Patent ID: 9604428
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B29D,B32B,E04C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A multi-plenum structural panel comprising: a top sheet, a middle sheet, and a bottom sheet, each sheet being parallel to the other two; a first plurality of spacing structural elements, fixedly attaching the top sheet to the middle sheet, and a second plurality of spacing structural elements fixedly attaching the middle sheet to the bottom sheet, such that a yield strength of an assembled multi-plenum structural panel is greater than a sum of individual yield strengths of the top, the middle, and the bottom sheets; an upper plenum defined by a first spacing between the top sheet and the middle sheet; a lower plenum defined by a second spacing between the middle sheet and the bottom sheet; the first plurality of spacing structural elements being formed such that a first plurality of spaced apart unobstructed pathways are created in the upper plenum for air to move in a first direction from at least one edge of the multi-plenum structural panel to at least one of an opposite and an adjacent edge of the multi-plenum structural panel in each plenum; and the second plurality of spacing structural elements being formed such that a second plurality of spaced apart unobstructed pathways are created in the lower plenum for air to move in a second direction from at least one edge of the multi-plenum structural panel to at least one of an opposite and an adjacent edge of the multi-plenum structural panel in each plenum, where the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.