Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
014018000 | SUSPENSION | 15 |
20110271467 | MULTIPLE TRACK RAILROAD SYSTEM - A multiple track railroad system for use with two adjacent sets of parallel continuous tracks with the tracks having a distance therebetween and each set of tracks including two continuous rails having a distance therebetween. The railroad system includes an engine for pulling a train that has a set of wheels riding on at least two of the rails, and the engine has a width equal to at least one set of the tracks. The railroad system also includes at least one rail car connected to and propelled by the engine, wherein the rail car spans and extends beyond the outer rails of both sets of tracks. The railroad system further includes at least four car-trucks supporting the rail car, with two of the car-trucks on each of the sets of tracks, and each car-truck includes at least four wheels, with two wheels each riding on opposing rails of a set of the tracks; and trundle carrier assemblies, one each mounted to a bolster on each of the car-trucks with the upper end of the carrier assemblies being attached to the rail car to permit the car-trucks to move vertically or horizontally transverse on the tracks relative to the rail car to accommodate variations in the elevation or distance between the tracks. | 11-10-2011 |
014019000 | Compound system | 2 |
20080313825 | Cable Stayed Suspension Bridge Making Combined Use of One-Box and Two-Box Girders - A cable-stayed suspension bridge having characteristics of a cable stayed bridge and those of a suspension bridge at the same and time and using one-box and two-box girders in combination is disclosed. The bridge grinder of the cable-stayed suspension bridge includes one-box girders that each extend to both sides through the respective one tower and a two-box girder set in a central portion of the center span between towers in the length direction of the bridge girder. The cable-stayed suspension bridge includes cable-stayed structures in which a respective one of the one-box girders is supported by the tower with plural cables and a suspension structure in which the two-box girder is supported by the plural towers with two main cables and plural hanger ropes. The two-box girder has a central ventilation opening in the central portion as viewed in a transverse direction thereof. The hanger ropes in the suspension structure extend from the main cables almost perpendicularly, and their lower end portions are connected to the end portions in the transverse direction of the central ventilation opening or in the vicinity thereof. | 12-25-2008 |
20150315752 | FERRY BRIDGE - The invention relates to a ferry bridge in which two sets of posts anchored on either side of a thoroughfare, such as a river, support at height a deck over which a carriage moves, wherein a pod is suspended from said carriage for providing the transport of vehicles and passengers between two ferry docks on either side of said thoroughfare, the platform of said pod being divided into a central area dedicated to the transport of vehicles and two side areas dedicated to the transport of passengers. The entrances to the passenger transport areas ( | 11-05-2015 |
014021000 | Towers and anchors | 5 |
20090158535 | GUIDING DEVICE FOR STRANDS - Guiding device ( | 06-25-2009 |
20110283467 | SIMPLE TOWER INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTION AND ITS METHOD - An erection method by simple tower instrument during upper bridge construction installation, consists of installing 8 bolt1 ½″-400 and lower joint plate 24 mm bold, 50 cm on head of bridge construction pillar as hook designed tower, installing 5 locking plates from lower plate with 24 mm bold, 42 cm height as joint of premier steel pile30 cm, 6.5 mm bold, through 8 bolts and lower joint plate on every head of bridge construction pillar, installing and locking wind fastener15 cm through joint plate 16 mm bold and 4 bolts ¾″ to unite premier tower 330 cm, 6.5 mm bold, locating axis bearings 6 cm on outer side of premier tower as supporting part to tie and tension cable to tower, locating front stays with to 70 degree to tower to put premier supporter on premier tower through bearings, locating back stays with 50 degree to tower to stabilize tower on rear tower pillar through bolt on bridge pillar, locating arc construction onto pontoon using crane, which all arc components made segmental, from segment | 11-24-2011 |
20130007966 | STRAND GUIDING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a strand guiding device that comprises a curved body having a first end and a second end. The strand guiding device further comprises at least one channel extending from the first end to the second end inside the strand guiding device, the channel being arranged to be traversed longitudinally by a strand of a cable, and further arranged to hold the strand in place when under tension. The body of the guiding device is filled with a protective material for protecting the strand from corrosion and allowing later removal of the strand. | 01-10-2013 |
