EP3219865A1

EP3219865A1 - Structural modular panel in building component system and its construction method

Info

Publication number: EP3219865A1
Application number: EP16188391.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Hee-Jea LEE
Original assignee: Economy Housing Korea Co Ltd
Current assignee: Economy Housing Korea Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-03-17
Filing date: 2016-09-12
Publication date: 2017-09-20
Also published as: CA2941521A1

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a structural modular panel comprising: a pair of vertical members, which is positioned in a vertical direction, spaced from each other and arranged in parallel, having a rectangular plate shape; and an upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member, which are positioned in a horizontal direction between the vertical members, wherein the opposite ends of the upper horizontal member are inserted into one or more upper receiving grooves, which are formed through an upper portion of the vertical members in a thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively, and the opposite ends of the lower horizontal member are inserted into one or more lower receiving grooves, which are formed through a lower portion of the vertical members in the thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively.

Description

Technical Field

The present invention disclosed herein relates to a structural modular panel, and more particularly, to a structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure.

Background Art

The wood materials of wooden structure has been developed in the manner of lumbering raw log into rectangular lumber having a small cross section, and easily constructing houses by supplying the rectangular lumber in large number and cheaply.
Such wooden structure has the advantage that a construction period is short because the construction process is more simple than ferroconcrete structure by a wet construction method, energy required in a process for manufacturing building materials is the lowest, and energy efficiency and living environment comfort are excellent because it is environment materials.
Wooden houses using such conventional wooden structure uses standard dimensional lumber and board material as a main material and completes the structure in the manner of coupling the materials using nails, iron goods and the like.
In particular, bearing walls of complicated and various houses are formed by forming a basic frame of the walls by vertically standing continuous studs between a sill plate and a top plate, and combining constitute materials such as baker, corner, header, ladder blocking, oriented structural board (OSB).
However, there are some problems that such wooden materials are constructed by filling the inside of the wall system with insulation completely without extra space or gap and thus when shrinkage and warpage due to dew condensation occur, it takes a long time to be dried and function as normal and the durability of the wooden materials becomes less as much.
In addition, equipment construction becomes complicated because cut out processes of the wood materials for electrical installation/machining equipment or wiring/plumbing are performed complicatedly in the field.

Disclosure

Technical Problem

The object of the present invention is to provide a structural modular panel, which is capable of improving the durability of the structure by smooth ventilation, securing spaces for electrical installation/machining equipment or wiring/plumbing, and improving construction convenience largely.
Further another object of the present invention will become evident with reference to following detailed descriptions and accompanying drawings.

