Abstract
Novel structural shear panels used for construction of shear walls and shear diaphragms, as well as sheathings and deckings, and similar constructions, where the structural shear panels have novel shapes formed in a grid pattern, comprised of an ordered series of voids, and material in the form of a grid, called grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids reduce the amount of raw material and weight in said grid pattern structural shear panels, and the material in the form of a grid is configured so that it resists the design loads required for the structural use of said grid pattern structural shear panels, and is also configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels to framing members and other building components by the means of fasteners, consistent with standardized construction industry spacings for said fasteners, and where said ordered series of voids provides points of graspability throughout the plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels, as well as the benefits of ventilation, visibility, the passage of light, and facilitates the penetration of small conduits throughout the plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels, without interrupting said material in the form of a grid.
Claims
1) Novel structural shear panels used for construction of shear walls and shear diaphragms, as well as sheathings and deckings, and similar constructions, where the structural shear panels have novel shapes formed in a grid pattern, comprised of an ordered series of voids, and material in the form of a grid, called grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids reduces the amount of raw material and weight in said grid pattern structural shear panels, and the material in the form of a grid, is configured so that it resists the design loads required for the structural use of said grid pattern structural shear panels, and where said material in the form of a grid, is configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels to framing members and other building components by the means of fasteners, and where the ordered series of voids also provide the benefits of, graspability, ventilation, visibility, the passage of light, and the penetration of small conduits through the panel thickness throughout the panel plane.
2) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the ordered series of voids have rounded corners.
3) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the material in the form of a grid has a four-way-grid geometric configuration.
4) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 3, where the ordered series of voids are of a single similar size and shape.
5) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 3, where the ordered series of voids are of multiple similar sizes and shapes.
6) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the material in the form of a grid has a three-way-grid geometric configuration.
7) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 6 where the ordered series of voids are of a single similar size and shape.
8) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 6, where the ordered series of voids are of multiple similar sizes and shapes.
9) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the material in the form of a grid has a two-way-grid geometric configuration.
10) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 9, where the ordered series of voids are circular in shape.
11) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 9, where the ordered series of voids are rectilinear in shape.
12) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the ordered series of voids penetrate entirely through the panel thickness.
13) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through the panel thickness from one of the two panel faces, with the other panel face having a continuous flush surface.
14) The grid pattern structural shear panels of claim 1, where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through both of the two panel faces, with a continuous plane of material at the core of the panel thickness.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0031] FIG. 1A shows an isometric view of one possible configuration of the grid pattern structural shear panels.
[0032] FIG. 1B shows an elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A.
[0033] FIG. 1C shows a section view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A.
[0034] FIG. 2A shows an isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A forming part of a shear wall.
[0035] FIG. 2B shows an exploded isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A forming part of the same shear wall as FIG. 2A.
[0036] FIG. 3A shows an isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A forming part of a shear diaphragm.
[0037] FIG. 3B shows an exploded isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A forming part of the same shear diaphragm as FIG. 3A.
[0038] FIG. 4A shows an elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A in a four-way-grid configuration, with an ordered series of voids of the same size and shape.
[0039] FIG. 4B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels in a four-way-grid configuration, with an ordered series of voids of differing sizes and shapes.
[0040] FIG. 5A shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels in a three-way grid configuration, with an ordered series of voids of the same size and shape.
[0041] FIG. 5B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels in a three-way-grid configuration, with an ordered series of voids of differing sizes and shapes.
[0042] FIG. 6A shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels in a two-way-grid configuration, where said ordered series of voids have a circular shape.
[0043] FIG. 6B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels in a two-way-grid configuration, where said ordered series of voids have a rectilinear shape.
[0044] FIG. 7A shows a detail section view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A, where the ordered series of voids penetrate entirely through the panel thickness.
[0045] FIG. 7B shows a detail section view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through the panel thickness from one of the two panel faces, with the other panel face having a continuous flush surface.
