Patent ID: 9670671
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04D,E06B

Claim:
1. A compound thermal break component effective to join, support and stiffen two surfaces, comprising: a first thermal break component having a first metallic heat conducting portion and a second metallic heat conducting portion separated by at least one thermally insulating portion wherein the first metallic heat conducting portion and the second metallic heat conducting portion are generally parallel to each other in the direction of a first length-wise axis; a second thermal break component having a third metallic heat conducting portion and a fourth metallic heat conducting portion separated by at least one thermally insulating portion wherein the third metallic heat conducting portion and the fourth metallic heat conducting portion are generally parallel to each other in the direction of a second length-wise axis; and a joint attaching the third metallic heat conducting portion and the fourth metallic heat conducting portion to the first metallic heat conducting portion; wherein the first length-wise axis is perpendicular to said second length-wise axis.