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7584578 |
Seismic energy damping apparatus
A seismic energy damper includes a pair of structure members subject to relative motion during a seismic event, and a pair of friction washers each fixed to a respective one of the structure...
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7565774 |
Seismic isolation apparatus
A seismic isolation apparatus features damping characteristics equivalent to or better than prior art, without burdening the environment. In this seismic isolation apparatus, a cylindrical cavity...
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7543421 |
Methods of securing an installed concrete roof
A method of attaching an installed concrete roof is disclosed. The installed concrete roof consists of rectangular panels positioned along a grid. The concrete panels are supported by metal beams....
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7540117 |
Vibration isolation system for building
A vibration isolation system for building, comprising a vibration isolation layer, the vibration isolation layer including: an upper layer structure consisted of upper beams and/or slabs and...
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7530555 |
Damping assembly for a construction
A damping assembly includes a supporting base, a stainless steel layer having an arcuate slippery top face mating to the arcuate top face of the supporting base, a polytetrafluoroethylene layer...
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7509777 |
Base connection for connecting a concrete wall panel to a foundation
A base connection is provided for supporting a concrete wall panel on an underlying support structure. The base connection comprises a generally vertical mounting plate, a wall plate, a pair of...
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7503150 |
Connector assembly for allowing relative movement between two building members
A connector assembly for a building structure is provided. The connector assembly includes an elongated track that is mounted to a first member of a building frame structure. A connecting member is...
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7497054 |
Column-and-beam join structure
A column-and-beam join structure comprises connecting the column and beam with a pair of split tees. At least one split tee has a web with a portion of the web having a reduced cross-sectional...
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7451573 |
Slotted M-track beam structures and related wall assemblies
A slotted M-track or building wall support structure generally characterized by a metal M-shaped channel beam member is disclosed. The M-shaped channel beam member is defined by a pair of elongated...
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7409799 |
Anti shock device
An anti shock device has a base plate and a top plate, at least one pair of support racks are mounted between the top plate and the base plate. At least one adapter is mounted between the support...
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7373758 |
Seismic brace with a removable restraining member disposed around a middle portion of an elongated central brace unit
A seismic brace includes an elongated central brace unit and a rigid restraining member. The central brace unit has two ends adapted to be connected fixedly to a framework of a building, and a...
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7367075 |
Girder bridge protection device using sacrifice member
A girder bridge protection device. The girder protection device includes a sacrifice member having girders installed on an upper surface of a bridge seat of an abutment or pier to support a bridge...
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7346432 |
Earthquake disaster prevention system
An earthquake disaster prevention system having: an estimation section to estimate a size of an earthquake from a P-wave of the earthquake detected by the earthquake detector; a stopping control...
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7340864 |
Elastic supporter, elastic support unit and seismic support unit using same
Elastic support units are provided to at least one of upper and lower track rails of a seismic isolation guide. The elastic support units include two elastic supporters that are superposed one over...
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7337586 |
Anti-seismic device with vibration-reducing units arranged in parallel
An anti-seismic device is adapted to absorb the vibration energy of a structure, and comprises a plurality of vibration-reducing units, each of which includes a mass, a hydraulic cylinder, and a...
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7338035 |
Foundation shock suppressor
A shock suppressor has at least two sliding units stacked in an alternate manner, and each sliding unit consists of a moving base, a connecting base and at least one rod. The connecting base is...
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7331143 |
Seismic base isolation by electro-osmosis
A structure is isolated from a seismic event by inducing soil liquefaction in an isolation layer beneath the structure and soil foundation zone, such as by activating an electro-osmosis gradient...
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7325366 |
Snap-in wire tie
A seismic construction system for a cavity wall is disclosed. The system is shown in three exemplary applications—a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type reinforcement cooperating with a...
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7305799 |
Bearing brace apparatus
A brace apparatus having a core member adapted to absorb energy by undergoing plastic deformation and a buckling restraining assembly that maintains the structural integrity of the brace apparatus...
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7293393 |
Perimeter clip for seismic ceilings
A perimeter clip attached to a wall molding that supports a beam in a suspended ceiling intended to survive seismic disturbances. The clip is capable, during an earthquake, of permitting an end of...
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7290375 |
Seismic isolation access floor assembly
An access floor assembly includes a base floor, a substructure mounted to the base floor, a bearing plate, formed with a first cavity, mounted to the substructure and disposed at an elevated...
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7290374 |
Vibration control apparatus using water tank located at top floor of a tall building
A vibration control apparatus using a water tank, which is installed at the uppermost floor of a tall building, the water tank being formed at the inner wall surface thereof with horizontal...
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7284358 |
Methods of manufacturing bearing brace apparatus
The present invention is directed to a brace apparatus having a core member configured to absorb energy generated by seismic or other forces by undergoing plastic deformation. A buckling...
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7281287 |
Prop-type damping device
There is disclosed a prop-type damping device which effectively consumes energy of up-and-down vibration on a main girder of a bridge caused by earthquakes, winds, passing vehicles or the like to...
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7254921 |
Rocking hinge bearing system for isolating structures from dynamic/seismic loads
A rocking hinge bearing system is provided. The rocking hinge bearing system comprises a first base plate, a second base plate, and a compressible member. A pintle mechanism is required to align...
