Earthquake-resistant architectural system
US5205528A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE04H9/021
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An earthquake-resistant architectural system incorporates a number of homeostatic devices which offer increasing, instead of decreasing, resistance to a load and its resulting stresses. A common feature of the improvement is that support posts are topped by bearings facing each other and having grooved channels which are inclined at an angle to the longitudinal axis of each resilient transverse member at rest, so that a horizontal distance, when measured in a straight line between opposite points of contact in the grooved channels, decreases as the load increases and bends each resilient transverse member.
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