Patents Assigned to Sekisui House, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230091125
    Abstract: An opening portion (2) having a height of two stories or more is provided in an exterior wall that faces a multi-height space. At least one wind-resistant post (3) is composed of a glued laminated timber, and has a cross-section in which a long axis dimension thereof is at least twice as long as a short axis dimension thereof. The wind-resistant post (3) is disposed upright and extends continuously through upper and lower floors, with a long axis direction of the cross-section being orthogonal to an opening plane. This wind-resistant post (3) exerts a high resistance against wind pressure acting on the opening portion, thereby achieving a post and beam structure that adds excellent spaciousness and visual appeal to the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsufumi TSUTSUMI, Osamu TABATA
  • Publication number: 20230083082
    Abstract: A glulam construction method suitable for relatively small-sized wooden buildings is disclosed. Each joint metal has its plate portion and pipe portion joined in a racket-like shape. At an end of a column, a slit is formed to open at a column end surface and to extend in a column width direction. At an abutment part in a beam abutting on the column end surface, mortises penetrating in a beam depth direction are formed at two positions appropriately spaced from each other in a span direction. Each joint metal has its pipe portion fitted in the corresponding mortise and has its plate portion fitted in the slit of the column. The joint metals are fixed in the column and the beam by drift pins or bolts and thereby establish rigid connection therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji UTSUNOMIYA, Osamu TABATA
  • Publication number: 20230077703
    Abstract: A ridge is directly supported by a ridge supporting post that is erected on a floor plane of a floor right below a gable roof to provide a stable building frame having a pentagon shape in front view and furthermore to realize a beamless space where no lower chord member such as a roof beam extends above the floor right below the gable roof. Also, a tall window extending continuously toward the vicinity of the ridge is provided between the ridge supporting post of a gable end wall and each of gable end side sub-pillars erected on both sides of the ridge supporting post. Thus, a living space gives a feeling of spaciousness and openness in spite of a compact appearance of a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun MIKURIYA, Kazumi HIJIKATA, Akira HIROSE, Akihiko KINOMURA, Shouhei KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230079662
    Abstract: A connecting metal (1) includes a tenon pipe (13) having through-holes (132) for fixing the tenon pipe (13) by drift pins or bolts, and a plate (12) joined at an end of the tenon pipe (13) and having through-holes (122) for fixing the plate (12) by drift pins or bolts, the tenon pipe (13) and the plate (12) being joined with each other in a substantially racket-like shape. A pair of slits (131) for receiving the plate is formed at the end of the tenon pipe (13), each of the slits (131) being defined by a first side edge and a second side edge that are bent inwardly. The plate (12) is inserted in the pair of slits (131) and joined with the tenon pipe (13) by welding, with no protrusion of weld reinforcement out of an outer periphery of the tenon pipe (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventor: Akira HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20230051426
    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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Miki OKUMURA, Hideo NAGAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230042728
    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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Miki OKUMURA, Hideo NAGAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230044172
    Abstract: A partition wall sound insulation structure includes: a floor material on which a floor surface facing an indoor space side 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 an indoor space interposed therebetween; a partition wall that extends in the vertical direction so as to partition the indoor space in a horizontal direction and that is disposed with a gap from at least one surface of the floor surface and the ceiling surface; and a sound insulation material made from an elastic material and including a portion disposed in the gap while being compressed in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Miki OKUMURA, Hideo NAGAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11482194
    Abstract: A simulation system includes a controller. The controller refers to a detection result of a detector, the detector configured to detect a portable unit prepared to create a simulation of a building, and controls a display device to show an image related to the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Shouto Iwata, Chiho Hiraoka, Yuusuke Minami, Takeshi Miki, Yuuta Kawazoe, Takahiro Suezawa, Shintarou Kawakami, Tetsuya Yamato, Masayuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11437002
