Patent ID: 7669372
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A structural insulated wall of the type comprising a plurality of adjoined structural insulated panels wherein said panels comprise a structural insulated panel of the type having an insulating core, a reinforced cementitious facing on opposed surfaces of the core, the panel having side, top and bottom edges and the core being exposed at edges of the panel, and grooves cut within the core within the side panel edges for receiving a connecting column for connecting two panels together, said wall further comprising: an “H”-shaped connecting column disposed between side edge portions of adjoining panels; said column comprising a pair of back-to-back “C”-shaped channels having oppositely extending legs, the channels sealed together with legs of said channels being oriented in said grooves disposed in exposed side edges of said cores of respective panels; said side edges of said cores between said grooves being disposed inwardly of adjacent side edges of said panel facings along the entire panel side edges to accommodate said connecting column when respective edges of said facings of adjoining panels are positioned adjacent one another; and wherein said connecting column is shorter than the length of adjacent panel edges between which it is oriented.