US 11,697,963 B2
Insulating panel assembly
Billy Strait, McKinney, TX (US); Bob Gebert, Kronenwetter, WI (US); Jeff Geier, Weston, WI (US); Philip M. Benes, Wausau, WI (US); Richard Braunstein, Addison, TX (US); Rick Wright, Delran, NJ (US); Robert Williams, Somerdale, NJ (US); and William J. Lang, Rockwall, TX (US)
Assigned to Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Inc., Terrell, TX (US)
Filed by Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Inc., Terrell, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/863,940.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,565, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0347667 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. E06B 3/663 (2006.01); E06B 3/67 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 3/6715 (2013.01) [E06B 3/66309 (2013.01); E06B 2003/6638 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insulating panel assembly comprising:
a building exterior facing panel, the building exterior facing panel being formed of a metal;
a building interior facing panel, the building interior facing panel having a length equal to the building exterior facing panel; and
a spacer formed of a material that is aluminum, stainless steel, galvanized steel, fiber-reinforced polymers, structural foam, plastic-hybrid stainless steel, or a thermally-broken aluminum assembly having a thermal plastic spacer, the spacer being connected to the metal building exterior facing panel and the building interior facing panel, the spacer maintaining the metal building exterior facing panel in a generally parallel, spaced relationship with the building interior facing panel such that an unfilled gap is defined between the metal building exterior facing panel and the building interior facing panel.