US 12,359,426 B2
Wall connection system
Gino R. Cecchetto, Jr., Woodside, CA (US); and Gregory P. Luth, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Blach Construction Company, San Jose, CA (US); and Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Blach Construction Company, San Jose, CA (US); and Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,125.
Application 17/943,125 is a continuation of application No. 16/773,665, filed on Jan. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,441,314.
Application 16/773,665 is a continuation of application No. 15/959,019, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,544,584, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/488,470, filed on Apr. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175256 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. E04C 2/38 (2006.01); E04B 1/08 (2006.01); E04B 2/82 (2006.01); E04B 2/88 (2006.01); E04B 2/90 (2006.01); E04B 2/96 (2006.01); E06B 3/54 (2006.01); E04B 2/58 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/828 (2013.01) [E04B 1/08 (2013.01); E04B 2/885 (2013.01); E04B 2/90 (2013.01); E04B 2/96 (2013.01); E06B 3/5427 (2013.01); E04B 2/58 (2013.01); E04C 2/384 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall connection system, comprising:
a horizontal building frame component having a first vertical face, the first vertical face having a first slot,
a modular wall panel assembly including:
a plurality of at least three parallel studs defining a primary wall plane, and
a strongback structure including an angle iron connected orthogonally to each of the plurality of studs, the angle iron including an expanse oriented parallel to the wall plane, the expanse having a second slot that is parallel the primary wall plane, and
a fastener assembly connecting the horizontal building frame component to the wall panel assembly through the first slot and the second slot, without directly connecting the studs to the building frame component,
wherein the expanse is parallel to the first vertical face, and a long axis of the first slot is orthogonal to a long axis of the second slot.