Grid Pattern Structural Shear Panels

Abstract

Novel structural shear panels used for construction of shear walls and shear diaphragms, as well as sheathings and deckings, and similar constructions, where the structural shear panels have novel shapes formed in a grid pattern, comprised of an ordered series of voids, and material in the form of a grid, called grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids reduce the amount of raw material and weight in said grid pattern structural shear panels, and the material in the form of a grid is configured so that it resists the design loads required for the structural use of said grid pattern structural shear panels, and is also configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels to framing members and other building components by the means of fasteners, consistent with standardized construction industry spacings for said fasteners, and where said ordered series of voids provides points of graspability throughout the plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels, as well as the benefits of ventilation, visibility, the passage of light, and facilitates the penetration of small conduits throughout the plane of said grid pattern structural shear panels, without interrupting said material in the form of a grid.

1 ) Novel structural shear panels used for construction of shear walls and shear diaphragms, as well as sheathings and deckings, and similar constructions, where the structural shear panels have novel shapes formed in a grid pattern, comprised of an ordered series of voids, and material in the form of a grid, called grid pattern structural shear panels, where the ordered series of voids reduces the amount of raw material and weight in said grid pattern structural shear panels, and the material in the form of a grid, is configured so that it resists the design loads required for the structural use of said grid pattern structural shear panels, and where said material in the form of a grid, is configured so that it provides a surface for the connection of said grid pattern structural shear panels to framing members and other building components by the means of fasteners, and where the ordered series of voids also provide the benefits of, graspability, ventilation, visibility, the passage of light, and the penetration of small conduits through the panel thickness throughout the panel plane. 
     
     
         2 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the ordered series of voids have rounded corners. 
     
     
         3 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the material in the form of a grid has a four-way-grid geometric configuration. 
     
     
         4 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 3 , where the ordered series of voids are of a single similar size and shape. 
     
     
         5 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 3 , where the ordered series of voids are of multiple similar sizes and shapes. 
     
     
         6 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the material in the form of a grid has a three-way-grid geometric configuration. 
     
     
         7 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 6  where the ordered series of voids are of a single similar size and shape. 
     
     
         8 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 6 , where the ordered series of voids are of multiple similar sizes and shapes. 
     
     
         9 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the material in the form of a grid has a two-way-grid geometric configuration. 
     
     
         10 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 9 , where the ordered series of voids are circular in shape. 
     
     
         11 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 9 , where the ordered series of voids are rectilinear in shape. 
     
     
         12 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the ordered series of voids penetrate entirely through the panel thickness. 
     
     
         13 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through the panel thickness from one of the two panel faces, with the other panel face having a continuous flush surface. 
     
     
         14 ) The grid pattern structural shear panels of  claim 1 , where the ordered series of voids penetrate partially through both of the two panel faces, with a continuous plane of material at the core of the panel thickness.