Abstract: A house includes a base, a house body and a partition plate. The house body is located above the base. Two sides of the partition plate are abutted against the base and the house body, respectively. The base, the house body and the partition plate are configured to be relatively movable. When natural disasters occur, the house body can move relative to the partition plate and the base to absorb and disperse impact forces from the natural disasters. This improves seismic and wind resistance capabilities of an overall structure of the house, thereby reducing possibility of direct collapse of the house, providing valuable escape time for users, and minimizing casualties and property losses. In addition, a structure of the house body is a reinforced concrete structure, windows are made of aluminum alloy, and doors are fireproof doors. Therefore, the house can also have good fire resistance performance.

Abstract: A collapsible structural frame for forming a soffit having a multi-planar surface. The collapsible structural frame includes a first frame portion configured to receive a first sheet of building material, a second frame portion configured to receive a second sheet of building material, the second frame portion extending along a second reference plane, and a third frame portion configured to receive a third sheet of building material. The collapsible structural frame is alterable from: (1) a flat state in which the first, second, and third frame portions extend along the second reference plane in a linear arrangement; and (2) a deployed state in which the first frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane and the third frame portion is out of plane with the second reference plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door leaf formed of a flexible material, wherein the flexible material is resistant to puncture and resistant to tearing; and to a door system comprising the door leaf.

Abstract: The system may include a motor releasably connected to a control module and the control module releasably connected to a drive module. The system may further include a joint releasably connecting the control module to the drive module, wherein the joint includes a floating gear. The method may include determining a motor shaft rotation of a motor shaft in a motor, determining a shade tube rotation of a shade tube that moves a window shade over a path, comparing the motor shaft rotation to the shade tube rotation, determining, based on the comparing, that the shade tube rotation is not equal to the motor shaft rotation and determining that an obstacle exists in the path of the window shade. The method may also include determining a change in at least one of current or torque in the motor.

Abstract: Rooftop photovoltaic solar systems and methods for installing interconnection wiring for photovoltaic solar systems. Cabling systems can include cable support stands secured underneath shingles. Cabling systems can include molded rubber raceways mounted using raceway clips secured underneath shingles.

Abstract: A method is for horizontal leveling coupling between a concrete foundation and wooden vertical beams.

Abstract: A kind of partition wall is introduced. The partition wall includes a housing, a roller wound with an inflatable wall body mounted inside the housing, and a shaft with a torsion spring mounted inside the roller. The inflatable wall body can be pulled out from the housing and can be rolled back to the housing by the torsion spring. The partition wall is rollable which offers people the chance to adjust their room space segmentation. It is also suitable for some small space such as a recreational vehicle or some mobile house. When people need to divide a bedroom from living room, they can expand out the partition wall.

Abstract: A bracket for interconnecting the terminal ends of boards includes a shelf member having a top face and an opposing bottom face that each extend between a first end and an opposing second end; a mounting plate having a front face and an opposing back face that each extend between an upper end and an opposing lower end, the upper end of the mounting plate projecting outward from the bottom face of the shelf member; a first connector upstanding from the top face of the shelf member at the first end thereof and projecting forward of the front face of the mounting plate; and a second connector upstanding from the top face of the shelf member at the second end thereof and projecting forward of the front face of the mounting plate, the first and second connector each having a T-shaped transverse cross section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a door leaf formed of a flexible material, wherein the flexible material is resistant to puncture and resistant to tearing; and to a door system comprising the door leaf.

Abstract: A solar panel attachment assembly including a purlin bent into a U-shaped channel with a mounting wall, an upright wall and a cross piece attached to the upper edge. A solar panel having a frame with a lower horizontal wall forming a mounting surface and a vertical wall forming an outer surface. An inwardly directed channel formed on the upper edge of the vertical wall surrounds and fixedly engages the edges of solar sensors. Attachment bolts with a portion of the body being threaded and a tip portion of the body having a drill bit formed therein. The drill bit has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the bolt threads, and the attachment bolts are positioned to extend through the cross piece of the purlin and through the lower horizontal wall of the cross-section to hold the solar panel in abutting engagement with the purlin.

