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Granted Patent B2
US 12,270,198 · App. 18/600,925 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Building construction

Inventor: Herbert L. deNourie (Omaha, NE)
E04B1/806E04B1/7662E04B2001/7691
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Patent No.
US 12,270,198
App. No.
18/600,925
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wall construction, or other opaque structure of a building, includes a sequence of highly reflective insulation elements that block heat energy exchange across air spaces, combined with material insulation supporting a heat energy highly reflective surface of the highly reflective insulation element. A highly reflective insulation element is formed by enclosing an air space between surfaces, of which one or both of those surfaces is a heat energy highly reflective surface. The heat energy highly reflective surface can be provided by a layer applied to a material. In an opaque building structure, two or more such highly reflective insulation elements, using three or more heat energy highly reflective surfaces, and two or more air spaces, where the material supporting at least one of the heat energy highly reflective surfaces is a material insulator, can improve energy efficiency.

Claims (44)

1. A device for use in an opaque building structure, comprising:

a first rigid material insulation element having a first face and a second face and opposite the first, wherein the first face supports a first heat energy highly reflective surface, and wherein the second face supports a second heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the first rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches; and

a second rigid material insulation element having a third face and a fourth face opposite the third face, wherein the third face supports a third heat energy highly reflective surface, and wherein the fourth face supports a fourth heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the second rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches; and

wherein the first rigid material insulation element and the second rigid material insulation element are connected with the second heat energy highly reflective surface parallel to the third heat energy highly reflective surface to form an air space of still air between the second heat energy highly reflective surface and the third heat energy highly reflective surface, whereby the air space, the second heat energy highly reflective surface, and the third heat energy highly reflective surface form a highly reflective insulation element.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements comprises rigid foam board insulation.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces comprises a respective layer of aluminum foil.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.04.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of about 0.03.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements has a resistance factor of at least R-3.6 per inch.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements has a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first rigid material insulation element comprises an insulation element having a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch;

the first heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the second heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the second rigid material insulation element comprises an insulation element having a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch;

the third heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the fourth heat energy highly reflective surface comprises has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05; and

wherein a width of the air space is about 0.75 inches.

10. A device for use in an opaque building structure, configured for installation in a space between exterior sheathing defining an exterior inner surface in the opaque building structure and an interior wallboard defining an interior inner surface in the opaque building structure to form a tandem series of highly reflective insulation elements within the space, the device comprising:

a first rigid material insulation element having a first face supporting a first heat energy highly reflective surface and having a second face supporting a second heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the first rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches; and

a second rigid material insulation element having a third face supporting a third heat energy highly reflective surface in parallel with and forming a first air space of still air with the second heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the second rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches;

wherein the first air space, the second heat energy highly reflective surface, and the third heat energy highly reflective surface form a first highly reflective insulation element; and

wherein, when the device is installed in the space with the first heat energy highly reflective surface parallel with and facing the exterior inner surface and forming a second air space of still air between the first heat energy highly reflective surface and the exterior inner surface, the second air space, the first heat energy highly reflective surface, and the exterior inner surface form a second highly reflective insulation element.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the second rigid material insulation element has a fourth face opposite the third face, and wherein the fourth face supports a fourth heat energy highly reflective surface.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein:

the first rigid material insulation element comprises an insulation element having a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch;

the first heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the second heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the second rigid material insulation element comprises an insulation element having a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch;

the third heat energy highly reflective surface has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05;

the fourth heat energy highly reflective surface comprises has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05; and

wherein a width of the second air space between the second pair of parallel surface is about 0.75 inches.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements comprises rigid foam board insulation.

14. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements has a resistance factor in the range of R-3.0 per inch to R-8.0 per inch.

15. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second rigid material insulation elements has a resistance factor of greater than about R-3.6 per inch.

16. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces comprises a respective layer of aluminum foil.

17. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.05.

18. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of less than or equal to 0.04.

19. The device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first, second, and third heat energy highly reflective surfaces has an emittance of about 0.03.

20. A device for use in a building structure, comprising:

a first opaque rigid material insulation element having a first face supporting a first heat energy highly reflective surface and having a second face supporting a second heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the first opaque rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches; and

a second opaque rigid material insulation element having a third face supporting a third heat energy highly reflective surface in parallel with and forming an air space of still air with the second heat energy highly reflective surface, wherein the second opaque rigid material insulation element comprises a primarily insulating material with a thickness between 0.25 inches and 1.0 inches;

wherein the air space, the second heat energy highly reflective surface, and the third heat energy highly reflective surface form a highly reflective insulation element.

Continuity (3)
Division 17532975 · Nov 22, 2021
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