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7243466 |
Anti-seismic system
The present invention provides a system and method for protecting buildings from damage due to seismic waves. The system comprises a bed of sand contained between two layers of polymer membrane,...
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7234897 |
Area earthquake defense system
An area earthquake defense system is disclosed which uses military planning principles; automated command and control systems; the technology of wave manipulation demonstrated in optical...
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7234277 |
Anti-seismic rescue apparatus
A rescue apparatus mounted inside buildings where people currently live and spend their activities and in regions with high seismic potential includes a rescue cabin with a reinforcing frame,...
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7225588 |
Damping brace and structure
A damping brace having an axial force member for providing bearing forces against tensile or compressive forces, a constraining member for constraining the axial force member, and a stiffening part...
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7185462 |
Double core brace
The present invention relates to structural braces. More particularly, the present invention relates to a brace apparatus that has an effective length capable of undergoing plastic deformation that...
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7180080 |
Method for retrofitting concrete structures
A method of seismic retrofitting a concrete structure includes removing material from a portion of the concrete structure by irradiating the portion with a laser beam having a laser energy density....
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7174679 |
A-frame shear assembly for walls
Lateral motion devices are used in conjunction with shear assemblies to further dissipate shear forces on buildings. In one embodiment, the lateral motion device is interposed between the shear...
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7168210 |
Support block and system for use on roofs
A support block for supporting objects on a roof. The support block is a moulded elastomeric block of pyramidal shape with a substantially hollow core. The support block can be used as is or in a...
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7137227 |
Structural brace
A structural brace apparatus and method provides support between a primary building component and a secondary building component, the primary building component having X and Y axis deflections...
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7131238 |
Method of testing seismic braces
Braces for bracing objects in structures against forces due to earthquakes are tested by subjecting components of the braces for attaching the braces to the object or structure to cyclic loading of...
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7107728 |
Apparatus for the storage of hazardous materials
The invention provides a stabilizing device for inclusion in a stack of containers in which hazardous waste is held, wherein the stabilizing device comprises a table for supporting a container in...
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7083515 |
Clean room facility and construction method
A vibration-inhibiting flooring structure for use in a facility housing vibration sensitive equipment includes a perforated bearing floor which includes a number of openings configured to inhibit...
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7076926 |
Damping intermediate pillar and damping structure using the same
A damping intermediate pillar, which can exhibit a sufficient resistance against the horizontal force of a strong earthquake by reinforcing the joins between the damping intermediate pillar and the...
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7065927 |
Seismic braces including pin and collar connection apparatus
A connection apparatus includes a frame-side member securable to a steel structural frame, a brace-side member securable to a seismic brace, and a coupling element that secures frame-side and...
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7044426 |
Fitting for building structures and the like
A fitting to prevent movement during seismic activity between a building structure or the like and a rod and channel support or the like connected to said building which may include anti-torque...
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7032352 |
Structure to limit damage due to failure
A tall building ( 100 ) includes a plurality of ray structures ( 104, 106 ) extending outward from a central, generally conical hollow reinforced-concrete core ( 102 ). In three of the rays ( 104...
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7028432 |
Compact ceiling isolation hanger
A compact ceiling isolation hanger for suspending and isolating a ceiling from the ceiling structure comprises two vibration isolators, two vibration isolator mounting means, a channel bracket...
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6971623 |
Fitting for building structures and the like
A fitting to prevent movement during seismic activity between a building structure or the like and a rod and channel support or the like connected to said building which may include anti-torque...
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6966154 |
Earthquake protection consisting of vibration-isolated mounting of buildings and objects using virtual pendulums with long cycles
The invention relates to an earthquake protection system that is entirely immune to seismic activity. According to the inventive method buildings and other objects are supported by Virtual...
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6951083 |
Directional sliding pendulum seismic isolation systems with articulated sliding assembly
A bi-directional sliding pendulum seismic isolation system for reducing seismic force acting on a structure by sliding pendulum movements, each system comprising a lower sliding plate forming a...
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6951288 |
Earthquake resistant equipment rack
An earthquake resistant equipment rack that includes multiple methods for reinforcing the equipment rack to resist seismic forces. The side rails can include two inwardly projecting V portions...
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6948284 |
All-directional damping and earthquake-resisting unit
An all-directional damping and earthquake-resisting unit is fixed to a lower part of an object, such as a column of a building, and a foundation for the object, so that functionally different...
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6935077 |
Earthquake-immune curtain wall system
Described herein is a curtain wall system for multi-story buildings that is highly resistant to the damage caused by multidirectional swaying motions in building frames during an earthquake. In a...
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6931800 |
Structural supplemental rubber dampers (SSRD)
The devices are classified as a passive Supplemental Damping Devices, and as the name indicates they are used to supplement and increase the damping in structures. Increasing the damping is a...
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6931799 |
Anchoring profile, a frame assembly and a method for securing a pane against
An anchoring profile ( 1 ) for securing a pane ( 9 ) mounted in a frame ( 8 ) and protected against impact by window film ( 11 ). For ease of installation and to reduce costs, the profile ( 1 )...
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