Abstract: A modular inflatable structure can be formed using inflatable members that are interconnected together at respective joints. The inflatable member can have a connector integrated therewith or be coupled to a separate connector that interconnects adjacent inflatable members. The connector can have flexible and/or rigid components. The structure can have an assembled position in which the inflatable member is coupled with an adjacent inflatable member and flow is permitted therebetween. The structure can be inflated to form a support or framework that can be used in a variety of applications and industries.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to base connections, structures including base connections, kits for forming the base connections and/or structures, and method of repairing yielded base connections. In an embodiment, a base connection includes a base plate including a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The top surface is configured to be adjacent to a terminal end of a column and the bottom surface adjacent to a foundation. The connection also includes one or more anchor rods attached to the base plate. The anchor rods are configured to secure the base plate to the foundation. The connection includes at least one structural fuse configured to be attached to the column and attached to the base plate. The fuse includes a plate with at least one cutout formed therein. The cutout is configured to form one or more yield regions that are configured to preferentially yield.

Abstract: A building includes a stud wall including a first bottom plate; a foundation; a tie rod operably anchored in the foundation and extending through the first bottom plate within the stud wall; a first bridge member disposed on the first bottom plate, the first bridge member having an opening through which the tie rod extends; a pair of spaced apart reinforcement studs; and the pair of spaced apart reinforcement studs including bottom ends bearing on the first bridge member.

Abstract: A building slab pad in the form of a square plate is divided into four analogous sections, each section being formed by four linear projections on the top surface that run from the center of each edge and converge in the center of the pad. On each of the two side edges of the sections there is a trapezoidal protrusion respectively with a base narrower than the rest of the protrusion and a keyway respectively corresponding in shape to the protrusions, with two protrusions and two keyways alternating on each side edge of the pad. On the top surface there are linear top indentations running from the corners of the pad and converging in the center of the pad. On the underside are four linear bottom indentations running from the center of each edge to the center of the adjacent edge to form a square shape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-resetting buckling-restrained brace, comprising a central positioning plate and secondary buckling-restrained units located on the left and right sides; the secondary buckling-restrained units each comprise a connection node, a brace core component, an outer sleeve steel pipe, a sliding load-bearing plate, a fixed load-bearing plate, a stabilization steel bar, steel frame braces, a Belleville spring and friction plates; the brace core component, the sliding load-bearing plate and the stabilization steel bar are connected in order and slide into the outer sleeve steel pipe; the middle portion of the brace core component penetrates through the outer sleeve steel pipe, and the outer end of the brace core component is fixedly connected to the connection node; the fixed load-bearing plate, the steel frame braces and the central positioning plate are connected in order, and an inner end of the stabilization steel bar penetrates through the fixed load-bearing plate; the friction plate

Abstract: Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems provide for solar panel arrays that can be aesthetically pleasing to an observer. BIPV systems can be incorporated as part of roof surfaces as built into the structure of the roof, particularly as photovoltaic modules having the appearance of a plurality of roofing tiles that each have photovoltaic cells. Each photovoltaic module may include a metal backer, photovoltaic cells, and light transmissive top sheets adhered to both the metal backer and the photovoltaic cells. BIPV systems can also include non-photovoltaic modules that appear similar to photovoltaic modules, but do not collect solar energy.

Abstract: An upper board fixed to a lower part of a structure; a lower board fixed to a foundation at the same position in a plan view with respect to the upper board; and four seismic isolation plates fixed to the upper and lower boards and extending in a cross direction in a plan view. The seismic isolation plates are U-shaped members obtained by bending a long steel sheet, and include an upper fixing part parallel to a lower fixing part, an upper inclined part and a lower inclined part that are closer to each other while separated from the upper and lower fixing parts, and a connecting part that connects the upper and lower inclined parts. The four seismic isolation plates are fixed to upper board at position where upper fixing parts do not overlap and are fixed to lower board at position where lower fixing parts do not overlap.