Patents by Inventor Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250034865Abstract: Curtain wall (1) comprising mullions (2) formed by mullion profiles (5), transoms (3) formed by transom profiles (14) and panels (4), wherein the mullions (3) are installed vertically, with the transoms (3) being fixed at right angles to the mullions (2), wherein the transoms (3) and the mullions (2) (5) define rectangular openings, wherein the panels (4) are placed in said openings to close these openings, characterized in that the panels (4) are secured by means of first glazing beads (34), that are attached to a said mullion profile (5) by means of first positioning aids (36), wherein the first positioning aids (36) and said mullion profiles (5) are designed such that the first positioning aids (36) can be attached to a said mullion profile (5), wherein the first positioning aids (36) and the first glazing beads (34) are designed to snap the first glazing beads (34) onto the mullion profiles (5) through a rotational movement, guided by said first positioning aids (36).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: LAURENSL EONARD R. CLAEYS, STEPHANIE CATHARIA R. CLAYES, NAUSIKAA ELS P. CLAEYS
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Patent number: 11732473Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 11708695Abstract: A curtain wall includes one or more vertically-extending mullions and one or more transoms, each extending horizontally between two mullions and having ends inserted in grooves of these two mullions. The curtain wall also includes at least an inwardly openable panel installed between two mullions, wherein a local adaptation of the two mullions adjacent to the openable panel comprises at least the removal of a laterally directed wall of the inner chamber of each of the two mullions along a height of the openable panel, and wherein the openable panel is installed in the local adaptation of the two mullions adjacent to the openable panel such that, when the openable panel is closed, the openable panel is not distinguishable from a fixedly fitted panel, neither from the inside nor from the outside of the curtain wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 11578485Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Publication number: 20230003019Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Patent number: 11479969Abstract: A curtain wall includes one or more mullion profiles and one or more transom profiles and panels which are mounted in the mullion profiles and in the transom profiles by their edges. The one or more mullion profiles extend vertically and are provided with an undercut groove on two opposite sides which has an access opening. The grooves form a rebate in which the rim of a panel is mounted. The undercut groove has an elongate cross section which is provided, at the one or several of the transverse ends, with a rounded section and/or which is free from roundings with a radius of less than 2 millimeters at one or several of the transverse ends.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Publication number: 20220290430Abstract: A curtain wall includes one or more vertically-extending mullions and one or more transoms, each extending horizontally between two mullions and having ends inserted in grooves of these two mullions. The curtain wall also includes at least an inwardly openable panel installed between two mullions, wherein a local adaptation of the two mullions adjacent to the openable panel comprises at least the removal of a laterally directed wall of the inner chamber of each of the two mullions along a height of the openable panel, and wherein the openable panel is installed in the local adaptation of the two mullions adjacent to the openable panel such that, when the openable panel is closed, the openable panel is not distinguishable from a fixedly fitted panel, neither from the inside nor from the outside of the curtain wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAYES, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20220145623Abstract: A curtain wall includes one or more mullions and one or more transoms and panels that are fitted with their edges at least in the mullions and optionally in the transoms. The mullion is assembled from at least an inner profile and an outer profile joined together by means of one or more plastic profiles, wherein at least the inner profile consists substantially of steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20220081898Abstract: A curtain wall includes one or more mullion profiles and one or more transom profiles and panels which are mounted in the mullion profiles and in the transom profiles by their edges. The one or more mullion profiles extend vertically and are provided with an undercut groove on two opposite sides which has an access opening. The grooves form a rebate in which the rim of a panel is mounted. The undercut groove has an elongate cross section which is provided, at the one or several of the transverse ends, with a rounded section and/or which is free from roundings with a radius of less than 2 millimeters at one or several of the transverse ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Stephanic Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20210310242Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Patent number: 11066829Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 11047131Abstract: The curtain wall includes mullion profiles, transom profiles and one or more panels, where the mullion profiles extend vertically, where the transom profiles each are attached to two mullion profiles and extend horizontally, where the mullion profiles are provided with a groove on each side for receiving the side edge of a panel. The grooves have an access opening, where the access opening has a first fixed dimension or width in a horizontal direction, where the transom profiles have a second dimension in a horizontal direction and at right angles to the profile direction of the transom profiles, where the second dimension is larger than the first dimension, where the transom profiles have a third dimension in a non-horizontal direction at right angles to the profile direction, where the third dimension is smaller than the first dimension.