    Abstract: A simulation system includes a display device and a selection unit. The display device shows an image on an exhibit related to a building. The selection unit selects content of the image shown on the exhibit. The selection unit includes a display section that displays information corresponding to the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Suezawa, Takeshi Miki, Yuusuke Minami, Chiho Hiraoka, Shouto Iwata, Yuuta Kawazoe, Shintarou Kawakami, Tetsuya Yamato, Masayuki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11391034
    Abstract: Installation and construction methods for installing a wall panel are provided. The wall panel includes a surface member and a long joint member that extends horizontally, is fixed to one plate surface of the surface member, and is joined to a pair of wooden columns. The method includes: disposing the joint member between the pair of wooden columns; joining both longitudinal ends of the joint member to respective side surfaces, facing each other, of the pair of wooden columns; installing the wooden beam between the pair of wooden columns and adjusting erection of the wooden columns; and fixing an edge of the surface member to front surfaces of the pair of wooden columns and the wooden beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryousuke Sato
  • Patent number: 11367333
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a first sensor (111a) which is provided in a house (10) and which detects, without contact, at least the heart rate and the respiratory rate of a resident (15); an anomaly determining section (201) which detects significant difference in the heart rate and the respiratory rate from a normal state; a communication section (210) which carries out communication between an operator (25) and a resident (15) for verifying safety; an arrival information presenting section (206) which presents, to the operator (25), the arrival of an emergency medical worker (35) at a house (10) in response to a dispatching request by the operator (25); and a remote unlocking section (203) which carries out emergency unlocking of a lock of the house (10) in accordance with an instruction of the operator (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD., E-SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11319703
    Abstract: A representative roof frame structure incorporates: paired wood sloping beams respectively extending from a ridge portion toward eaves on opposite sides from each other; a hanging portion hanging vertically downward from the ridge portion; and two steel braces respectively installed between lower faces of the sloping beams and side faces of a lower end of the hanging portion, wherein one end of each of the steel braces is pin-jointed to a beam-side fixing portion protruding from the lower face of the sloping beam, and the other end of each of the steel braces is pin-jointed to a hanging-portion-side fixing portion protruding from the side face of the lower end of the hanging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakagawa, Kazumi Hijikata, Shinji Utsunomiya, Jun Mikuriya, Ryousuke Sato, Naruhiko Nakano, Shintarou Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11299908
    Abstract: Provided is a fence which can prevent a person from clambering over the fence while ensuring sufficient ventilation. The fence includes: a plurality of posts; a pair of plate members extending in a horizontal direction and spaced away from each other in a vertical direction; and a blocking member arranged in the space between the plate members for keeping a foot of a person from entering the space between the plate members to prevent the person from clambering over the fence, wherein a lower end of the blocking member is spaced upward from the plate member at a lower position, and defines a lower gap against an upper surface of the plate member at the lower position, the lower gap having such a dimension as to keep a tip of the foot of the person from entering the lower gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya Miyagi, Hiroyuki Suitsu, Yoichi Kobayashi, Makoto Nakatani, Eiji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210025192
    Abstract: Provided is a fence which can prevent a person from clambering over the fence while ensuring sufficient ventilation. The fence includes: a plurality of posts; a pair of plate members extending in a horizontal direction and spaced away from each other in a vertical direction; and a blocking member arranged in the space between the plate members for keeping a foot of a person from entering the space between the plate members to prevent the person from clambering over the fence, wherein a lower end of the blocking member is spaced upward from the plate member at a lower position, and defines a lower gap against an upper surface of the plate member at the lower position, the lower gap having such a dimension as to keep a tip of the foot of the person from entering the lower gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Aya MIYAGI, Hiroyuki SUITSU, Yoichi KOBAYASHI, Makoto NAKATANI, Eiji YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10902112
