Exterior structure
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Oct 18, 2016
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Sep 29, 2015
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Abstract
An exterior structure includes a front-side lateral joint portion and a back-side lateral joint portion disposed at horizontal edge portions of each facade board, a front-side vertical joint portion and a back-side vertical joint portion disposed at a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion of each facade board, a lateral joint formed between horizontally adjacent facade boards as a result of superposing the front-side lateral joint portion of one facade board and the back-side lateral joint portion of the other facade board one on the other, and a vertical joint formed between vertically adjacent facade boards as a result of superposing the front-side vertical joint portion of one facade board and the back-side vertical joint portion of the other facade board one on the other. In at least four horizontally and vertically adjacent facade boards, the lateral joints form a joint area substantially linearly continuous in the vertical direction.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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NICHIHA CORPORATION | NAGOYA-SHI AICHI 455-8550 |
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
- E04B Class
- 1071 Applications Filed
- 860 Patents Issued To-Date
- 80.30 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Ochi, Yoshio | Nagoya, JP | 8 | 57 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 57 |
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- 6 Citation Count
- E04B Class
- 17.54 % this patent is cited more than
- 9 Age
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Sep 28, 2015 | AS | ASSIGNMENT | free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:OCHI, YOSHIO;REEL/FRAME:036887/0512 Owner name: NICHIHA CORPORATION, JAPAN Effective Date: Sep 28, 2015 |
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