Glass building panel and building made therefrom

US8544217B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• David Andreini · San Francisco, US
• Karl Backus · Emeryville, US
• Jon F. Cooksey · Menlo Park, US
• Tim Eliassen · Sunapee, US
• Scott David Hazard · Campbell, US
• Holger Krueger · Schwabmünchen, DE
• Peter Lenk · Chatham, GB
• James O'Callaghan · Metcalfe, CA
• Yutang Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: May 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E04B2001/0061
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A building panel and a building formed therefrom, where the building includes a plurality of building panels arranged to form a cylindrical shape, where each panel comprises a single, or monolithic, glass piece, where each glass piece is substantially rectangular and includes two opposing long sides extending in a height direction and two opposing short sides extending substantially in a width direction, and where each glass piece forms an identical circular arc when viewed from either of the two opposing short sides.