US 12,276,099 B2
Modular building systems
Scott Isaacs, Calgary (CA); and Darrin Newnham, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Vero Solutions Inc., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 17/294,945
Filed by Vero Solutions Inc., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/051651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/102893, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,275, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018112 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/16 (2006.01); E04B 1/348 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/161 (2013.01) [E04B 1/34807 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plurality of building modules that connect for modular construction of a modular building, wherein the plurality of modules are placed according to a floor plan to form a building story of the modular building, each of the building modules comprising:
a deck oriented in a horizontal plane,
a plurality of hollow structural members extending downwardly from around a periphery of the deck, wherein the plurality of hollow structural members comprise at least six hollow structural members, wherein the hollow structural members connect the plurality of building modules together,
one or more wall assemblies installed between the hollow structural members, and
at least one alignment component to facilitate self-alignment of the building module with another building module of the plurality of building modules, wherein the at least one alignment component engages at least one complementary alignment component of the other building module to align the building module into a range of at least one of vertical alignment and horizontal alignment relative to the other building module,
wherein at least one hollow structural member of the building module comprises a connecting component elongated along a longitudinal axis of the hollow structural member and extending from the top thereof, the connecting component to vertically connect the building module to the other building module for reinforcing a structure of the modular building, wherein the at least one alignment component is integrated with the at least one connecting component to connect the building module to the other building module for modular construction of the modular building,
wherein at least a portion of the plurality of hollow structural members are distributed around the periphery of the deck and connect with at least a corresponding portion of other hollow structural members of the other building module, wherein the hollow structural members of the building module connected with the other hollow structural members of the other building module receive set flowable medium that sets to a solid structural material.