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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263736 | Sand dune bridges and methods of protecting sand dunes A sand dune bridge is configured with a suspension span which spans a sand dune from first pilings on a landward side of the dune to second pilings in or adjacent to a seaward side of the dune. A ramp extends from the second pilings to the beach. The ramp may also b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7093457 | Annular cooler pallet construction A pallet construction for an annular cooler forms a gas permeable surface for supporting and transporting material during processing thereof. The pallet construction includes a pallet deck having a series of substantially parallel rows of spaced apart elongated slot... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7010890 | Precast, prestressed concrete truss A precast, prestressed concrete truss which spans between exterior columns and forms an interior or exterior load bearing wall of a building. The truss includes top and bottom chords interconnected by at least one web member. Prestressed reinforcing members in the t... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6631530 | Modular bridge apparatus A modular bridge apparatus includes a self-supporting truss section that can be lifted and transported as a structural unit. The modular bridge has left and right longitudinally extending trusses. Each truss section is made of an upper longitudinal chord ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6591567 | Lightweight fiber reinforced polymer composite modular panel A modular fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) module that interlocks with other similarly designed modules. Specifically, each FRP module has a female, receiver, end and a male, inserter, end such that the inserter of a first FRP module interlocks with, or "sn... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6493895 | Truss enhanced bridge girder A truss for distributing a maximum bending moment normally occurring at a midpoint region of a girder (430) includes a first truss segment member (505) having first and second ends, a second truss segment member (420) having first and second ends, a third... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5924152 | Device that can be walked on or driven on In a device that can be walked on or driven on, for example for bridging under bridges requiring renovation or for bridging over streets, a web that can be walked on is connected to handrails via transverse struts. In this case, the web that can be walked... | 07/20/1999 |
| 4912794 | Bridge having chords connected to each other by means of pleated steel sheets A bridge designed to afford enhanced resistance to shearing forces has at least one top chord (1) of concrete and a bottom chord (2) of concrete or of metal connected to each other by means of structural elements designed to resist shearing forces. These ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4912795 | Prefabricated unit construction modular bridging system A prefabricated modular unit construction bridging system in which all components are identical and interchangeable to meet any variation of span, width of roadway, number of lanes of traffic, and live load specification for any temporary, semi-permanent,... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4838735 | Stable floating pier A floating pier structure comprising a floating platform, an anchored base, and an articulated, parallelogram linkage structure pivotably connecting the platform to the base so that the platform will remain substantially level on the surface as water cond... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4776534 | Controlled torsional resistance warpable beam A warpable beam allowing a controlled degree of torsional resistance. The beam is formed with an open cross-section channel-shaped structural element (24) that includes a plurality of planar structural elements (28) or (32) that are positioned within the ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4649588 | Elevated bikeway An elevated bikeway can be constructed to be extremely lightweight and therefore inexpensive by restricting use to bicycle traffic only and by using aluminum as substantially the only structural material. The bikeway includes two spaced apart trusses supp... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4620400 | Prestressed concrete structure, a method of producing this structure, and elements for implementing the method This invention relates to a prestressed concrete structure which behaves like a hollowed out slab. The structure combines a lattice work structure and a prestress by external cable, maximally optimizing the advantages of these two techniques. The Figure r... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4489659 | Truss-type girder for supporting a movable body A girder for supporting a movable body has a truss structure of a cross-sectional shape forming an isosceles triangle with a horizontal base. The truss structure is formed of three main tubes of a circular cross section that are located in positions corre... | 12/25/1984 |