20130160224 | PARTIALLY AND FULLY EARTH-ANCHORED CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES USING MAIN-SPAN PRESTRESSING UNIT AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - Provided are partially and fully earth-anchored cable-stayed bridges, each of which uses a prestressing unit including anchor units and a prestressing member from deck segments installed at its main span such that the prestressing unit serves as a conventional windproof cable and can simultaneously introduce a tensile stress. Thereby, a magnitude of the maximum compressive stress acting on a cross section of each main-span deck segment is reduced, so that it is possible to reduce a cross-sectional area of each main-span deck segment and thus to ensure economical construction. All or part of the compressive stress generated at the main span can be offset by the tensile stress caused by the prestressing member. | 06-27-2013 |
20160115658 | CABLE ANCHORAGE WITH BEDDING MATERIAL - A cable anchorage is described for anchoring a cable, for example a stay cable comprising multiple strands ( | 04-28-2016 |
014022000 | Cables and cable clamps | 7 |
20080250576 | TENSION MEMBER FOR STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A tension member is provided for structures, in particular a cable stay for a cable-stayed bridge, in which one or more tension elements, such as steel rods, steel wires, or stranded steel wires, run inside a tubular sheath. The tension elements fill only a portion of the cross-section of the tubular sheath, so that a remaining unoccupied area is left. In order to prevent the tension elements from moving in the transverse direction with respect to the tension member, there is arranged in the remaining unoccupied area of the tubular sheath a filler body that extends over a limited longitudinal section of the tension member and includes a deformable sheath, which tightly encloses a hollow space that is delimited on all sides and can be filled with a filler medium. The invention further concerns a method for producing such a tension member, in which, after an axially delimited longitudinal section has been established, an empty filler body is introduced into the remaining unoccupied area between the tubular sheath and the tension elements, and, finally, the filler body is filled with a filler medium until the remaining unoccupied area is filled in the region of the selected longitudinal section. | 10-16-2008 |
20100154147 | Fire Protection Device for a Cable or the Like of a Civil Engineering or Structural Work - A protective device ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100293728 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING RUSTING OF CABLE FOR SUPPORTING BRIDGE - A suspension bridge is supported by a cable with one or more cable bands. The rust-preventing device comprises one or more covers for so covering the cable that the gaps allowing a gas to longitudinally flow along the outer surface of the cable are formed between the inner peripheral surfaces of the covers and the outer surface of the cable, and an air blower which is in airtight communication with the gaps and supplies air into the gaps after drying it. | 11-25-2010 |
20110277252 | METHOD OF DAMPING THE VIBRATIONS OF STAY CABLES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - Method of damping the vibrations of at least one pair of stay cables ( | 11-17-2011 |
20140352084 | COVER FOR A STRAP BUCKLE - A cover for a buckle installed on a strap disposed about a suspension cable or similar relatively large diameter article of indefinite length exposed to the atmosphere defines a square or rectangle having thin edges and a thicker center which includes a buckle receiving opening or aperture. The thickness of the cover proximate the aperture or opening is preferably equal to or substantially equal to the projection of the strap buckle from the cable. Installed over the strap buckle, the cover smooths the region of the cable exterior adjacent the buckle, thereby improving the ease and uniformity of application of the cable wrap as well as the durability and life of the cable wrap. The cover may be fabricated of a material such as plastic and has an inside radius which matches or substantially matches the outside radius of the suspension cable. | 12-04-2014 |
20150026901 | PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR TENSION MEMBERS OF A STRUCTURE FOR COLLECTING ICE ACCUMULATIONS DETACHING FROM A TENSION MEMBER - A protective system having a protective device for tension members for collecting ice accumulations detaching from a tension member that is anchored on the structure in a first abutment and in a second abutment. The tension member is exposed to climatic conditions by the section running between the abutments. To guarantee protection from falling ice accumulations, the protective device has a hose-shaped envelope, which surrounds the tension member on the circumferential side. The hose-shaped envelope is disposed on a partial longitudinal section of the tension member in an axially compressed or folded manner in a first operating position, and is movable, with the aid of a drive system, to a second operating position, in which the hose-shaped envelope extends over the length of the tension member in the stretched state. | 01-29-2015 |
20150113744 | DEVICE FOR DAMPING VIBRATIONS IN CABLES OF A SUSPENSION SYSTEM OF A CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURE - The damping device comprises an interconnecting structure between cables of a group of at least three cables of the suspension system which extend substantially in one and the same suspension plane P. The interconnecting structure has, outside the plane P, at least one bearing point for an energy dissipating element arranged so as to develop a damping force in response to a movement of one of the cables of the group relative to the other cables of the group in a direction perpendicular to the suspension plane. | 04-30-2015 |