Structural building panels with interlocking seams
View Patent ↗Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined, energy efficient structure that provides for mating alignment and securement of the modular panels with each other along their adjoining seams.
1. A modular building structure with continuous insulation comprising:
at least one wall panel component and at least one corner panel component, each of the components including:
at least two faces and at least two edges;
a continuous and complete polyurethane insulation between the faces and edges; and
wherein each of the edges includes an exposed portion of the polyurethane insulation;
the edge of at least one of the panel components configured to adjoin the edge of at least one of the corner components to form a joint; and
the joint including:
a rail protruding from each of the edges for friction-based locking; and
a knockdown compressing fastener embedded in the polyurethane insulation that extends between a first unlocked position and a second position for mechanical locking.
2. The structure of claim 1 , further including siding on at least one of the faces of at least one of the panel components.
3. The structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the panel components further includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a window; an electrical conduit; electrical wiring; switches; outlets; lighting fixtures; plumbing; plumbing elements; and an electronic device.
4. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock.
5. The structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the corner components is selected from the group consisting of an L-shaped corner, a T-shaped corner, and a plus-shaped corner.
6. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock component.
7. The structure of claim 1 , wherein the insulation is fire resistant.
8. A modular building structure with continuous insulation comprising:
at least one wall panel component and at least one corner panel component, each of the components including:
at least two faces and at least two edges;
a continuous and complete polyurethane insulation between the faces and edges; and
wherein each of the edges includes an exposed portion of the polyurethane insulation;
the edge of at least one of the panel components configured to adjoin the edge of at least one of the corner components to form a joint; and
the joint including:
a rail protruding from each of the edges for friction-based locking, each of the rails separated from the faces by a distance; and
a knock-down compressing fastener that extends between a first unlocked position and a second position for mechanical locking.
9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein two of the rails are trans-configured and substantially similar is shape.
10. The structure of claim 8 , further including siding on at least one of the faces of at least one of the panel components.
11. The structure of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the panel components further includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a window; an electrical conduit; electrical wiring; switches; outlets; lighting fixtures; plumbing; plumbing elements; and an electronic device.
12. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock.
13. The structure of claim 8 , wherein each of the corner components is selected from the group consisting of an L-shaped corner, a T-shaped corner, and a plus-shaped corner.
14. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock component.
15. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the insulation is fire resistant.
16. A modular building structure with continuous insulation comprising:
at least two wall panel components, each of the components including:
at least two faces and at least two edges;
a continuous and complete polyurethane insulation between the faces and edges; and
wherein each of the edges includes an exposed portion of the polyurethane insulation;
the edge of at least one of the panel components configured to adjoin the edge of at least another of the panel components to form a joint; and
the joint including:
a rail protruding from each of the edges for friction-based locking, each of the rails having a mating groove positioned on the opposite edge and each of the rails separated from the faces by a distance; and
a knock-down compressing fastener that extends between a first unlocked position and a second position for mechanical locking.
17. The structure of claim 16 , further including siding on at least one of the faces of at least one of the panel components.
18. The structure of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the panel components further includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a window; an electrical conduit; electrical wiring; switches; outlets; lighting fixtures; plumbing; plumbing elements; and an electronic device.
19. The structure of claim 16 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock.
20. The structure of claim 16 , wherein the knock-down compressing fastener is a cam lock component.