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US 10,526,781 · App. 16/068,780 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Modular building structure with integrated plants

Inventors: Federico Lestini (Rome, IT); Luca Pofi (Rome, IT)
Assignee: EMMEALLAENNE S.R.L.
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Patent No.
US 10,526,781
App. No.
16/068,780
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A modular building structure with relative integrated plants, as obtained by assembling a plurality of module frames to obtain a complex frame, allows associating ducts of one or more plants to the module frame. The module frames have a parallelepiped-like shape and are identified by beams joining in respective angles, including a plurality of connecting knots joining module frames adjacent to the angles; the adjacent beams of side-by-side module frames are spaced apart by the knots and the panels and are connected to the beams of the module frame thereto, so as to create an air gap. The integrated plants have a plurality of ducts arranged in the air gaps and in the through channels, which include, at edges or angles of the module frame, quick connections for connecting the ducts related to a module frame to those of another module frame placed side-by-side thereto.

Claims (9)

1. A modular building structure with related integrated plants, including ducts, the modular building structure having a complex frame obtained by assembling a plurality of module frames, and including walls and floors implemented by panels in each module frame, wherein:

the module frames have a substantially parallelepiped-like shape and are identified by longitudinal, vertical and transversal beams joining at respective corners, comprising a plurality of connecting knots joining module frames adjacent at said corners, and provided to connect the module frames either to a flat basement or to a roof structure;

the adjacent beams of side-by-side module frames and the respective panels, which are fastened to said longitudinal, vertical and transversal beams in each module frame, are both spaced apart by said connecting knots, so as to create an air gap between adjacent panels of adjacent module frames, forming a wall or a floor separating the module frames;

each connecting knot comprises three respective crossed and pass-through channels, arranged according to respective orthogonal axes parallel to said beams; and

the ducts of said integrated plants are arranged in said air gaps between adjacent panels and in said pass-through channels and constrained to a respective module frame, comprising, at edges and or at corners of the module frame, quick connections for connecting ducts related to a module frame to ducts of another module frame placed side-by-side thereto.

2. The modular building structure with related integrated plants according to claim 1 , wherein the beams have an L-shaped section with a concavity portion of the L-shape facing inside the respective module frame, the panels being constrained to said beams resting inside said beams.

3. The modular building structure with related integrated plants according to claim 2 , wherein an corner rest is provided forming an angular space with three resting walls for a panel corner, each corner rest comprising a box-like connecting element, formed by two or three walls connected therebetween, in contact with the walls of the corner rest.

4. The modular building structure with related integrated plants according to claim 1 , wherein each connecting knot has a box-like structure with a hollow parallelepiped shaped inner core having six walls faced two by two and defining planes orthogonal to each other, each wall having an opening so that the openings form together said three pass-through orthogonal channels, and wherein, at each opening, the connecting knot comprises corresponding supporting plates, each lying on a respective plane extending beyond a plane identified by one or more walls, thereby defining a respective corner or side rest for said longitudinal, vertical and transversal beams.

5. The modular building structure with related integrated plants according to claim 1 , wherein the module frames have a straight parallelepiped shape with rectangular faces, and sized to comply with standard container sizes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: LESTINI, FEDERICO; POFI, LUCA
To: EMMEALLAENNE S.R.L.
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Priority Claims (1)
IT 10201602481 · Jan 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190024365A1 · Jan 24, 2019
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