Patents Assigned to Sekisui House, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240117926
    Abstract: An anchor support member supports an anchor bolt provided to the foundation of a building, and comprises: an attaching part that is attached to a formwork of the foundation; a retaining part that is connected to the attaching part and retains the anchor bolt; and a securing part that secures the attaching part to the formwork. The securing part secures the attaching part to the formwork such that the position of the anchor support member can be adjusted in a prescribed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Tsutsumi, Yoshiyuki Matsubara, Hideki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11951856
    Abstract: A roof structure that can provide a drone port where a drone can stably take off and land on a sloping roof includes a sloping roof covering the upper part of a building, a drone accommodation portion that has a size capable of accommodating a drone and is provided to cut out a part of the sloping roof so that a bottom surface is substantially horizontal, a drone port that is provided on the bottom surface of the drone accommodation portion where the drone can take off and land, a cover that covers an opening formed on the sloping roof for the drone accommodation portion, and a doorway that is provided on the drone accommodation portion and allows the drone to enter and exit, in which the cover is configured to be openable and closable, and the doorway is opened and closed by opening and closing of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Ohno
  • Patent number: 11933041
    Abstract: A sound insulation structure for a building includes: a floor material; a ceiling material opposed to the floor material in a vertical direction with a space in a building interposed therebetween; a partition wall extending in the vertical direction and partitioning the space into a first space and a second space adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction; and at least one face material out of a floor-side sound insulation face material stuck to a portion of the floor material in a range of a thickness of the partition wall and having a coincidence frequency different from that of the floor material, and a ceiling-side sound insulation face material stuck to a portion of the ceiling material in the range of the thickness of the partition wall and having a coincidence frequency different from that of the ceiling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Okumura, Hideo Nagamatsu
  • Publication number: 20240052623
    Abstract: A building (1) includes a structural body (5) having a floor projecting outside. The structural body (5) includes base members (10), a cross member (16) extending between the base members (10), a base portion (17) supported by the cross member, props (20) arranged on the base portion (17), a floor member (26) supported by the props (20), and a reinforcement member (27) that reinforces the structural body (5). The reinforcement member (27) is arranged at a lower position than the base portion (17) and extends between the base members (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sekisui House, LTD
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Yachi, Makoto Ochiai, Kazuki Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11898370
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] Providing a house by which exhaust heat from equipment provided in a wall of the house does not adversely affect the environment in a living space, the maintenance, management, and update of the equipment can be easily performed, and crime prevention performance of an accommodating place of the equipment can be improved. [SOLUTIONS] The exhaust heat from the equipment 48 accommodated in the hollow portion 37 can be released to the second space 6 of the garage. Further, the electronic lock 45 of the door 43 for opening and closing the outdoor side opening portion 35 of the hollow portion 37 can be unlocked only for a preset time. Therefore, since unlocking is disabled except for the preset time, the maintenance, management, and update of the equipment 48 can be easily performed, and the crime prevention performance can be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Chiho Hiraoka, Shouto Iwata, Tetsuya Yamato, Masayuki Ogawa, Yuusuke Minami, Takeshi Miki, Yuuta Kawazoe, Takahiro Suezawa, Shintarou Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20240044129
    Abstract: A flashing member is arranged on a building at a section where a first exterior wall joins a second exterior wall. The second exterior wall includes a wall body covered by a cover member. The flashing member is arranged between the wall body and the cover member at the section where the first exterior wall joins the second exterior wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Toshiyuki Osada
  • Patent number: 11866930
