Patents Assigned to Misawa Homes K.K.
  • Horizontal force resisting building structure and attachment for attaching walls to same
    Patent number: 4450659
    Abstract: A horizontal force resisting building structure having a steel building framework, a bearing wall member being placed outside the building framework so as to face a suitable structure plane of the framework, and an attachment for attaching the wall member to the framework. The attachment has less resistance to plastic deformation than the wall member, and may include a bracket and a connector for connecting the bracket to the wall member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Misawa Homes K.K.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hanaoka, Hiroaki Umezu, Ginichi Shigaraki
  • Modular building structure and module for it
    Patent number: 4435927
    Abstract: A module for a modular building structure comprises a frame including a horizontal base member of a rectangular shape and four vertical corner posts of the same length secured at their lower ends to the four corners of the base member. A first wall member is attached to two adjacent ones of the four corner posts. A second wall member is attached to one of the two adjacent corner posts and the corner post disposed in diagonal relation to the other of the two adjacent corner posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Misawa Homes K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umezu, Akira Kishi, Hiroshi Yamagami