Technical Solution

Embodiments of the present invention provide a structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure comprising: a pair of vertical members, which is positioned in a vertical direction, spaced from each other and arranged in parallel, having a rectangular plate shape; and an upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member, which are positioned in a horizontal direction between the vertical members, wherein the opposite ends of the upper horizontal member are inserted into one or more upper receiving grooves, which are formed through an upper portion of the vertical members in a thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively, and the opposite ends of the lower horizontal member are inserted into one or more lower receiving grooves, which are formed through a lower portion of the vertical members in the thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively.
The upper receiving groove and the lower receiving groove are a slot shape formed according to the vertical direction.
The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member may be a rectangular plate shape having a thickness according to a width direction of the vertical member and a width according to the vertical direction.
The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member may be arranged on the same plane.
The upper horizontal member may comprise a first upper horizontal member arranged on a first plane, which is the same plane as the lower horizontal member, and a second upper horizontal member arranged on a second plane, which is in parallel with the first plane.
The lower horizontal member may comprise a first lower horizontal member arranged on a first plane, which is the same plane as the upper horizontal member, and a second lower horizontal member arranged on a second plane, which is in parallel with the first plane.
Each of the vertical members may comprise one or more hanging grooves recessed from a surface, which is adjacent to the opposite surfaces of the vertical members and arranged in the vertical direction, in a width direction of the vertical member and positioned at the same height as each other.
Each of the vertical members may comprise one or more screw holes, which are arranged above and below of the hanging groove and positioned at the same height as each other, and the vertical members may be fastened by fastenings passing through the screw holes.
Each of the vertical members may comprise one or more screw holes, which are formed through opposite surfaces of the vertical members, arranged adjacently to a surface opposite to the surface, and positioned at the same height as each other, and the vertical members may be fastened by fastenings passing through the screw holes.
The structural modular panel may further comprises an upper cover plate, which is arranged in the horizontal direction between the vertical members, positioned at an upper portion of the vertical members, and has an upper surface aligned with an upper surface of the vertical members, wherein the upper surface of the vertical member may have an upper vertical cutting groove, which is aligned with a length direction of the upper cover plate, the upper cover plate may have an upper cover cutting groove, which is connected to an adjacent upper vertical cutting groove and in which cross sectional area increases gradually in a direction away from the adjacent upper vertical cutting groove, and the structural modular panel may further comprise an upper fastening member for preventing detachment of the vertical members and the upper cover plate by inserting the upper vertical cutting groove and the upper cover cutting groove connected to the upper vertical cutting groove.
The structural modular panel may further comprise a lower cover plate, which is arranged in the horizontal direction between the vertical members, positioned at a lower portion of the vertical members, and has a lower surface aligned with a lower surface of the vertical members, wherein the lower surface of the vertical member may have a lower vertical cutting groove, which is aligned with a length direction of the lower cover plate, the lower cover plate may have a lower cover cutting groove, which is connected to an adjacent lower vertical cutting groove and in which cross sectional area increases gradually in a direction away from the adjacent lower vertical cutting groove, and the structural modular panel may further comprise a lower fastening member for preventing detachment of the vertical members and the lower cover plate by inserting the lower vertical cutting groove and the lower cover cutting groove connected to the lower vertical cutting groove.

Advantageous effects

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is capable of improving the durability of the structure by smooth ventilation, securing spaces for electrical installation/machining equipment or wiring/plumbing, and improving construction convenience largely.

Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing disassembled state of a structural modular panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGs. 2a-2d are perspective views schematically showing various assembled state of the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing disassembled/assembled state of a structural modular panel according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing state of combining a plurality of structural modular panels shown in the FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing order for assembling a structural modular panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGs. 6 to 8 are diagrams showing different combined structures of the structural modular panel shown in FIG. 4.

