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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7200886 | Construction of a corrosion-resistant tension member in the area where it enters a structure, particularly an inclined cable on the pylon of a cable stayed bridge A corrosion-resistant tension member, particularly an inclined cable of a cable stayed bridge, is comprised of a bundle of individual elements, for example, steel wire strands, which in its open area is encapsulated by sheathing, and which within the structure exten... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6728987 | Method of adjusting the vertical profile of a cable supported bridge A method of modifying the vertical profile of a cable supported bridge. The method consists of sequentially adjusting a lower end of a series of supporting cables downward relative to the bridge superstructure and sequentially adjusting an attachment structure assoc... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6301736 | Elevated suspended guideway Suspension cables for an elevated lightweight guideway are arranged so that high-speed traffic along the guideway is not subjected to guideway-induced oscillation. Furthermore, suspension cables are interconnected so that pre-assembled towers and guideway... | 10/16/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5896609 | Safety method of construction a prestressed cable-stay bridge A method of construction a prestressed cable-stay bridge is provided. The method includes the constructing at least a tower having a pier, a pair of masts and a girder between the masts for securing a deck, a main beam supported on the deck along a longit... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5261138 | Method for installing a bridge having a modular structure The bridge includes a plurality of foldable portions or modules (M) interconnectible releasably in sequence longitudinally. Each module (M) includes a central deck member (9) and two lateral deck members (10, 11) articulated to opposite sides of the centr... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5072474 | Bridge construction The invention relates to a method of constructing a cable-stayed bridge extending between at least three towers. Initially, a horizontally extending truss spanning from a first tower to a second tower is moved longitudinally to be projected from the secon... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4987629 | Deck for wide-span bridge A bridge, the deck of which comprises two superimposed frames (4,5) each serving as a roadway. These frames are connected by diagonal connecting girders (6) slanting both relative to the vertical and relative to the length of the bridge and joining the ed... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4882998 | Car for traveling along a sheathed cable A car travels along a sheathed cable, especially a suspension cable of a bridge, with the cable sheathing being of sheet metal and forming a rabbet projecting radially outwardly and following a helical course in the lengthwise cable direction. The car has... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4761846 | Modular bridge with torsion pipe expansion loops A utility bridge suitable for connecting offshore facilities such as offshore platforms is disclosed in which a plurality of helical pipelines provide flow communication between the facilities and relative movement of the facilities in response to environ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4648146 | Apparatus for and method of assembling a tension tie member In the assembly of a tension tie member between spaced anchors when the tie member is made up of a number of individual tension elements, such as steel wires, steel strands or the like, enclosed within a tubular sheathing, the tension elements are inserte... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646379 | Concrete deck truss bridge and method of construction A concrete deck truss bridge and method of constructing same employing precast compression and tension diagonals with the latter having oppositely extending feet at opposite ends so as to define therein surfaces for support of the intervening compression ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4642830 | Bridge truss, bridge span including such trusses, and method of constructing the truss A prefabricated three-dimensional truss structure for a bridge, or the like, the truss formed from bars arranged to define triangular or rectangular patterns. The bars are formed from prestressed, high-strength concrete that are connected at their ends wi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4630798 | Method and device for erecting building structures such as bridges, using pre-fabricated concrete beams Proposed is a method for the erection of structures, such as bridges, that display pre-fabricated concrete beams, according to which the individual pre-fabricated beams are produced, on the spot, on a feed rigging within the corresponding work area of the... | 12/23/1986 |
| 3975476 | Method for building a cable-stayed girder bridge A cable-stayed girder bridge having a concrete deck girder which includes longitudinally extending stiffening girders having cables embedded therein and a laterally extending deck portion is constructed by sequential formation of said deck girder in succe... | 08/17/1976 |
