical surfaces, wherein the horizontal channel segments are open to the interior side of the corrugated core and closed to the exterior side of the corrugated core, wherein each one of the vertical surfaces on the interior side between the first end and the second end of the corrugated core has a respective one of the recessed horizontal channel segments, and wherein each one of the horizontal channel segments has a horizontal channel depth relative to the interior side, wherein the horizontal channel depth of the horizontal channel segments is less than a thickness of the corrugated core between the exterior side and the interior side;
- an outer shear panel attached to the corrugated core on the exterior side and covering the vertical channels open to the exterior side;
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- an inner panel attached to the vertical surfaces on the interior side of the corrugated core and covering the vertical channels and the horizontal channel segments open to the interior side.
A wall system for construction of a building comprising:
- a first corrugated core comprising a first series of vertical channels and a first set of horizontal channel segments, the first corrugated core further comprising a first pair of ends, wherein the first series of vertical channels are comprised of a first set of vertical spaces separated by a first set of vertical surfaces, wherein each one of the first set of vertical surfaces has a corresponding one of the first set of horizontal channel segments recessed to a first horizontal channel depth within the first series of vertical channels;
- a second corrugated core comprising a second series of vertical channels and a second set of horizontal channel segments, the second corrugated core further comprising a second pair of ends, wherein the second series of vertical channels are comprised of a second set of vertical spaces separated by a second set of vertical surfaces, wherein each one of the second set of vertical surfaces has a corresponding one of the second set of horizontal channel segments recessed to a second horizontal channel depth within the second series of vertical channels, wherein the second horizontal channel depth has a same depth as the first horizontal channel depth, and wherein the same depth of the first horizontal channel depth and the second horizontal channel depth is less than a thickness of the first corrugated core and the second corrugated core;
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- a means for connecting one of the first pair of ends of the first corrugated core to one of the second pair of ends of the second corrugated core, wherein the first set of horizontal channel segments and the second set of horizontal channel segments each have an end horizontal channel segment adjacent to each other at a predetermined height.
An improved wall system for construction of a building having a corrugated core and at least one panel fastened to and covering an interior side of the corrugated core, the corrugated core having a width and comprising a plurality of vertical channels having a thickness, the covered interior side of the corrugated core being formed by a series of alternating vertical surfaces and vertical spaces, wherein the vertical surfaces are adjacent to the panel, the improvement comprising:
- a horizontal channel formed in the corrugated core by a plurality of horizontal channel segments recessed into the interior side of the corrugated core, wherein the horizontal channel spans the entire width of the corrugated core in that the horizontal channel segments are recessed into at least one side of each one of the vertical surfaces, wherein the horizontal channel is open to the interior side of the corrugated core, closed to the exterior side of the corrugated core and covered by the panel, wherein the horizontal channel has a horizontal channel depth that is less than the thickness of the vertical channels at each one of the horizontal channel segments where the horizontal channel intersects the vertical surfaces adjacent to the panel.
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