US 12,435,505 B2
Joint structure and building
Kenya Ebisu, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to SAI GROUP HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Fukuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/012,953
Filed by SAI GROUP HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Fukuoka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/023901
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/261542, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-109816 (JP), filed on Jun. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257991 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/48 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/486 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joint structure comprising a first wooden panel, a second wooden panel, and a butterfly joint member for joining the first wooden panel and the second wooden panel,
wherein the joint structure has an allowable bearing capacity of about 10 kN or greater,
wherein the joint member comprises engineered wood prepared from laminating a plurality of board members,
wherein the plurality of board members comprise a first board member having a first fiber orientation and a second board member having a second fiber orientation which is different from the first fiber orientation,
a total volume of the first board member is greater than a total volume of the second board member, and
a height direction of the joint member is substantially identical to the first fiber orientation.