    Abstract: A partition wall sound insulation structure includes: a floor material on which a floor surface is formed; a ceiling material on which a ceiling surface is formed, the ceiling surface being opposed to the floor surface in a vertical direction with a space in a building interposed therebetween; a partition wall that partitions the space in a horizontal direction and includes a pair of face materials that extends in the vertical direction and is disposed with a hollow portion interposed therebetween in the horizontal direction, and a stud that is disposed in the hollow portion and supports the pair of face materials; a positioning member for positioning the stud in the horizontal direction; and a sound insulation face material disposed on at least one of the floor surface and the ceiling surface in the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Okumura, Hideo Nagamatsu
  • Publication number: 20230407628
    Abstract: A load-bearing panel and a building frame structure is provided, in which an initial stiffness and a yield strength are enhanced while appropriately reducing the maximum strength after yielding. Thus, it is possible to avoid generating excessive stress in adjacent building frames. The load-bearing panel includes: a rectangular-shaped base frame 2 formed by joining a pair of horizontal base materials 21 and 22 to a pair of vertical base materials 23 and 23; and a composite surface material 3 made of wooden plywood 31 and a metal plate 32 stacked on each other. Four side edges of the composite surface material 3 are attached to a base frame 2 by driving nails. The spacing between the nails in a center part of each side edge in the length direction is smaller than the spacing between the nails in both end parts of the side edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki FUKUMOTO, Kazumi HIJIKATA, Ayana HISAZUMI, Keiichi SATO, Kazunori FUJIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230392394
    Abstract: A scaffold provided with a running board part and a reinforcing member which is attached to at least one end of the running board part in the width direction of the running board part. The reinforcing member has a pair of extension parts which extend in the longitudinal direction of the running board and which are disposed apart from each other in the vertical direction, and a plurality of connecting parts which are disposed at intervals in the longitudinal direction and which connect the pair of extension parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Watanabe, Hideki Suzuki, Hideki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230287685
    Abstract: A building includes an outer wall, a roof arranged so as to be orthogonal to the outer wall and inclined with respect to the ground, and a flashing arranged at a boundary between the roof and the outer wall. The flashing includes an attachment configured to extend along the outer wall, a guide connected to the attachment and arranged above the roof, and a water draining portion arranged so as to intersect the attachment and the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Osada, Masaki Watanabe, Mitsuharu Yachi
  • Publication number: 20230287677
    Abstract: A building includes a floor located between an upper floor and a lower floor. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Ichikawa, Makoto Ochiai, Masayuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230257988
    Abstract: Diagonal beam joining hardware according to one or more embodiments includes: a beam splicing part; an extending part protruding from an appropriate intermediate part of the beam splicing part; and a beam receiving hardware mounting part bending and extending from an end edge of the extending part to form a predetermined plane angle with respect to the beam splicing part. The beam splicing part is attached and fastened to a side face of a continued beam by through bolts and penetrating the beam in the beam width direction. Beam receiving hardware is fitted in a slit formed in an end part of the diagonal beam. A contacting part of the beam receiving hardware is superimposed on the beam receiving hardware mounting part of the diagonal beam joining hardware and fastened by bolt/nut fastening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SATO, Daiki FUKUMOTO, Takeshi ICHIHARI, Yasuaki TAKAHASHI, Dai HASHIMOTO, Satoru TAKEUCHI, Tatsuya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230228111
    Abstract: A space configuration of a house is provided, in which the continuity from the inside of a room to a semi-outdoor space is created in various directions to give a feeling of openness in a large area inside of the room. Windows capable of daylighting and ventilation are provided respectively in two wall surfaces of a room so as to each have an opening width accounting for ½ or more of a corresponding wall length of the wall surfaces. One window has an opening that accounts for a whole ceiling height of the room, and a doorway is provided in the opening. On the outside of the one window, a semi-outdoor space including an exterior floor and an eaves ceiling is largely extended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko NAKANO, Hirokazu MIYACHI, Dai HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230220692
    Abstract: In a house having a standard two-story building height, an inner living space is provided, which gives a feeling of spaciousness and openness. A house includes: a first floor; a second floor; a higher second floor as a skip floor positioned substantially a half story higher than the second floor and being led from the second floor; and a gable roof provided above these floors. The higher second floor is provided along a gable end wall of the gable roof on at least one side to spread across a full width of the gable end wall. An upper area of the higher second floor is integrated with an attic space under the gable roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Naruhiko NAKANO, Jun MIKURIYA, Akira HIROSE, Manabu KANOU, Akihiko KINOMURA, Shouhei KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230193620
