US 12,449,143 B2
Modular building structure adapted for thermal regulation therein
Ana Tejón, Ecublens (CH); Sebastián Alagón, Romainmôtier (CH); Mathieu Rubi, Denges (CH); and Chin Lee Ong, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Freshape SA, Renens (CH)
Appl. No. 18/024,330
Filed by Freshape SA, Villaz-St-Pierre (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/057906
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/049473, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20194023 (EP), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314016 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/32 (2006.01); E06B 9/24 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/76 (2018.01); F24F 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 5/0075 (2013.01) [E04B 1/3211 (2013.01); E06B 9/24 (2013.01); F24F 11/76 (2018.01); F24F 13/0272 (2013.01); E04B 2001/3247 (2013.01); E04B 2001/3252 (2013.01); E04B 2001/3294 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Modular building structure comprising:
a framework comprising a plurality of rods and hub connectors to interconnect the plurality of rods together, the framework comprising empty spaces bordered by corresponding rods of said plurality of rods,
a plurality of panels, wherein one panel is mounted inside each empty space and is connected to said framework in order to create an interior,
an air chamber layer inside which air may circulate, said air chamber layer forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the interior,
at least one upper valve system mounted in an upper portion of the modular building structure, and at least one lower valve system mounted in a lower portion of the modular building structure,
wherein said at least one upper and lower valve systems are selectively actuable to perform each of the following functions a) to f):
a) draw the air outside the modular building structure through the at least one lower valve system into the air chamber layer and to expel the ascending air from the air chamber layer to outside the modular building structure through the at least one upper valve system,
b) draw the air inside the interior through the at least one lower valve system into the air chamber layer and to expel the ascending air from the air chamber layer into the interior through the at least one upper valve system,
c) seal the air chamber layer and the interior from the outside such that the air chamber layer acts as an insulator layer,
d) draw the air inside the interior into the air chamber layer through the at least one lower valve system and to expel the ascending air from the air chamber layer to outside the modular building structure through the at least one upper valve system while the interior is in fluid communication with the air outside the modular building structure through the at least one lower valve system,
e) draw the air outside the modular building structure through the at least one lower valve system into the air chamber layer and to expel the ascending air from the air chamber into the interior through the at least one upper valve system while the interior is in fluid communication with the air outside the modular building structure through the at least one lower valve system, and
f) create a first and a second air communication between the air outside the modular building structure and an upper and a lower part of the interior through respectively the at least one upper valve system and the at least one lower valve system, and
wherein some or all of said panels comprise each an outer pane comprising outer pane connectors and an inner pane comprising inner pane connectors, said outer pane connectors being connected to corresponding outer pane connecting parts of different hub connectors, said inner pane connectors being connected to corresponding inner pane connecting parts of the same of said different hub connectors, and wherein the outer pane and the inner plane of each panel of said some or of all of said panels form therebetween an air space in fluid communication with the air space of adjacent panels to create said air chamber layer.