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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275351 | Hinged support column A piling for use in building construction having an upper and a lower piling connected at a hinge. The hinge has a first and a second axis. The hinged connection allows an entire wall to be framed at ground level leaving one end of each upper piling connected to the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267510 | Foundation pile having a spiral ridge A foundation pile or pile segment is described that provides support for a structure such as a building foundation. The pile includes a generally solid body having a top end wall, a bottom end wall adapted for providing end load bearing capacity, and all around side... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7216467 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7107730 | PSSC complex girder A PSSC complex girder in which a section shape steel structure is formed by joining one or more section shape steel. The PSSC complex girder includes a tension means for tensioning the section shape steel structure with a tensional member so that the structure has a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6973755 | Column to structure attachment device A column to structure attachment device and method is disclosed for securing a support column between a base structure and a beam structural member. The device includes a structural column having a first end and a second end with a void parallel to a longitudinal ax... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6860077 | Helical rebar structure A reinforcement structure includes multiple steel bars, a primary spiral hoop enclosing the multiple steel bars, wherein joints of the primary spiral hoop and the steel bars are securely combined, multiple secondary spiral hoops, wherein multiple steel bars are inse... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6668511 | Formwork for pillars It is constituted by several plates (1), provided in its outer side (4) with transverse ribs (5), formed by C-shaped profiles and joined together to form a prismatic contour (7), closed by the inner flat sides of all the plates, the plates comprising a me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6061992 | Composite steel/concrete column The composite steel/concrete column comprises a longitudinally extending H-shaped steel assembly having a pair parallel flange plates and a web plate interconnecting the flange plates and defining two opposite channel-shaped spaces. A plurality of spaced-... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6048594 | Filled composite structure A filled structure includes a fiber reinforced resinous hollow structure having a tensile strength of at least 30,000 psi, an inside surface forming a boundary which encloses a space, and a hard core within the space. The hard core has a density of at lea... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5946880 | Filament wound tubular column A one-piece unitary composite tubular support column. The tubular column includes relatively thin and strong sidewalls, capable of withstanding axial load distributions of at least 6,000 psi without failure of the composite. An embodiment includes a neck ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5765333 | Unitized post and panel building system A high strength insulated building structure. The building structure uses a rigid foam building panels having kerfs on each side. The kerfs on the rigid foam building panels are complementary in shape to pre-cured jacketed concrete posts. The pre-cured ja... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5761875 | Reinforced concrete pole with attachment mechanism A concrete pole includes an attachment mechanism which provides a structurally sound means of attaching to the pole and permits the use of short, inexpensive bolts. It also eliminates the labor usually required for drilling or casting a hole through the p... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5555696 | Filament wound architectural column A traditional architectural column support. A one-piece unitary column body is hollow and tubular, and is comprised of a fiber-reinforced low-grade polyester system. The column body tapers radially inwardly from the lower third of the body to the upper en... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5386671 | Stiffness decoupler for base isolation of structures A stiffness decoupling assembly (22) is provided for the protection of buildings or other structures (20) subject to earthquakes, in order to prevent collapse or catastrophic failure of such structures (20). The preferred decoupling assembly (22) includes... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4982549 | Method for end to end coupling prefabricated elements of reinforced concrete A method for end to end coupling prefabricated elements of reinforced concrete, for example so as to realize a column or pillar. The elements (A, B) have cavities (5) in their ends and are placed in alignment with their respective ends comprising the cavi... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4779395 | Composite concrete/steel fireproof column A fireproof construction element has a plurality of integrally interconnected and parallel profile beams each having a longitudinally extending outer flange defining an outer surface and a longitudinally extending web extending inwardly from the flange. T... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4716508 | Outdoor lighting pedestal A pedestal especially adapted for outdoor uses for supporting an electric lighting fixture is formed of precast concrete or similar material and formed with a concentric opening or chose to permit incorporation of electrical connectors therein. Said pedes... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4631892 | Composite bearing column A composite bearing column comprises a solid metallic core of circular or polygonal section free from reentrant recesses. The core is embedded in an intermediate layer of mortar which is compatible both with metal and with concrete. An external concrete m... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4407106 | Complex column The invention relates to a complex column comprising a metallic core (1) embedded in a mass of concrete (2). This core (1) is accessible from the outside of the concrete mass (2) at each end of the column for its assembly to a structure.... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4317643 | Steel reinforced concrete piles This invention relates to a reinforced concrete pile having a plurality of steel reinforcing cables and at least one ferrous metal alloy electrically conductive rod per cable which permits severing by oxygen cutting or electric arc welding.... | 03/02/1982 |
