Structural element with ribbing mechanically blocked against separation
US5580622A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24661
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A structural element suitable for walls, tanks and bulkhead structures comprising opposed, axially extended surface structures and ribbing interposed therebetween in freely movable relation responsive to a temporary first relative dimensional condition of the surface structures and ribbing, and in blocking relation against separation of the surface structures responsive to a persistent second relative dimensional condition of the surface structures and ribbing.
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