US 11,808,029 B2
Relating to connection of structural components to panels
Jonathan Paul Bryant, Highton (AU); Simon Trevor Flannery, Highton (AU); and Rudolf Willem Steinbusch, Highton (AU)
Assigned to Megawall Australia Pty Ltd, Highton (AU)
Appl. No. 16/969,382
Filed by Megawall Australia Pty Ltd, Highton (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050109
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/153055, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018900439 (AU), filed on Feb. 12, 2018; and application No. 2018900958 (AU), filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0399893 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. E04B 1/61 (2006.01); E04B 1/14 (2006.01); E04B 1/41 (2006.01); E04B 7/22 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/6112 (2013.01) [E04B 1/14 (2013.01); E04B 1/40 (2013.01); E04B 7/22 (2013.01); E04B 2001/405 (2013.01); E04B 2001/6191 (2013.01); E04B 2001/6195 (2013.01); E04B 2103/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a connection between a structural component and a wall panel of a building, the structural component comprising a roof and/or a ceiling panel, and the wall panel having a core comprising a substrate that is porous and/or includes interstices distributed therethroughout and load-resistant coverings which comprise polymeric material and define skins over opposite sides of the substrate, wherein at least one of the skins is arranged to be visibly exposed in the building, the method comprising:
securing a connector between the structural component and an end of the wall panel, whereby the connector engages both the structural component and at least one of said coverings so as to direct, to the at least one covering, loading exerted by the structural component, such that load-transmissive engagement between the connector and each of the structural component and the wall panel is effected,
the connector comprising at least one flange portion and a web or further flange portion, wherein the web or further flange portion is arranged to overlie an end face of the substrate, and said at least one flange portion extends from the web or further flange portion so as to be parallel to said at least one covering at said end,
wherein the securing of the connector between the structural component and the end of wall panel comprises adhesively bonding together respective opposing side faces of said at least one flange portion and said at least one covering such that said engagement is transmissive to loading which, in the building, subjects the adhesive bonding to tension and/or shear,
wherein the at least one of the skins arranged to be visibly exposed comprises a surface portion arranged to be visibly exposed at said end, and
wherein said at least one flange portion comprises a portion arranged to be concealed by said surface portion at said end.