US 11,905,752 B2
Systems and methods for assembling sub-components, sub-elements, and building elements
Shane Christopher Dittrich, Nampa, ID (US); Robert David Dudley Carlson, Nampa, ID (US); Jason T. Giuffre, Nampa, ID (US); Anthony P. D'Andrea, Caldwell, ID (US); Anthony W. Foster, Middleton, ID (US); Richard D. Murdock, Meridian, ID (US); Timothy G. Mathson, Nampa, ID (US); and Curtis R. Fletcher, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to House of Design LLC, Nampa, ID (US)
Filed by House of Design LLC, Nampa, ID (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,349.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,948, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010608 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E06B 1/02 (2006.01); E04B 2/70 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 1/02 (2013.01) [E04B 2/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a sub-component extrusion station for assembling and extruding a sub-component, the sub-component extrusion station comprising:
a sub-component assembly surface; and
a first robotic arm configured to position members of the sub-component on the sub-component assembly surface, wherein the sub-component comprises:
a first member and a second member that are parallel; and
a plurality of cripple studs, wherein a first end of each cripple stud of the plurality of cripple studs is coupled to the first member and a second end of each cripple stud of the plurality of cripple studs is coupled to the second member to assemble the sub-component, wherein the sub-component extrusion station is configured to extrude the sub-component after assembly to an outfeed table;
a sub-element assembly station comprising:
a sub-element assembly surface configured to receive the sub-component from the outfeed table; and
a second robotic arm configured to assemble a sub-element using the sub-component; and a main element extruder comprising:
a main element extrusion surface to receive the sub-element from the sub-element assembly station; and
a third robotic arm configured to assemble a main element using the sub-element, wherein the main element is a frame structure of a building component.