Best Mode

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached figures 1-8. The present invention may, however, be embodied in different forms and should not be constructed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided to give a full detail of the present invention to a person with ordinary skill in the art. In the drawings, the configurations of each element shown in the figures are exaggerated for clarity.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing disassembled state of a structural modular panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, as shown in the FIG. 1, the structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure comprises vertical members 110 positioned in a vertical direction and horizontal members 200, 210 positioned in a horizontal direction.
The vertical members 110 are a rectangular plate shape and the vertical members 110 positioned in a vertical direction are spaced from each other in parallel. The vertical member 110 has a thickness t, a width w (lager than the thickness) and a length 1 according to the vertical direction.
The vertical member 110 has upper receiving grooves 120 formed on an upper portion and a lower receiving groove 130 formed on a lower portion. The upper receiving groove 120 and the lower receiving groove 130 are a slot shape having a long form along the vertical direction, and substantially correspond to a thickness and a width of the horizontal members, which will be described below. As shown in the FIG. 1, the upper receiving grooves 120 and the lower receiving groove 130 are formed through a surface of the vertical members 110 opposite to each other, and one of the upper receiving grooves 120 is formed on the same plane as the lower receiving groove 130, that is, on the same position in a width direction of the vertical member 110. The other one of the upper receiving grooves 120 is formed on a different plane from the lower receiving groove 130, that is, on a different position in the width direction of the vertical member 110, and the upper receiving grooves 120 are arranged at the same height.
On the other hand, as shown in the FIGs. 2a to 2d, an upper horizontal member 200 may be one or two and also the upper receiving groove 120 may be one or two according to that. Similarly, the lower horizontal member 210 may be one or two and also the lower receiving groove 130 may be one or two according to that. The lower receiving grooves 130 may be arranged at the same height.
The horizontal members 200, 210 are a rectangular plate shape and the horizontal members 120 positioned in a horizontal direction are spaced from each other in parallel. The horizontal members 200, 210 have a thickness t, width w (lager than the thickness) and a length 1 according to the horizontal direction. The horizontal members 200, 210 are inserted and fixed to the upper receiving groove 120 or the lower receiving groove 130 at the opposite ends.
As described above, one of the upper horizontal members 200 is formed on the same plane as the lower horizontal member 210, that is, on the same position in a width direction of the vertical member 110. The other one of the upper horizontal members 200 is formed on a different plane from the lower horizontal member 210, that is, on a different position in the width direction of the vertical member 110, and the upper horizontal members 200 are arranged at the same height.
FIG. 2 is perspective views schematically showing various assembled state of the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 1. FIG. 2a is a structural modular panel, in which one upper horizontal panel 200 and one lower horizontal panel 210 are formed on the same plane, FIG. 2b is a structural modular panel adding a lower horizontal member 210 to the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 2a, FIG. 2c is the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 1, and FIG. 2d is a structural modular panel adding a lower horizontal member 210 to the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 2c.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing disassembled/assembled state of a structural modular panel according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing state of combining a plurality of structural modular panels shown in the FIG. 3. As shown in the FIG. 3, the vertical member 110 has hanging grooves 140, and the hanging groove 140 is hollowly formed from a surface perpendicular to the surface of the vertical member 110 opposite to the other vertical member 110 and arranged in the vertical direction. A plurality of hanging grooves 140 are spaced from each other according to the vertical direction and the hanging groove 140 of one vertical member 110 is positioned at the same height as the hanging groove 140 of another vertical member 110. A recessed direction of the hanging groove 140 is the width direction of the vertical member 110.
As shown in the FIG. 4, when the plurality of the structural modular panels are combined and form a bearing wall, the hanging groove 140 can improve construction convenience drastically by utilizing it as passages of wiring or plumbing, and assist ventilation of the structural modular panel. In addition, a gap between the upper horizontal members 200 or a gap between the lower horizontal members 210 can also assist the ventilation of the structural modular panel.
Meanwhile, the vertical member 110 has screw holes 150 formed above and below of the hanging groove 140 and as shown in the FIG. 4, the vertical members 110 can be joined by fastening bolts 151 and nots 152 through the screw holes 150. The screw holes 150 are positioned at the same heights according to the vertical member 110.
The screw holes 150 are formed through a surface of the vertical members 110 opposite to each other and arranged adjacently to a side (a surface) opposite to a side (a surface), on which the hanging grooves 140 are formed, as well as above and below of the hanging groove 140.
Meanwhile, it is preferable to fill the inside of the structural modular panel 100 with insulation, install the wiring/plumbing and then finish the hanging groove 140 side by installing a plaster board, and install a structural plywood at a side opposite to the hanging groove 140.
