US 12,116,782 B2
Pre-assembled decking panel and strut assembly for data center ceilings and roofs
Benjamin Lee Steinberg, Baltimore, MD (US); Daniel Brent Kennedy, Lovettsville, VA (US); and Daniel Joseph Curtin, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to TATE ACCESS FLOORS, INC., Jessup, MD (US)
Filed by TATE ACCESS FLOORS, INC., Jessup, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,974.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044142 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E04D 13/16 (2006.01); E04B 9/18 (2006.01); E04B 9/22 (2006.01); E04C 2/08 (2006.01); E04C 2/32 (2006.01); E04C 2/38 (2006.01); E04D 3/36 (2006.01); E04D 11/02 (2006.01); E04C 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/1643 (2013.01) [E04B 9/18 (2013.01); E04B 9/225 (2013.01); E04C 2/08 (2013.01); E04C 2/322 (2013.01); E04C 2/38 (2013.01); E04D 3/3603 (2013.01); E04D 11/02 (2013.01); E04B 2103/06 (2013.01); E04C 2002/001 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pre-assembled decking panel and strut assembly for data center ceilings and roofs comprising:
a decking panel comprised of a sheet metal in a shape of a wave with peaks and valleys that (1) extend longitudinally in a first direction, (2) are parallel and (3) are spaced in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and
an elongated strut member configured such that hanging systems can be attached to the elongated strut member, wherein:
the peaks are higher than the valleys in an up-down direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions;
the elongated strut member (1) extends in the first direction and (2) has a top wall in the up-down direction, when viewed from the first direction;
the top wall is (i) fixedly and directly attached to a first peak of the peaks of the decking panel and (ii) below the first peak in the up-down direction;
the top wall and the first peak of the decking panel include spaced mating holes configured to receive bolt assemblies;
the decking panel has a first end peak of the peaks at a first end of the decking panel in the second direction that is the first peak and a second end peak of the peaks at a second end of the decking panel in the second direction;
the second end peak is configured to be placed on and mate with the first end peak of an adjacent one of the decking panel; and
the second end peak includes spaced bolt holes that match the spaced mating holes in the first peak of the adjacent one of the decking panel and the top wall of the elongated strut member.