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 11035120Abstract: Curtain wall including mullion profiles, transom profiles and panels, where the mullion profiles extend vertically, with the transom profiles being fixed at right angles to the mullion profiles, where the transom profiles and the mullion profiles define rectangular openings. The panels are placed in the openings to close these openings, where the panels are secured by means of first glazing beads, that are attached to the mullion profile by means of first attachment aids, where the first attachment aids and the mullion profiles are designed to attach the first attachment aids to the mullion profile, where the first attachment aids and the first glazing beads are designed to snap the first glazing beads onto the first attachment aids.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 11002009Abstract: A sealing to seal a wall element with a fixed frame having mullions and transoms with perpendicular ends with which the transoms are attached between the mullions. The fixed frame is fitted with at least one compartment with a rebate for a frame part with an infill element to create a wing that opens, or to replace a damaged infill element, where the seal is intended to create a windproof and watertight connection between the mullions and transoms in the corners of an aforementioned compartment, where the seal is made as a corner piece that is formed and sized such that, on the level of the corners to be sealed, it fits in the form of the rebate in the mullion and transom in question and overlaps and covers the connection between this mullion and transom at the level of the rebate.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 10934707Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more filling elements on the outside. The curtain wall contains a wall element with a two-part frame including two subframes, respectively a fixed frame part and a second frame part fitted with an infill element, where the fixed frame part is located behind the second frame part seen from the outside of the curtain wall, where the fixed frame part is equipped with a rebate into which the second frame part fits and where the relevant filling element is attached to the outside of the curtain wall on the outward looking side of the second frame part using structural silicone in such a way that this outside of the second frame part is entirely covered by the filling element.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Patent number: 10914066Abstract: A curtain wall including one or more mullion profiles and one or more transom profiles, where the one or more mullion profiles extend vertically, the one or more transom profiles are attached horizontal between two mullion profiles. A barrier for water is provided on the fixing points of the transom profiles to the mullion profiles, where the barrier is adapted to divert this water to a the transom profile, where the transom profiles is adapted to drain this water to the outside of the curtain wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. Claeys, Laurens Leonard J. Claeys, Nausikaa Els P. Claeys
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Publication number: 20200332524Abstract: Curtain wall including mullion profiles, transom profiles and panels, where the mullion profiles extend vertically, with the transom profiles being fixed at right angles to the mullion profiles, where the transom profiles and the mullion profiles define rectangular openings. The panels are placed in the openings to close these openings, where the panels are secured by means of first glazing beads, that are attached to the mullion profile by means of first attachment aids, where the first attachment aids and the mullion profiles are designed to attach the first attachment aids to the mullion profile, where the first attachment aids and the first glazing beads are designed to snap the first glazing beads onto the first attachment aids.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20200318346Abstract: The curtain wall includes mullion profiles, transom profiles and one or more panels, where the mullion profiles extend vertically, where the transom profiles each are attached to two mullion profiles and extend horizontally, where the mullion profiles are provided with a groove on each side for receiving the side edge of a panel. The grooves have an access opening, where the access opening has a first fixed dimension or width in a horizontal direction, where the transom profiles have a second dimension in a horizontal direction and at right angles to the profile direction of the transom profiles, where the second dimension is larger than the first dimension, where the transom profiles have a third dimension in a non-horizontal direction at right angles to the profile direction, where the third dimension is smaller than the first dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20200032509Abstract: A curtain wall constructed from prefabricated connecting wall elements mounted in rows next to and above each other with the wall elements including a frame of assembled profiles on the inside of the curtain wall and of one or more infill elements on the outside of the curtain wall. The frame contains mullions and transoms in the form of profiles which along the perimeter of the frame have female coupling parts and male coupling parts which allow the adjacent mullions and adjacent transoms in an assembled condition in the curtain wall to engage with their coupling parts to form composite basic profiles, where between two rows of connecting wall elements a horizontal seal has been applied which extends continuously in a horizontal direction over the width of the underlying row.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS
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Publication number: 20200032510Abstract: A sealing to seal a wall element with a fixed frame having mullions and transoms with perpendicular ends with which the transoms are attached between the mullions. The fixed frame is fitted with at least one compartment with a rebate for a frame part with an infill element to create a wing that opens, or to replace a damaged infill element, where the seal is intended to create a windproof and watertight connection between the mullions and transoms in the corners of an aforementioned compartment, where the seal is made as a corner piece that is formed and sized such that, on the level of the corners to be sealed, it fits in the form of the rebate in the mullion and transom in question and overlaps and covers the connection between this mullion and transom at the level of the rebate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Stephanie Catharina R. CLAEYS, Laurens Leonard J. CLAEYS, Nausikaa Els P. CLAEYS