Structual stud

• US 7,823,350 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hi-Tech Tilt Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hi-Tech Tilt Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
• Inventors: Guajardo, Abdiel Daniel, Valle, John J., Valls, Kenneth A., Medina, Jose R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield; Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): FONSECA, JESSIE T
• Application Number:
  US11/673,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20070245657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• Field of Search: 523/44, 523/51, 523/52, 523/56, 527/02, 524/54, 528/55, 528/31, 523/43, 523/34, 524/43, 528/46, 524/14, 52F/OR.100, 52F/OR.131, 52F/OR.147, 248/217.2, 248/911, 248/912, 211/72, 211/73
• US Class Current: 52/356
• 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

Embodiments of a structural stud and panel for use in building a tilt-wall building are disclosed. Devices and methods for forming structural studs and panels are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A structural stud comprising:

a baseplate;

first and second sidewalls projecting from opposite edges of the baseplate; and

at least two tabs each punched out of the first sidewall, one of the tabs being a vertical tab and the other tab being a horizontal tab;

the vertical tab comprising;

a tab leg that is substantially planar and is connected to the first sidewall at one end of the tab leg, and that projects away from the second sidewall at an angle of less than ninety degrees to the first sidewall; and

a tab foot having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion extending from the tab leg of the vertical tab and curving away from a vertical hole in the first sidewall resulting from the vertical tab punched out of the first sidewall in a direction toward a plane, said plane being perpendicular to the first sidewall and passing through said one end of the tab leg, the distal portion spaced apart from the tab leg of the vertical tab and being farther away from the vertical hole than the proximal portion; and

the horizontal tab comprising;

a tab leg that is substantially planar and is connected to the first sidewall at one end of the tab leg, and that projects away from the second sidewall at an angle of less than ninety degrees to the first sidewall; and

a tab foot extending from the tab leg of the horizontal tab and curving either away from or toward a horizontal hole in the first sidewall resulting from the horizontal tab punched out of the first sidewall;

where the end of the vertical tab leg that is connected to the first sidewall is substantially perpendicular to the end of the horizontal tab leg that is connected to the first sidewall.

2. The structural stud of claim 1, where:

the vertical hole is defined by a base side and a top side, the base side has a greater length than the top side, and the vertical tab leg the extends from the base side; and

the horizontal hole is defined by a base side and a top side, the base side has a greater length than the top side, and the horizontal tab leg the extends from the base side.

3. The structural stud of claim 1, where the structural stud comprises a plurality of vertical tabs and resulting vertical holes and horizontal tabs and resulting horizontal holes.

4. The structural stud of claim 3, where the vertical tabs and vertical holes and the horizontal tabs and horizontal holes are positioned in an alternating arrangement on the sidewall such that there is a horizontal tab and horizontal hole between each vertical tab and vertical hole.

5. The structural stud of claim 4, where the horizontal holes and the vertical holes are spaced such that the distance between the centers of successive vertical and horizontal holes is less than about 6 inches.

6. The structural stud of claim 5, where the horizontal holes and the vertical holes are spaced such that the distance between the centers of successive vertical and horizontal holes is about 4 inches.