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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100885 | Seat mounting rail, particularly for a commercial aircraft A seat mounting rail for securing seats to a floor of a passenger aircraft is made of a seat securing upper section and a rail mounting lower section. Both sections are made of different metals. The upper section is made of a titanium alloy for corrosion protection.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6976343 | Compressive flange sinusoidal structural member A sinusoidal structural member having a dual component flange is provided. In the preferred embodiment, the flange (both upper and lower) is comprised of at least two components. These two components can be produced by dividing the flange lengthwise; where the divis... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964723 | Method for applying pressure to composite laminate areas masked by secondary features A method for applying pressure to the area of a composite part masked by a secondary feature comprises the steps of positioning a pressure augmentation strip in contact with the masked area, securing a pressure transfer wedge on each of two sides of the secondary fe... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6945002 | Reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding to concrete A reinforcement for prefabricated concrete panels with improved bonding with concrete, which comprises profiles to be embedded in a concrete body of a panel. At least some of the profiles have perforations and undulations which are suitable to increase the bonding b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6826884 | Hollow flanged joist for deck framing A hollow flanged joist comprises a center web section and top and bottom flange sections containing hollow channels. The center web section has two parallel vertical webs and at least one horizontal web extending perpendicularly between the vertical webs. The top an... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6755003 | Resilient construction member A construction beam includes a pair of lateral members and a resilient web extending therebetween, so as to present a cross-sectional profile corresponding to commonly used construction beam members. The resilience of the web helps to attenuate sound transmission th... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6550211 | Girder structure and method for producing such structures The invention concerns a beam structure comprising at least a wing (1, 1') made of at least a first metal and at least a core (2, 2') made of at least a second metal, said core being assembled substantially perpendicular to said wing and said core being a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6415577 | Corrugated web beam connected to a top tube and bottom tube A structural beam for use in the construction industry is described. The structural beam is comprised of a hollow top section and a hollow bottom section which are connected by one or two webs that may be corrugated. The hollow top and bottom sections may... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6279283 | Low-profile wall tie A veneer anchoring system discloses a low-profile wall tie for use in a wall having an inner wythe and an outer facing wythe. The wythes are in a spaced apart relationship and form a cavity therebetween. A combination of a wall anchor and a low-profile wa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6219990 | Method of making an improved hot rolled I-beam and associated product A method of forming and using a metal I-beam includes hot rolling an elongated metal workpiece to establish a web and a pair of flanges on the edges thereof. The web is formed with elongated reinforcement of solid cross-section having a generally straight... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6170217 | Bearing elements and methods relating to same A weight bearing element having a web, and a chord connected to the web, the chord perimeter having a cross-sectional shape of a closed multi-sided figure having at least 5 sides, at least two of which are substantially parallel to the web. Some members m... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5956919 | Spanning member with convoluted web and C-shaped flanges A spanning or beam member for use in construction having a pair of opposing C-shaped flanges and a corrugated web. Laterally extended protrusions of the web strengthens the beam member by stiffening the web and increasing the load bearing forces that may ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5852908 | Structural beam and web A composite beam having timber top and bottom chords and a pressed sheet metal web. The web has a series of stiffened panels arranged at intervals therealong, the panels being joined by a continuous strip along at least one edge of the web. End studs are ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5740644 | Wall with horizontal metal stud and reinforcement channel therefor This disclosure relates to a reinforced metal stud for use in a hollow wall. The wall includes sheet metal studs placed horizontally between adjacent, horizontally extending gypsum core boards, typically in the walls surrounding an elevator shaft and stai... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5681641 | Structural member and pallet made therewith and method A structural member formed from a billet, each member comprising a plurality of corrugated paperboard sheets bonded together with an adhesive and disposed between a core fiber layer, each core fiber layer comprising at least one ply of a fiberboard sheet,... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5600932 | Beam with enhanced bearing load strength and method of manufacture A first stage structural support beam (22,50) with flanges (12,14; 52,54) separated by an integral web (16) has the web stretched to increase the web height by a value Ɗ following which a set of corrugations (34,48,62) is formed into the web. The resulti... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5485706 | Offset forming of structural components A laterally stiffened, elongate, roll-formed metal stud, or equivalent structural member having a central web with alternating deformed and undeformed portions.... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5417022 | Hybrid frame rail The present invention relates to a hybrid frame rail including a pair of metallic flanges separated by a convoluted web including a plurality of alternately opposing recesses extending transversely to the flanges. In manufacture, the convoluted web is gen... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5012626 | Structural bar A structural bar comprises two chords and an upright web interconnecting such chords. The web is shaped trapazoidal with bulges extending alternatingly to the one or the other longitudinal side or rim of the structural bar. Any kinks or breaks of the trap... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4773192 | Building structures A fixing bracket 5 in a roof construction is a metal sheet with two parallel grooves 39, 40 pressed therein to protrude as ribs from the other side of the sheet. each groove extending from one edge of the sheet to another with two straight end portions an... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4733506 | Solar energy controllable roof structure Roof structure for transparent roofs with girders (11), each with a solar panel (15, 36). The girders preferably have a height equal to have the distance between each girder. Two trapdoors (13, 14), consisting of thermal insulating material (28), are loca... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4734146 | Method of producing a composite sine wave beam A method for producing a composite structural beam, particularly a sine wave beam, is disclosed utilizing as an essential feature, the bonding of the junctures of the sine wave web to the opposite flange areas of the beam with a fibrous braided material. ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4713924 | Structural beam and panel systems and methods and apparatus for making the same A corrugated sheet metal panel can be used to form structural beams. The panel has a major central portion with transverse corrugations. A transistion step portion having transverse serrations is formed adjacent the central portion and a marginal edge por... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4597278 | Method for producing I-beam having centrally corrugated web An I-beam is made lighter in weight by corrugating the central portion of its web. Dimension of the corrugating is determined by predetermined experimental equations. The corrugating work is performed by a pair of complementary intermeshing rolls having t... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4490958 | Sheet metal beam A panel of thin sheet metal is roll-formed into a beam having upper and lower first flange portions integrally connected by a web portion. The first flange portions are reinforced by corresponding second flange portions which may be separate or formed fro... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4442650 | Girder construction A girder defined by spaced apart, parallel upper and lower longitudinally corrugated chord plates and an intermediate, sinusoidal connecting member defining serially arranged, diagonally disposed webs and web connecting upper and lower crown sections in c... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4409771 | Sheet metal beam A panel of thin sheet metal is roll-formed into a beam having upper and lower first flange portions integrally connected by a web portion. The first flange portions are reinforced by corresponding second flange portions which may be separate or formed fro... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4329824 | Sheet metal beam A panel of thin sheet metal is roll-formed into a beam having upper and lower first flange portions integrally connected by a web portion, and the first flange portions are reinforced by corresponding second flange portions which may be formed from the pa... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4084029 | Sine wave beam web and method of manufacture The invention disclosed is (1) a sine wave web for structural elements made of composite materials, (2) structural combinations incorporating the web, and (3) a method of manufacturing the web. The concept disclosed avoids bunching and distortion of the f... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4047354 | Composite beam structure This composite beam structure is built up from at least two relatively rigid members, which may be of extruded aluminum and at least one relatively flexible web, which may be corrugated sheet aluminum. The web connects the relatively rigid members. The we... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4015396 | Joist A steel joist having an upper chord, a web, and a lower chord; the upper chord consisting of an S shaped cross section elongated member having in one form a lower reverse flange at the base of the S, the flange being connected to the web so that the cente... | 04/05/1977 |