    Abstract: This building comprises a foundation, a main building part that is provided to the foundation and that has a framework structure, and a roof that is provided to the main building part and that has a truss structure. Moreover, a method for constructing the building includes: a first step for forming the foundation; a second step for creating the main building part having a framework structure on the foundation; and a third step for attaching, to the main building part, a roof frame having a pre-assembled truss structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ochiai, Kazuki Ichikawa, Masayuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230160214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell module installation structure that can be installed on a wall surface of a building, and provides a house and a solar cell module. A support member has a support surface that spreads out substantially in a vertical direction. A locking piece of the support member has: a locking part that faces the support surface at an interval and extends upward; and a connection part that connect the locking part and the support surface. A frame member of the solar cell module has: a holding recess that sandwiches a part of a main body panel of the solar cell module and is in contact with a light receiving surface and a back surface of the main body panel; and a mounting part that is provided on a back surface side of the main body panel, has higher rigidity than the main body panel, has a length longer than or equal to ½ of one side of the main body panel, and extends in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., KANEKA CORPORATION, DAYDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka TANI, Mitsuro FUJIIE, Hiroshi ONOMURA, Takahiro KOKUBO, Hideki OE, Keigo YAMAMURA
  • Patent number: 11643816
    Abstract: A roof structure includes: horizontal base materials forming a roof slope; and roof panels fixed on the horizontal base materials and spread side by side in a slope direction, each of the roof panels includes a roofing board, and rafters fixed to a lower surface of the roofing board in parallel to each other, and extending perpendicularly to the horizontal base materials, each of the rafters of one of the two adjacent roof panels in the slope direction includes a carry-out portion projecting from an edge of the roofing board, each of the carry-out portions being between the rafters of the other roof panel and fixed to the roofing board of the other roof panel, a projection length of the carry-out portions is smaller than a distance between the adjoining horizontal base materials, and the carry-out portions and the other roof panel are fixed to the same horizontal base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sato, Takeshi Nakagawa, Fukutaro Asai
  • Publication number: 20230133666
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solar cell module installation structure and a house that can reduce manufacturing cost and have good workability as compared with the related art. A support member includes a rail part that extends substantially in a vertical direction and is longer than a length of the solar cell module. The solar cell module includes: a solar cell panel; and a frame member. The solar cell panel includes: a main body panel; a terminal box provided on a back surface of the main body panel; and a wiring part extending from the terminal box. The frame member includes: a holding recess; and a mounting part. The holding recess sandwiches a part of the main body panel and is in contact with a light receiving surface and the back surface of the main body panel. The mounting part is provided on a back surface of the main body panel and is attached to the rail part of the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuro FUJIIE, Hiroshi ONOMURA, Naotaka TANI, Takahiro KOKUBO, Hideki OE
  • Patent number: 11634905
    Abstract: An installation and construction method of a wall panel is provided for installing the wall panel to a pair of wooden columns and a wooden horizontal member, the wooden columns being installed in a standing manner so as to be spaced apart from each other, the wooden horizontal member being installed to the wooden columns. The method includes: forming the wall panel by connecting mutually adjacent end portions of a plurality of surface members in a horizontal direction by a half column extending in a vertical direction, studs being fixed on first plate surfaces of the plurality of surface members; and after installing the wooden horizontal member to the wooden columns and adjusting erection of the wooden columns, fixing edge end portions of the surface members of the wall panel to front surfaces of the wooden columns and a front surface of the wooden horizontal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Mikuriya
  • Patent number: D983061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kusaba, Masaru Hamazaki, Koichi Noda