Toggle linkage seismic isolation structure

Details Toggle linkage seismic isolation structure Toggle linkage seismic isolation structure

1996-08-08

1999-02-16

Yip, Winnie S.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Means compensating earth-transmitted force

Cross bracing

521671, 521674, 248632, 248638, E04H 902

Patent

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058708634

ABSTRACT:
A toggle linkage for incorporation into a frame of a structure, such as a building, including a first link having a shock absorber therein, a first end on the first link connected to a first area of the frame, a second link having a first end connected to a second area of the frame remote from the first area, a second end on the second link, a third link having a first end connected to a third area on the frame remote from the first and second areas, a second end on the third link, a second end on the first link connected proximate the second end of the second link, and the second ends of the second and third links being connected to each other by a metal plate which is welded therebetween and which flexes in the direction of its thickness and not in the direction of its width so as to maintain the longitudinal axes of the second and third links in the same plane when the toggle linkage is activated by a seismic event as before the toggle linkage was activated.

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