Static structures (e.g. – buildings) – Controlled by condition responsive means
Patent
1995-11-01
1997-08-05
Kent, Christopher T.
Static structures (e.g., buildings)
Controlled by condition responsive means
52 64, 521675, 521676, 525731, 52773, 52775, E04H 904
Patent
active
056530625
ABSTRACT:
A manufacture to protect a building from destructive explosions, having a number of sliding connectors, each connector comprises a massive housing rigidly coupled to a structural frame of the protected building and a low friction slider fixed to a wall panel. Each housing comprises a grooved track for the slider, and each track is sagged down to its middle where the slider rests under normal conditions. When the blast occurs, the wall panel does not transfer its impulse to the building frame immidiately but, remaining parallel to its initial position, distributes this transferal during a sequence of pendulum type excursions thus considerably mitigating the explosion impact on vital structural elements of the building.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5442883 (1995-08-01), Nishimura et al.
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