RAYMOND MING TING
Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA

2013018, Jul 25, 2013

Jan 16, 2013

13/742887

Raymond M.L. Ting - Pittsburgh PA, US

ADVANCED BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. - Wilmington DE

E04B 1/41

52698

A mullion connection system for resisting wind load reactions using a connection clip structurally engaged with a mullion without a hole or a fastener penetrating into the mullion surface. The connection clip can undergo stress-free vertical sliding relative to the mullion along the entire length of the mullion without impairing the structural connection strength; therefore, the building construction tolerance in the vertical direction is eliminated as a design consideration of the curtain wall system. The design also eliminates the need for pre-fabricating mullion holes for the connection locations. The design does not require the pre-determination of the elevation of the connecting point and thus is most beneficial for a curtain wall renovation project where the available locations in the building structure for structural connection cannot be determined prior to the demolition of the existing wall. The uninterrupted mullion tube cavities can be conveniently utilized for inter-floor distribution of utility lines.

2003003, Feb 20, 2003

Aug 20, 2001

09/933975

Raymond Ting - Pittsburgh PA, US

E04H001/00, E04H003/00, E04H005/00, E04H006/00, E04H014/00, E04B001/38, E04C005/00

052/235000, 052/698000, 052/711000, 052/712000

A mullion connector connects a mullion to a building structure, the mullion connector having a first flange and a second flange in a plane generally perpendicular to the first flange with a first flange having a first fastener opening capable of allowing relative motion of the mullion connector relative to the mullion in at least one direction and a second flange having an second fastener opening capable of allowing relative motion of the mullion connector relative to the building in at least two generally perpendicular directions. By placing the second flange on a generally horizontal surface such as a building floor, and loosely fastening the second flange through the second fastener opening to a building anchor, the first flange opening may be attached to the mullion allowing up and down and rotational motion while the second flange opening allows in & out and left to right motion while supporting the mullion. In addition, the pre-assembled mullion connector may also be used to hoist the mullion section and attached mullion connector to its assembly position on the face of the building.

2003003, Feb 20, 2003

Aug 20, 2001

09/933689

Raymond Ting - Pittsburgh PA, US

E04H001/00, E04H003/00, E04H005/00, E04H006/00, E04H014/00, E04B001/343, E04C003/30

052/235000, 052/726100, 052/573100

Slidable connections from a support to a supported section combined with slidable end connections between adjoining supported sections allow relative motion between adjoining supported sections to be limited to less than the relative motion between adjoining supports. This is accomplished in an open-gap mullion embodiment for supporting a curtain wall assembly by providing an open gap between mullion sections equal to or less than a tolerable range for the curtain wall. When floor support deflections close the gap, further floor deflection causes an adjacent lower mullion section to provide support for the contacted upper mullion section that would otherwise move outside a tolerable range. In a limited-gap embodiment, the gap between mullion sections may exceed the tolerable motion of the associated curtain wall assembly, but a slidable gap-limiting means is provided to limit relative displacement between sections. In addition, the slidable mullion sections can be field positioned and installed without the need for field drilling and/or welding.

2009019, Aug 13, 2009

Feb 12, 2009

12/369984

RAYMOND M.L. TING - PITTSBURGH PA, US

E04B 2/88, E04B 1/70, E04B 1/38

52235, 523021, 523026, 52698

An airloop wall system with durable water-tightness performance is disclosed. The system comprises a base anchor member secured to a top surface of a first floor slab, a base track connected to the base anchor, a base flashing for repelling moisture, a first ceiling anchor member secured to a bottom surface of the first floor slab, a first ceiling track connected to the first ceiling anchor member, a slab edge panel attached to the base track and the first ceiling track, a second ceiling anchor member secured to a bottom surface of a second floor slab, a second ceiling track connected to the second ceiling anchor member, a panel sill frame attached to the base track, a panel head frame attached to the second ceiling track, two jamb frames, and a panel secured between the frames. Corners of the frames are miter-matched such that air spaces inside form an airloop.

2011016, Jul 14, 2011

Jan 8, 2010

12/684290

RAYMOND M.L. TING - PITTSBURGH PA, US

E04B 2/88, E04B 2/90, E04C 2/38, E04B 1/68

52235, 527451, 5274521, 526561, 527414

A curtain wall system is assembled by a plurality of panels supported by a curtain-wall supporting mullion. The panels comprise one or more functional types of panels: transition panels and adjacent panels that can be joined at the top or/and bottom side of the transition panels because each of the panels has a male frame member is used to engage with the adjacent panels each having a female frame member. In each transition panel, a frame is assembled by a jamb frame member connecting with the upper frame member and the lower frame member. As a result, the curtain wall system can be easily erected in a bottom-up procedure, a top-down procedure, or the combination of the two.

2012024, Sep 27, 2012

Mar 20, 2012

13/424565

RAYMOND M.L. TING - PITTSBURGH PA, US

E04B 2/72, E04B 2/00, E04B 1/38

5274513, 5274521, 527452

A foam panel housing erection method and utility distribution system is disclosed. Metal skin composite foam panels with matching side joint profiles are structurally engaged side by side. A stud running in the transverse direction of the panel span is secured to the wall near the interior panel side joint using a fastener penetrating through the interior female metal skin profile of the panel on the right side and the interior male metal skin profile of the panel on the left side. The hat shaped stud is secured in position to the panel using a fastener. The interior finish panel is fastened to the lower flange of the stud creating continuous utility distribution cavities in the transverse direction to the panel span. Since the spacing of the stud is in the longitudinal direction of the panel span, uniform stud spacing can be maintained regardless of the panel cover-width.