Structural stud

• US 10,329,765 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hi-Tech Tilt Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hi-Tech Tilt Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
• Inventors: Medina, Jose, Valls, Kenneth, Valle, John, Guajardo, Abdiel
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Adriana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fonseca, Jessie T
• Application Number:
  US15/457,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20170314266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/58 with elongated members of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/60 characterised by special cross-section of the elongated members
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2/845 the form leaf comprising a wire netting, lattice or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2103/02 of ceramics, concrete or other stone-like material
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2103/06 of metal
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/044 of concrete E04C2/049 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/06 reinforced
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/08 of metal, e.g. sheet metal E04C2/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/28 combinations of materials fully covered by groups E04C2/04 and E04C2/08
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/30 characterised by the shape or structure translucent E04C2/54
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2/46 specially adapted for making walls E04C2/52, E04C2/54 take precedence; structure of slab-shaped elements E04B1/02; walls of elements of relatively thin form E04B2/72
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0473 U- or C-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/07 at least partly of bent or otherwise deformed strip- or sheet-like material
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/32 of metal E04C3/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/04 Mats combined with reinforcing elements protruding out of the plane of the mat E04C5/0627; three-dimensional mats E04C5/0636; bases for plaster E04F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49632 Metal reinforcement member for nonmetallic, e.g., concrete, structural element

Abstract

A panel includes structural studs, each of the structural studs includes a central longitudinal axis, a baseplate, and a sidewall extending from the baseplate, and tabs punched out of the sidewall, each of the tabs including a tab leg that is connected to the sidewall at one end of the tab leg, and that projects outwardly from the sidewall, and a tab foot extending from the tab leg and curving in a direction that is toward a plane extending perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis through the one end of the tab leg, and away from a hole in the sidewall created by the tab being punched out of the sidewall, wherein the hole is defined by a base side and a top side, the base side has a greater length than the top side, and the tab leg the extends from the base side.

Claims

1. A panel comprising:

a plurality of structural studs, each of the plurality of structural studs comprising;

a central longitudinal axis, a baseplate, and a sidewall extending from the baseplate; and

a plurality of tabs punched out of the sidewall, the plurality of tabs comprising a first set of tabs and a second set of tabs, each of the plurality of tabs comprising;

a tab leg that is substantially planar and is connected to the sidewall at one end of the tab leg of each of the plurality of tabs, and that projects outwardly from the sidewall at an acute angle to the sidewall;

a first tab foot extending from the tab leg of each of the first set of tabs and curving in a direction having an angle acute to the central longitudinal axis and away from the sidewall,

a second tab foot extending from the tab leg of each of the second set of tabs and curving in a direction that is approximately parallel to the central longitudinal axis,

wherein the first set of tabs and the second set of tabs are mutually exclusive;

wherein the tab leg and the corresponding first tab foot of each tab of the first set of tabs have a common joint,

wherein the tab leg and the corresponding second tab foot of each tab of the second set of tabs have a common joint, each tab leg extending away from a hole in the sidewall created by the respective tab being punched out of the sidewall,

wherein the hole is defined by a base side and a top side, the base side has a greater length than the top side, and the tab leg of each of the plurality of tabs extends from the base side,

wherein the tabs of the first set of tabs being vertical tabs and the tabs of second set of tabs being horizontal tabs, a total surface area of the holes created by the tabs is greater than about 10% of the total surface area of the sidewall; and

wherein the tabs of the plurality of structural studs and a structural mesh is embedded in concrete, and with the baseplates not embedded in the concrete,

wherein the structural mesh includes rebar and the rebar is adjacent to the common joint of each of the plurality of tabs.

2. The panel of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one lifting anchor embedded in the concrete with the plurality of structural studs and the structural mesh.

3. The panel of claim 2, further comprising:

at least one support anchor embedded in the concrete with the plurality of structural studs and the structural mesh.

4. The panel of claim 2, wherein the end of the tab leg of each vertical tab that is connected to the respective sidewall is substantially perpendicular to the end of the tab leg of each horizontal tab that is connected to the respective sidewall.

5. The panel of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of structural studs further comprise:

16 gauge in thickness.

6. The panel of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of structural studs further comprise:

a tensile strength of 50 ksi.