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US 12,359,499 · App. 18/001,652 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Building structure

Inventors: Dai Hashimoto (Osaka, JP); Hirokazu Miyachi (Osaka, JP); Yuya Hasegawa (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Suezawa (Osaka, JP); Tatsuya Ishikawa (Osaka, JP); Yasuaki Takahashi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
E06B9/1703E06B9/17061
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Patent No.
US 12,359,499
App. No.
18/001,652
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A building structure 1 a, 1 b , and 1 c incorporates an outer wall 6 provided on a lower side of a sloped ceiling 2 in a slope direction, an opening part 5 formed in the outer wall 6 , a box-shaped groove part 15 formed at a lower end of the sloped ceiling 2 along the outer wall 6 and having a lower opening 14 opened downward, and an attachment part 17 provided inside the groove part 15 and to which an upper end part of a light shielding material 16 that shields light incident on the opening part 5 is attached, wherein the groove part 15 is a ceiling-embedded type embedded in the sloped ceiling 2 , and a lower end of a side plate of the groove part 15 on a side opposite to the opening part 5 is lower than a height of a lower surface of a frame 23 on an upper side of the opening part 5.

Claims (41)

1. A building structure comprising:

an outer wall provided on a lower side of a sloped ceiling in a slope direction;

an opening part formed in the outer wall;

a box-shaped groove part formed at a lower end of the sloped ceiling along the outer wall and having a lower opening opened downward; and

an attachment part provided inside the groove part and to which an upper end part of a light shielding material that shields light incident on the opening part is attached,

wherein the groove part is a ceiling-embedded type embedded in the sloped ceiling, and

a lower end of a side plate of the groove part on a side opposite to the opening part is lower than a height of a lower surface of a frame on an upper side of the opening part.

2. The building structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove part is formed to extend from a lower end of the side plate on the side opposite to the opening part toward a lower side of the groove part, and a cover body that covers a part of the lower opening of the groove part is formed, and

the cover body has a flat plate shape, and a lower surface of the cover body has a slope identical with that of the sloped ceiling.

3. The building structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening part has a translucent part in a rectangular frame, and

an upper end of the translucent part is higher than a lower end of the cover body.

4. The building structure according to claim 3 , wherein the cover body is formed of a material identical with a ceiling material forming the sloped ceiling in a color identical with that of the ceiling material.

5. The building structure according to claim 3 , wherein the cover body includes, on a base end side of the cover body, a parting part that covers an end face and a part of a lower surface of the ceiling material forming the sloped ceiling.

6. The building structure according to claim 3 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

7. The building structure according to claim 2 , wherein the cover body is formed of a material identical with a ceiling material forming the sloped ceiling in a color identical with that of the ceiling material.

8. The building structure according to claim 7 , wherein the cover body includes, on a base end side of the cover body, a parting part that covers an end face and a part of a lower surface of the ceiling material forming the sloped ceiling.

9. The building structure according to claim 7 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

10. The building structure according to claim 2 , wherein the cover body includes, on a base end side of the cover body, a parting part that covers an end face and a part of a lower surface of the ceiling material forming the sloped ceiling.

11. The building structure according to claim 10 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

12. The building structure according to claim 2 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

13. The building structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the sloped ceiling is formed by attaching a decorative cloth to a base surface formed of a ceiling base material,

the groove part has a pair of side surface base plates and an upper surface base plate connecting upper ends of the side surface base plates to each other,

in the groove part, a decorative cloth identical with that of the sloped ceiling is attached to inner surfaces of the groove part of the side surface base plate on a side of the opening part and the upper surface base plate, and

the side surface base plate on a side opposite to the opening part is covered with a decorative side plate in which a parting part that covers an end face and a part of a lower surface of the ceiling base plate forming the sloped ceiling is formed.

14. The building structure according to claim 13 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

15. The building structure according to claim 1 , further comprising eaves on an outdoor side of the outer wall, and a shutter box on the opening part on the outdoor side of the outer wall,

wherein an eaves rear of the eaves includes a refractory surface material on an upper side of a decorative eaves rear surface material, the eaves rear is parallel to the sloped ceiling, and an end part of the eaves rear on a side of the outer wall is disposed at a position higher than a lower end of the sloped ceiling, and

the shutter box has an upper surface formed with a slope identical with that of the eaves rear, and an end part of the refractory surface material abuts on a side surface of the shutter box.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-129891 · Jul 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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