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US 12,398,560 · App. 19/059,414 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Ceiling panel mounting support structure with improved mounting structure

Inventor: Bang Woo Lee (Cheongju-si, KR)
E04B9/18E04B9/241
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,398,560
App. No.
19/059,414
Filed
Feb 21, 2025
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B1
Art Unit
3635
USPC
52/506.05
Abstract

A ceiling panel mounting support structure with an improved mounting structure includes: an E-bracket 130 installed below a slab of a building, a turnbuckle 160 coupled to the E-bracket 130 , and a ceiling panel hanger 180 including a pair of mounting portions 182 on both sides based on a center and coupled to the turnbuckle 160 , wherein ceiling panels 120 arranged to be adjacent to each other are mounted on the pair of mounting portion 182 of the ceiling panel hanger 180.

Claims (19)

1. A ceiling panel mounting support structure with an improved mounting structure, the ceiling panel mounting support structure comprising:

an E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) installed below a slab of a building;

a turnbuckle ( 160 ) coupled to the E-shaped bracket ( 130 );

a ceiling panel hanger ( 180 ) including a pair of mounting portions ( 182 ) on both sides thereof based on a center and coupled to the turnbuckle ( 160 ),

wherein ceiling panels ( 120 ) arranged to be adjacent to each other are mounted on the pair of mounting portion ( 182 ) of the ceiling panel hanger ( 180 ),

wherein

the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) includes a vertical connecting bracket piece ( 132 ), an upper bracket piece ( 134 ) with a base portion coupled to one surface of the connecting bracket piece ( 132 ), a middle bracket piece ( 136 ), and a lower bracket piece ( 138 ) and having an E-shaped cross-section,

the upper bracket piece ( 134 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) is disposed on an upper surface of a lower beam piece ( 116 ) of an H-beam ( 110 ) installed below the building slab, the middle bracket piece ( 136 ) is fixed by an upper fixing bolt ( 136 UFB) so that the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) is fixedly installed to the H-beam ( 110 ),

a long bolt ( 140 ) is coupled to the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ), and an upper connecting nut ( 146 ) and a lower connecting nut ( 148 ) coupled to a threaded portion of an outer circumferential surface of the long bolt ( 140 ) are respectively arranged on upper and lower surfaces of the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) so that the long bolt ( 140 ) is fixed to the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ),

the turnbuckle ( 160 ) has a ring shape with a pair of left and right side buckle pieces ( 166 ) on an upper buckle piece ( 162 ) and a lower buckle piece ( 164 ), and the threaded portion of the outer circumferential surface of the long bolt ( 140 ) is coupled to a buckle-side bolt ( 172 ) hole formed in the upper buckle piece ( 162 ) so that the turnbuckle ( 160 ) is coupled to the long bolt ( 140 ),

an I-bolt ( 170 ) is coupled to the lower buckle piece ( 164 ) of the turnbuckle ( 160 ), and

the ceiling panel hanger ( 180 ) is coupled to the I-bolt ( 170 ) by the bolt ( 172 ) and a nut ( 174 ); and

a connecting reinforcement bracket ( 190 ),

wherein the connecting reinforcement bracket ( 190 ) includes a reinforcement connecting piece ( 192 ) connected to the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) via a hinge (HG), a cross reinforcement connecting piece ( 193 ) connected in a direction perpendicular to the reinforcement connecting piece ( 192 ), an upper reinforcement connecting piece ( 194 ) connected to an inner surface of the cross reinforcement connecting piece ( 193 ) and disposed in a direction parallel to the reinforcement connecting piece ( 192 ), a lower reinforcement connecting piece ( 196 ) connected to the inner surface of the cross reinforcement connecting piece ( 193 ) so as to be disposed below the upper reinforcement connecting piece ( 194 ) and extending in a direction parallel to the upper reinforcement connecting piece ( 194 ), and a reinforcement connecting support bolt ( 198 ) coupled to the lower reinforcement connecting piece ( 196 ) and having an upper end portion configured to protrude from a first side of the lower reinforcement connecting piece ( 196 ) to a second side thereof.

2. The ceiling panel mounting support structure of claim 1 , wherein

the long bolt ( 140 ) includes an upper long bolt ( 142 ) having an upper end coupled to the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) and a lower end to which a pipe hanger ( 150 ) is coupled and a lower long bolt ( 144 ) coupled to a lower end of the pipe hanger ( 150 ), and

an upper connecting nut ( 146 ) and a lower connecting nut ( 148 ) fastened to a threaded portion of an outer circumferential surface of the lower long bolt ( 144 ) are respectively arranged on upper and lower surfaces of the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ) so that the long bolt ( 140 ) is fixed to the lower bracket piece ( 138 ) of the E-shaped bracket ( 130 ),

the buckle-side bolt ( 172 ) hole formed in the upper buckle piece ( 162 ) of the turnbuckle ( 160 ) is coupled to a threaded portion of an outer circumferential surface of the lower long bolt ( 144 ) so that the turnbuckle ( 160 ) is coupled to the lower long bolt ( 144 ), and

the ceiling panels ( 120 ) are installed by mounting the ceiling panels ( 120 ) adjacent to each other on a pair of the mounting portions ( 182 ) of the ceiling panel hanger ( 180 ).

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2024-0025442 · Feb 22, 2024 · national
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