Patent ID: 9091049
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B32B,B33Y,E04B,E04C,E04D,F24F,Y10T

Abstract:
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 attaches the top sheet to the middle sheet, and a second plurality of spacing structural elements fixedly attaches 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 spacing structural elements, comprised of the first and the second plurality of spacing structural elements, being formed such that a plurality of spaced apart unobstructed pathways are created in each plenum for air to move 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; wherein spacing structural elements on a first portion of an exterior perimeter of the panel have interlocking shapes that interlock with shapes on spacing structural elements on a second portion of the exterior perimeter of the panel; and at least one unobstructed pathway in the upper plenum is orthogonal to at least one unobstructed pathway in the lower plenum.