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7637061 |
Grave marker grid support system
The present invention discloses a method and system for maintaining the position of headstones in a cemetery. Previously, headstones installed at a cemetery may shift over time. As the ground...
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7596922 |
Structural wall coupling system
An apparatus and method for coupling separate series or stacks of structural or shear walls of a multistory building are disclosed. The method comprises constructing a plurality of stacks of shear...
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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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7562494 |
Retrofitting apparatus and method for securing roof frames against winds
An apparatus and method is provided for tying down an existing roof frame to resist windstorm uplift forces, in which an elongate connector is inserted slantingly upward through a hole through the...
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7549259 |
Device for creating a footing
A preferred embodiment of a device for creating a footing for a structure includes a reinforcing member having a base extending a first direction, and a leg extending in a second direction. The...
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7547142 |
Self-centering sliding bearing
A bearing assembly having upper and lower bearing seats and a sliding load bearing member between the seats. The sliding member is fitted with an elastic self-centering element. The assembly in...
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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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7513083 |
Rotating concentric holdown
A connection between a wall stud or post and an anchor bolt embedded in a concrete foundation, using a holdown connector that attaches to the anchor bolt and supports the wall stud or post above...
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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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7461481 |
Shock-absorbing tie brace
A shock-absorbing tie brace has a central member and two primary containment members. The central member has a top, a bottom, a resilient body with two nonlinear edges and two lateral containment...
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7458187 |
Force-resisting devices and methods for structures
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a force-resisting device for transmitting forces and dissipating and absorbing energy across a discontinuous structural element of a...
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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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7441376 |
Base isolation device for structure
A base isolation device for a structure capable of efficiently and effectively suppressing the vibration of a structural body in surface outside direction, wherein a tension member having on...
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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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7267319 |
Low-friction slide-plates for rotary machines
A mounting arrangement for use at an interface between a movable machine component and a stationary foundation includes a substantially planar foundation plate adapted for attachment to the...
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7263806 |
Storage rack vibration isolators and related storage racks
A storage rack vibration isolator for a storage rack system installed on a floor comprising a first mounting plate connectable to the storage rack system, a second mounting plate connectable to the...
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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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7251914 |
Frame mount latch assembly for subsurface aircraft servicing pit
A subsurface aircraft servicing pit is provided with a hold down assembly that secures a pit lid mounting frame in position on a bearing seat at the top of a prefabricated pit enclosure. A frame...
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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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7237364 |
Foundation shock eliminator
A foundation shock eliminator includes an upper block, a lower stationary base, an interconnecting assembly and an energy damping coating. The lower stationary base is mounted under the upper...
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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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7231742 |
Structural braced frame wall panel system
A metal panelized wall system having a plurality of generally parallel vertical wall studs with an opening formed in each one. A top horizontal member is connected to a top end of each of the...
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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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7188452 |
Sleeved bracing useful in the construction of earthquake resistant structures
A buckling restrained brace includes an elongate, hollow sleeve, an elongate yielding core extending substantially through the length of the sleeve, and a buckling constraining element between the...
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7188820 |
Vibration damping floor structure
A vibration damping floor structure for reducing vibrations and shocks applied to a building. The vibration damping floor structure includes a frame structure formed by connecting a plurality of...
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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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7178296 |
Structural joint connection providing blast resistance and a beam-to-beam connection resistant to moments, tension and torsion across a column
At a beams-to-column connection of two beams to a column, in which the joint connection comprises both a gravity load-carrying capability and a moment-resisting capability between each beam and...
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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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