Wall assembly for offshore use

US5397201A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Aluminum Company of America · US

Inventors

• Miloslav Novak · Glenshaw, US
• R. Rao Valisetty · Murrysville, US
• Jan L. Teply · Monroeville, US
• Andrew P. Antoninka · Lower Burrell, US
• John T. Siemon · Springdale Township, US
• Ross E. Grimm · Lower Burrell, US
• Claire A. Byars · Pascagoula, US
• Martin F. Fitzgerald · Ocean Springs, US
• Arun R. Mehta · Mobile, US
• Lawrence M. Ruckdeschel · Pascagoula, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1992
• Grant date: Mar 14, 1995
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B32B2607/00
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A wall assembly suitable for use on ships and offshore drilling platforms and in similar applications requiring fire resistance, low weight, and strength. The wall assembly includes a light weight principal panel having first and second fiber reinforced polymer skin layers joined to a core, and a metal frame adhered to the skin layers without any through fasteners. The frame preferably includes a first metal plate adhered to the first skin layer and a second metal plate adhered to the second skin layer and welded to the first metal plate. The frame is preferably welded to a metal support structure. The wall assembly may be used as a deck, floor, roof, vertical wall, gate or door.