According to the above-described structural modular panel, it can secure the ventilation structure by forming air layer in the air passage of the inside of the structural modular panel and easily construct the wiring/plumbing throughout the structural modular panel 100 via the hanging groove 140. That is, shown in the FIG. 4, smooth ventilation through the gap between the upper horizontal members 200 or the outside space of the upper horizontal members 200 is possible as well as the passages 30 of the wiring/plumbing can be easily formed via the space of the hanging groove 140.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing order for assembling a structural modular panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, it comprises a step S110 of providing vertical members 110 standing vertically and having one or two receiving grooves 120, 130 at an upper side and a lower side, respectively, a step S120 of combining an upper horizontal member 200 with the vertical member 110 by inserting the upper horizontal member 200 into an upper receiving groove 120 of the vertical member 110, a step S130 of combining a lower horizontal member 210 with the vertical member 110 by inserting the lower horizontal member 200 into a lower receiving groove 130 of the vertical member 110, and a step S140 of combining a left/right structural modular panel 101, 102 installed in parallel with and in a width direction of the structural modular panel 100 with the structural modular panel 100 by fastening bolts 151 and nuts 152 through screw holes 130 formed on the vertical member 110.
At this time, it may further comprises a step of forming at least one hanging groove 140 at a first side 10 using a two-axis machining tool to a five-axis machining tool and a step of forming at least one pair of screw holes 150 at the first side 10 and a second side 20, respectively.
Accordingly, the structural modular panel 100 manufactured by the above-manner can make bearing walls for constructing wooden houses, that the durability of the structure is improved based on the ventilation structure of the inside of wall and the construction convenience is improved by securing exclusive spaces for the electrical installation/machining equipment or the wiring/plumbing.
FIGs. 6 to 8 are diagrams showing different combined structures of the structural modular panel shown in the FIG. 4. As shown in the FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, the structural modular panels may be arranged in parallel from side to side and a pair of structural modular panels may be stacked above and below. That is, four structural modular panels shown in the FIG. 6 are arranged from side to side and stacked above and below and in such a manner, can constructs a desired size of structural modular panel by combining the structural modular panels with each other.
Considering in particular, an upper cover plate 800D is installed between lower vertical members 110D adjacently to the lower vertical members 110D and positioned in a horizontal direction. The lower vertical member 110D of one structural modular panel is adjacent to one of a neighboring structuring modular panel and in the one structural modular panel, the lower vertical members 110D are spaced from each other in parallel. The upper cover plate 800D is positioned at an upper side of the lower vertical members 110D and an upper surface of the upper cover plate 800D is positioned at the same height as an upper surface of the lower vertical members 110D. In this embodiment, the upper cover plate 800D is spaced from an upper side of an upper horizontal member 200D but the upper cover plate 300D may be adjacent to an upper surface of the upper horizontal member 200D and thus may be supported by the upper horizontal member 200D.
In addition, the upper cover plate 800D has an upper cover cutting groove 840D recessed from a short side and the upper cover cutting grooves 840D are formed symmetrically at opposite sides of the upper cover plates 800D. The lower vertical member 110D adjacent to the upper cover plate 800D has an upper vertical cutting groove 180D recessed from the upper surface and connected to the upper cover cutting groove 840D. The upper cover cutting groove 840D has a shape (a tapered shape) that cross sectional area increases gradually in a direction away from the adjacent upper vertical cutting groove 180D, and the upper vertical cutting groove 180D has a linear shape. Therefore, as shown in the FIG. 7, two upper vertical cutting grooves 180D formed respectively in the adjacent lower vertical members 110D and two upper cover cutting grooves 840D positioned at opposite sides of the two upper vertical cutting grooves 180D form a "I" shape.
In addition, the upper cover plate 800D has one or more hanging grooves 820D recessed from a long side and the hanging grooves 820D are formed symmetrically at opposite sides of the upper cover plates 800D. The hanging grooves 820D can be utilized as passages for ventilation 20 as described above and thereby prevent deformation of wooden materials by humidity and the like in advance.
Meanwhile, FIG. 6 does not show a specific configuration for a lower surface and a lower cover plate 800U of upper vertical members 110U but the lower surface of the upper vertical members 110U is symmetrical to and has the same configuration as the upper surface of the lower vertical members 110D substantially, and the lower cover plate 800U is symmetrical to and has the same configuration as the upper cover plate 800D substantially.
A fastening member may comprise an upper fastening member 400 and a lower fastening member 900, which are adhered or fastened, or may be formed in integral type. The upper fastening member 400D has the same size and shape as a "I" shape, what the two upper vertical cutting grooves 180D and the two upper cover cutting grooves 840D form, and the lower fastening member 900U has the same size and shape as the upper fastening member 400D. The upper fastening member 400D is inserted into the two upper vertical cutting grooves 180D and the two upper cover cutting grooves 840D and prevents the two upper vertical members 110D and the two upper cover plates 800D from being detached. In addition, similarly to the upper fastening member 400D, the lower fastening member 900D is inserted into the two lower vertical cutting grooves (not shown) and the two lower cover cutting grooves (not shown) and prevents the two lower vertical members 110U and the two lower cover plates 800U from being detached.
Through the above manner, the present invention can prevent detachment of a plurality of structural modular panels arranged from side to side by the fastening member, and maintain the aligned state of the plurality of structural modular panels arranged above and below by the fastening member.
Although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments, the present invention may be embodied in many different forms. Thus, technical idea and scope of claims set forth below are not limited to the preferred embodiments.

