Patent ID: 11970854
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PLACO
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A partition mounted on a mounting surface, the partition comprising a plurality of elongate upright members;
the partition further comprising a first board and a second board, the first board being mounted on one side of a pair of the elongate upright members that are adjacent to each other, and the second board being mounted on the other side of the same pair of adjacent elongate upright members, so as to define a cavity between the pair of elongate upright members and the first and second boards;
the partition further comprising a spacer, the spacer being located within the cavity defined by the pair of adjacent elongate upright members and the first and second boards, the maximum dimension of the spacer in the through-thickness direction of the partition being at least 90% of the separation of the two boards;
the partition being configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring cross-member between the pair of adjacent elongate upright members;
the partition being further configured such that the spacer does not provide a load-transferring member between the mounting surface and either of the first and second boards, wherein
the spacer contacts both the first and second boards, and
the partition is configured such that the spacer experiences compressive loading in the through-thickness direction of the partition,
wherein
the spacer exhibits a compressive strain of at least 0.5% in the through-thickness direction of the partition, the compressive strain being a difference between a thickness of the spacer as positioned within the cavity as compared to an equivalent thickness of the spacer in a relaxed state.