    Abstract: There is provided a system (1) comprising: a processing unit (11) equipped with execution modes including a non-secure mode (3) in which access to a protected region of a memory is prohibited by a support function (12) and a secure mode (2) in which access to the protected region is permitted; and a hypervisor (20) which runs in the secure mode. The hypervisor includes: a first setting unit (23) for setting a first operation condition (21), which includes enabling a first OS (30) running in the secure mode to access the protected region and the unprotected region of the memory; and a second setting unit (24) for setting a second operation condition (22a), which includes enabling a second OS (41) running in the non-secure mode to access the unprotected region, using the support function to prevent the second OS (41) from accessing the secure region, and enabling a transition to the secure mode by accessing of the second OS to a first device shared with the first OS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sekisui House, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Shoi Egawa
  • Patent number: 8973333
    Abstract: The connecting fitting comprises a band-like section 14 and a back plate 11 that can be inserted between the flanges 7b, 7c by passing between lips 7d, 7e, in an insertion attitude, and a joining section 15 that can join a beam 5E in a state where the band-like section 14 and the back plate 11 are inserted between the flanges 7b, 7c. The band-like section 14 has a pair of abutting sections 14b, 14c that can abut respective inner surfaces of both flanges 7b, 7c of a C-section steel 7, in an attachment attitude resulting from rotation from the insertion attitude by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Sekisui House, Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Sugihara, Hitomi Sunagawa, Tomoya Hatae, Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroaki Kawakami, Kazunori Fujihashi
  • Patent number: 8925278
    Abstract: A connecting fitting includes a vertical frame attachment section 15a that can be attached to an inner surface of a vertical web 7a of a vertical frame 7A, 7B by way of bolts B2 in a state where the vertical frame attachment section 15a is disposed along the vertical web 7a, a brace attachment plate 14, connected to the vertical frame attachment section 15a, which enables attachment of an end of a brace 10A, 10B at a position inward of the vertical frame 7A, 7B, and a fixing plate 11, welded to the vertical frame attachment section 15a, which can be fixed to a beam member 4 or a foundation 2 in a state where the fixing plate 11 is disposed along an outer surface of a lateral frame 8A, 8B facing outward in a state of being disposed to make up a frame shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Sekisui House, Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Sugihara, Hitomi Sunagawa, Tomoya Hatae, Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroaki Kawakami, Kazunori Fujihashi
  • Publication number: 20140130441
    Abstract: The connecting fitting comprises a band-like section 14 and a back plate 11 that can be inserted between the flanges 7b, 7c by passing between lips 7d, 7e, in an insertion attitude, and a joining section 15 that can join a beam 5E in a state where the band-like section 14 and the back plate 11 are inserted between the flanges 7b, 7c. The band-like section 14 has a pair of abutting sections 14b, 14c that can abut respective inner surfaces of both flanges 7b, 7c of a C-section steel 7, in an attachment attitude resulting from rotation from the insertion attitude by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Sugihara, Hitomi Sunagawa, Tomoya Hatae, Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroaki Kawakami, Kazunori Fujihashi
  • Publication number: 20130326978
    Abstract: A connecting fitting includes a vertical frame attachment section 15a that can be attached to an inner surface of a vertical web 7a of a vertical frame 7A, 7B by way of bolts B2 in a state where the vertical frame attachment section 15a is disposed along the vertical web 7a, a brace attachment plate 14, connected to the vertical frame attachment section 15a, which enables attachment of an end of a brace 10A, 10B at a position inward of the vertical frame 7A, 7B, and a fixing plate 11, welded to the vertical frame attachment section 15a, which can be fixed to a beam member 4 or a foundation 2 in a state where the fixing plate 11 is disposed along an outer surface of a lateral frame 8A, 8B facing outward in a state of being disposed to make up a frame shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Sugihara, Hitomi Sunagawa, Tomoya Hatae, Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroaki Kawakami, Kazunori Fujihashi
  • Patent number: D972592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kusaba, Hiroaki Yoshida, Noriyuki Ono, Ichiro Fujioka, Koichi Noda, Junko Saitoh, Masaru Hamazaki, Buntoku Mori, Aya Nakano, Emi Fujii, Shima Kanno