Prefabricated shear wall system with integrated channels

摘要

Prefabricated wall segments for construction of buildings. The prefabricated wall segments are lightweight and easy to install and enable an improved ability to install electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems as well as insulation in both the vertical and horizontal direction. The prefabricated wall segments can be utilized in new construction as well as in preexisting structures without the need for specialty equipment or tools.

主权项

1. A wall system for construction of a building, comprising:
a corrugated core, the corrugated core comprising a series of vertical channels that run parallel to each other, the series of vertical channels are alternately open to an exterior side and an interior side of the corrugated core and define a set of vertical surfaces with a set of vertical spaces between the vertical surfaces on the interior side of the corrugated core, the corrugated core having a top and a bottom and a first end and a second end, wherein the interior side of the corrugated core is further comprised of a set of horizontal channel segments recessed from the set of vertical surfaces, wherein the horizontal channel segments are open to the interior side of the corrugated core and closed to the exterior side of the corrugated core, wherein each one of the vertical surfaces on the interior side between the first end and the second end of the corrugated core has a respective one of the recessed horizontal channel segments, and wherein each one of the horizontal channel segments has a horizontal channel depth relative to the interior side, wherein the horizontal channel depth of the horizontal channel segments is less than a thickness of the corrugated core between the exterior side and the interior side; an outer shear panel attached to the corrugated core on the exterior side and covering the vertical channels open to the exterior side; and an inner panel attached to the vertical surfaces on the interior side of the corrugated core and covering the vertical channels and the horizontal channel segments open to the interior side.