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Structural element with interlocking ribbing

US5273806A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 1991
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24661
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A structural element comprising opposed first and second, laterally and longitudinally extended, generally planar surface structures each having a closed figure pattern of ribbing projecting therefrom toward the opposite surface structure, the ribbing being of respective heights to bridge the space between the surface structures, the opposed ribbing being interlocked in registered, mating relation.

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