Industrial Applicability

The present invention may be applicable to various structural modular panels.

Claims

A structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure comprising:
a pair of vertical members, which is positioned in a vertical direction, spaced from each other and arranged in parallel, having a rectangular plate shape; and

an upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member, which are positioned in a horizontal direction between the vertical members,

wherein the opposite ends of the upper horizontal member are inserted into one or more upper receiving grooves, which are formed through an upper portion of the vertical members in a thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively,

the opposite ends of the lower horizontal member are inserted into one or more lower receiving grooves, which are formed through a lower portion of the vertical members in the thickness direction of the vertical members, respectively, and

the upper receiving groove and the lower receiving groove are a slot shape formed in the vertical direction.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 1, wherein the upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are a rectangular plate shape.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 2, wherein the upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are arranged on the same plane.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 2, wherein the upper horizontal member comprises a first upper horizontal member arranged on a first plane, which is the same plane as the lower horizontal member, and a second upper horizontal member arranged on a second plane, which is in parallel with the first plane.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 1, wherein each of the vertical members comprises one or more hanging grooves recessed from a surface, which is adjacent to the opposite surfaces of the vertical members and arranged in the vertical direction, in a width direction of the vertical member and positioned at the same height as each other.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 5, wherein each of the vertical members comprises one or more screw holes, which are formed through opposite surfaces of the vertical members, arranged adjacently to a surface opposite to the surface, and positioned at the same height as each other, and
the vertical members may be fastened by fastenings passing through the screw holes.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 1, further comprising an upper cover plate, which is arranged in the horizontal direction between the vertical members, positioned at an upper portion of the vertical members, and has an upper surface aligned with an upper surface of the vertical members,
wherein the upper surface of the vertical member has an upper vertical cutting groove, which is aligned with a length direction of the upper cover plate,
the upper cover plate has an upper cover cutting groove, which is connected to an adjacent upper vertical cutting groove and in which cross sectional area increases gradually in a direction away from the adjacent upper vertical cutting groove, and
the structural modular panel further comprises an upper fastening member for preventing detachment of the vertical members and the upper cover plate by inserting the upper vertical cutting groove and the upper cover cutting groove connected to the upper vertical cutting groove.
The structural modular panel using light-frame wood structure of claim 1, further comprising a lower cover plate, which is arranged in the horizontal direction between the vertical members, positioned at a lower portion of the vertical members, and has a lower surface aligned with a lower surface of the vertical members,
wherein the lower surface of the vertical member has a lower vertical cutting groove, which is aligned with a length direction of the lower cover plate,
the lower cover plate has a lower cover cutting groove, which is connected to an adjacent lower vertical cutting groove and in which cross sectional area increases gradually in a direction away from the adjacent lower vertical cutting groove, and
the structural modular panel further comprises a lower fastening member for preventing detachment of the vertical members and the lower cover plate by inserting the lower vertical cutting groove and the lower cover cutting groove connected to the lower vertical cutting groove.