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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406802 | Panel structures and mounting therefore A panel structure including a flexible panel, at least one edge strip and mounting hardware is provided. Also provided is a method of configuring the panel structure. The edge strip has at least one mounting member receiving area provided thereon. The mounting membe... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7356973 | Top flange stud to plate tie A connection in wood frame construction such as in frame walls of homes, wood framed apartment buildings and light wood framed commercial buildings. Specifically, the disclosure describes a pair of connectors for joining wall studs to a base plate and to a top plate... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7287358 | Device for connecting a beam to pillars or similar supporting structural elements for erecting buildings A device for connecting a beam to pillars or similar supporting structural elements in order to erect buildings, particularly multistory buildings, by means of prefabricated concrete components, the device comprising first means for connecting two end regions of the... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7213376 | Bracket for supporting structural element to support structure A bracket for supporting a structural element, such as a precast concrete beam, on a concrete pile or similar support structure in a building includes a first support part (1) which is cast at least partly into the concrete pile. The first support part (1 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7181890 | Anchoring device for a corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable for a cable-stayed bridge An anchoring device for a corrosion-protected tension member includes an anchor body, which is provided with bores for the passage of the tension elements. Sealing discs, which can be compressed by means of a pressure plate and threaded bolts, are provided on a face... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174684 | Corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly a tendon for prestressed concrete A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly a tendon for prestressed concrete, comprising a bundle of tension elements arranged inside a sheathing, has at its ends anchoring devices each with an anchor plate. On the side of the anchor plate facing away from t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6247279 | Retrofitting existing concrete columns by external prestressing A large number of existing reinforced concrete structures, such as buildings and bridges, if subjected to abnormal loads, such as those expected during earthquakes or bomb blast, may experience significant inelasticity in their critical regions. It is eco... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5924250 | Sealing arrangement in a bundled tension member for prestressed concrete A sealing arrangement for closing off the areas to be filled with a casting compound of a tension member composed of a bundle of individual elements arranged within a tubular sheathing, for example, a stay cable of a cable-stayed bridge, includes a sealin... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5867954 | Multi-axis prestressed double-tee beam and method of construction A multi-axis prestressed double-tee beam and method for construction the same is provided, the prestressed double-tee beam includes a cantilever type and a simple-support type, the cantilever type is composed of a pair of laterally combined steel skeleton... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5675943 | Lateral load-resisting structure having self-righting feature The constructability of a concrete structure is facilitated by providing pre-assembled, modular frame units formed of steel or concrete beams and columns. Reinforcing bars have their opposite ends embedded in the beams that form each frame unit, but in mo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5479748 | Friction connector for anchoring reinforcement tendons in reinforced or pre-stressed concrete girders The tensile strength of pre-stressed or reinforced concrete girders for bridges is considerably increased by the addition of at least one layer of external tendons which are stressed under tension between a pair of friction connectors attached near the en... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5115622 | Method of reinforcing structural components Metal reinforcing members (3) are attached by bonding to a surface in the tension zone (1a) of a concrete structure component (1) for reinforcing the component. To prevent the ends of the reinforcing members (3) from separating from the structural compone... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4776557 | Formwork panel A formwork panel is formed from metal longitudinal members and metal transverse members interconnected by devices such as screws to form a dismountable formwork panel. The panels may be interconnected by other connector devices to form larger composite pa... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4672783 | Frame for a vehicle sun roof A frame surround for an aperture in a panel e.g. for a vehicle sunroof, capable of easy and rapid assembly, has a first (outer) component 1 surrounding the outer margin of, and entering the aperture to present a peripheral outwardly open groove for accomm... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4373837 | Pier with prestressed resiliant integral deck to absorb docking forces of ships In a pier having a series of spaced-apart horizontal pile caps surmounting and connecting the supporting piles together transversely of said pier, there is an integrated one-piece deck supported atop the pile caps so that it can slide thereon. A series of... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4317854 | Vacuum-insulated panel A vacuum-insulated thin-wall panel requires internal spacers to resist the compressive force of the atmosphere and to hold the sides apart. Such spacers are paths for heat flow by conduction. However, in the panel of this invention, the sides are held apa... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4023318 | Concrete structures A concrete structure in which a post-tensioned concrete slab is supported by columns, each column being surrounded or partly surrounded by an area of concrete in the form of a hollow inverted pyramid, the column passing through the apex of the pyramid. Th... | 05/17/1977 |
