US 12,460,408 B2
Building
Kazuki Ichikawa, Osaka (JP); Makoto Ochiai, Osaka (JP); and Masayuki Ogawa, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Sekisui House, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/019,680
Filed by Sekisui House, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/030316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/029990, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0287677 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 1/38 (2006.01); E04B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/388 (2023.08) [E04B 5/12 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building comprising a floor located between an upper floor and a lower floor, wherein
the floor includes first floor extending members and second floor extending members that intersect the first floor extending members,
the first floor extending members and the second floor extending members are made of wood,
a reinforcement member is arranged in at least one of a section between two of the first floor extending members and a section between two of the second floor extending members,
each of the two of the first floor extending members defining the section that the reinforcement member is arranged in includes a support metal fitting that supports an end of the reinforcement member, and/or each of the two of the second floor extending members defining the section that the reinforcement member is arranged in includes a support metal fitting that supports an end of the reinforcement member,
the second floor extending members include a short second floor extending member and long second floor extending members being longer than the short second floor extending member,
the short second floor extending member is arranged between the long second floor extending members,
the short second floor extending member includes a first side surface,
one of the long second floor extending members includes a second side surface,
the first side surface is opposed to the second side surface,
the support metal fitting is arranged on each of the first side surface and the second side surface,
the reinforcement member is arranged between the short second floor extending member and the one of the long second floor extending members,
the end of the reinforcement member is supported by the support metal fitting, and
the reinforcement member is not fixed to the support metal fitting, the short second floor extending member, and the long second floor extending members.