US 12,480,302 B2
Connection node for modular building structures
Leon Parkhouse, Ventura, CA (US); Andrea Vittadini, Brooklyn, NY (US); Matthew Charles John Clark, Brooklyn, NY (US); Simone Andreatta, Pordenone (IT); and Victoire Morgane Chloe Saby, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Palm Dreamscapes QO ZB, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Palm Dreamscapes QOZB, LLC, Greenwich, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,588.
Application 18/517,588 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/759,159, granted, now 12,129,645, previously published as PCT/US2021/070116, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Application 17/759,159 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,641, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 10,907,342, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,669, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022275488 (AU), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159040 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04B 1/348 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01); F16B 7/18 (2006.01); F16B 12/30 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/2403 (2013.01) [E04B 1/3483 (2013.01); E04B 1/388 (2023.08); F16B 7/182 (2013.01); F16B 12/30 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2406 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2415 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2418 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2451 (2013.01); E04B 2001/246 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2466 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for connecting building components, the apparatus comprising:
a hollow support having an interior and extending along a central axis from a first end to a second end, the first end of the support having a first connection portion attached thereto and the second end of the support having a second connection portion attached thereto;
the first connection portion comprising a respective outer surface substantially perpendicular to the central axis and a respective inner surface adjacent the interior of the support, the first connection portion having a bore therein from the outer surface to the inner surface, the inner surface defining a shoulder adjacent the bore, an inner wall extending upwards from the shoulder and defining a funnel that expands towards the second end of the support;
the second connection portion comprising a respective outer surface having an axial hole passing therethrough into the interior of the support;
wherein a respective bolt having a respective head with a head diameter and a shank with a shank diameter can pass through the axial hole of the second connection portion, through the support and seat in the first connection portion with the head of the bolt engaging the shoulder of the first connection portion and the shank extending through the bore of the first connection portion; and
a coupler having a threaded aperture therein, the coupler being removably attachable to the second connection portion to position the threaded aperture in alignment with the axial hole of the second connection portion, each threaded aperture sized to be engaged by a threaded portion of a respective bolt with a shank of the shank diameter.