Patent ID: 7866103

Claim:
A structural load-bearing exterior building wall panel comprising: a rectangular peripheral outer frame including vertical edge frame members and upper and lower horizontal edge frame members joined to the ends of the vertical edge frame members; the frame enclosing an open core element comprising a plurality of fluted strips of a web material bonded together and having flutes oriented perpendicular to the plane of the frame and defining with the frame parallel inner and outer panel faces; an interior steel skin sheet attached to and covering the inner panel face; an outer layer attached to and covering the outer panel face; through openings in the panel extending between and through the interior steel skin sheet and the outer layer; a plurality of reinforcing strips attached to the outer layer and extending vertically between the upper and lower edge frame members; and, the reinforcing strips placed flush atop the outer surface of the outer layer, at least partially overlying and secured to one another, and positioned laterally adjacent the openings.