[0046] FIG. 7C shows a detail section view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through both of the two panel faces, with a continuous plane of material at the core of the panel thickness.
[0047] FIG. 8 shows a detail elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels as FIG. 1A.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND BEST MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION
[0048] FIG. 1A shows an isometric view of one possible configuration of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, which is formed in a grid pattern, where said grid pattern is characterized by an ordered series of voids 2 and material in the form of a grid 3, and where the ordered series of voids 2 have rounded corners 4.
[0049] FIG. 1B shows an elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A.
[0050] FIG. 1C shows a section view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A.
[0051] FIG. 2A shows an isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A forming part of a shear wall 5, where said shear wall 5 is comprising; framing members 6, formed from a collection of wall studs 7, that are connected to top plates 8 and bottom plates 9 at desired spacing schemes, to which grid pattern structural shear panels 1 are fastened. Where the material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it resists the design loads required of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1 for said shear wall 5, and where said material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1 to said framing members 6, by the means of fasteners 11A, and where said material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it also provides a surface for the connection of other building components 10 by the means of fasteners 11B, consistent with standardized construction industry spacings for said fasteners 11A and 11B.
[0052] FIG. 2B shows an exploded isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A forming part of the same shear wall as FIG. 2A.
[0053] FIG. 3A shows an isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A forming part of a shear diaphragm 12; where said shear diaphragm 12 is comprising; framing members 6, formed from a collection of joists 13, that are connected to beams 14 at desired spacing schemes, to which grid pattern structural shear panels 1 are fastened. Where the material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it resists the design loads required of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1 for said diaphragm 12, and where said material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1 to said framing members 6, by the means of fasteners 11A, and where said material in the form of a grid 3, is configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of other building components 10 by the means of fasteners 11B, consistent with standardized construction industry spacings for said fasteners 11A and 11B.
[0054] FIG. 3B Shows an exploded isometric view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A forming part of the same shear diaphragm 12 as FIG. 3A.
[0055] FIG. 4A shows an elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A, where said material in the form of a grid 3, is in a four-way-grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in four distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1, and where the grid span spacings 21 are aligned to intersect so that the ordered series of voids 2 are of the same size and shape.
[0056] FIG. 4B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said material in the form of a grid 3 is in a four-way grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in four distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1, and where the grid span spacings 21 are aligned to intersect so that the ordered series of voids 2 are of differing sizes and shapes.
[0057] FIG. 5A shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1 where said material in the form of a grid 3, is in a three-way grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in three distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1, and where the grid span spacings 21 are aligned to intersect so that the ordered series of voids 2 are of the same size and shape.
[0058] FIG. 5B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said material in the form of a grid 3 is in a three-way-grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in three distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1, and where the grid span spacings 21 are aligned to intersect so that the ordered series of voids 2 are of differing sizes and shapes.
[0059] FIG. 6A shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said material in the form of a grid 3 is in a two-way grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in two distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1; and where said ordered series of voids 2 have a circular shape.
[0060] FIG. 6B shows an elevation view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said material in the form of a grid 3 is in a two-way grid configuration comprised of grid spans 15 which are continuous in two distinct directions throughout the panel plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels 1; and where said ordered series of voids 2 have a rectilinear shape.
[0061] FIG. 7A shows a detail section view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A, where said ordered series of voids 2 penetrate entirely through the panel thickness 16 of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1.
[0062] FIG. 7B shows a detail section view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said ordered series of voids 2 penetrate partially through the panel thickness 16 from one of the two panel faces 17, with a rounded corner 20, and where the opposite panel face has a continuous flush surface 18.
[0063] FIG. 7C shows a detail section view of an alternate embodiment of the grid pattern structural shear panels 1, where said ordered series of voids 2 penetrate partially through both panel faces 17 of the panel thickness 16, with a rounded corner 20, with a continuous plane of material at the core 19 of the panel thickness.
[0064] FIG. 8 shows a detail elevation view of the same grid pattern structural shear panels 1 as FIG. 1A.
