Modular building construction
AssigneeModula S, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Rutherford
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides building structures. A building structure can comprise a plurality of modules. An individual module among the plurality can comprises a plurality of wall panels. One or more wall panels of the plurality of wall panels can comprise undulating outer surfaces that each conform to an undulating outer surface of an adjacent module. The building structure can further comprise a binding agent in one or more void spaces between the plurality of modules. The binding agent is configured to maintain the plurality of modules in proximity to one another. The building structure may contain components to increase the energy efficiency of the structure.
Claims20
A building structure, comprising:
- a plurality of modules, wherein an individual module among the plurality comprises a plurality of wall panels, wherein each of the plurality of wall panels comprises a curved outer surface having a pattern of peaks and valleys that conforms to a pattern of peaks and valleys of a curved outer surface of an adjacent module of the plurality of modules, wherein the peaks conform to the valleys, and wherein the peaks extend to a neutral axis between the individual module and the adjacent module;
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- a binding agent in one or more void spaces between the plurality of modules, wherein the binding agent fixes and maintains the plurality of modules in proximity to one another,
- wherein the plurality of wall panels comprises a first wall panel and a second wall panel, wherein the first wall panel comprises a photovoltaic (PV) module and the second wall panel comprises an energy storage system that is in electrical communication with the PV module, and
- wherein the plurality of wall panels comprises a third wall panel that comprises a heat exchanger.
A building structure, comprising:
- a plurality of modules, wherein an individual module among the plurality comprises a plurality of wall panels, wherein each of the plurality of wall panels comprises a curved outer surface having a pattern of peaks and valleys that conforms to a pattern of peaks and valleys of a curved outer surface of an adjacent module of the plurality of modules, wherein the peaks conform to the valleys, and wherein the peaks extend to a neutral axis between the individual module and the adjacent module;
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- a binding agent in one or more void spaces between the plurality of modules, wherein the binding agent fixes and maintains the plurality of modules in proximity to one another,
- wherein the plurality of wall panels includes an insulated bottom panel, and
- wherein the bottom panel comprises two curved outer sheets with foil, insulation, and dead air space between the sheets.
A building structure, comprising:
- a plurality of modules, wherein an individual module among the plurality comprises a plurality of wall panels, wherein each of the plurality of wall panels comprises a curved outer surface having a pattern of peaks and valleys that conforms to a pattern of peaks and valleys of a curved outer surface of an adjacent module of the plurality of modules, wherein the peaks conform to the valleys, and wherein the peaks extend to a neutral axis between the individual module and the adjacent module;
- and
- a binding agent in one or more void spaces between the plurality of modules, wherein the binding agent fixes and maintains the plurality of modules in proximity to one another,
- wherein the plurality of wall panels includes an insulated bottom panel, and
- wherein the bottom panel traps thermal energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.