Antivibration uniform-strength connector

• US 20080148682A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Chung Chen
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Chung Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Kuo-Chung
• Application Number:
  US12/003,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20080148682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/719
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/166 the reinforcements running in different directions

Abstract

An antivibration uniform-strength connector including two mating connection plates and a bolt. The connection plates are made of steel material having tensile strength proximate to that of steel reinforcements. The connection plates are made in accordance with the specifications of the steel reinforcements. Each connection plate has a central hole and two lateral extension sections. Each extension section has an opposite contact face. Contact recesses are formed on the contact faces and spaced from the central hole by equal or unequal distances. With steel reinforcements respectively held in the contact recesses, the bolt is tightened in the central hole of one connection plate to fasten the connection plates and fix the steel reinforcements in a double-cross or parallel pattern. The antivibration uniform-strength connector is applicable to the major steel reinforcements of a beam, a column, a bridge, a bridgeboard, etc. to truly strongly fixedly combine the steel reinforcements into a reinforcement network or reinforcement cage. Accordingly, the reinforcement network or reinforcement cage can bear much greater stress, especially the dynamic cyclic shear strength. Therefore, the antivibration strength of a building can be highly enhanced.

Claims

1. An antivibration uniform-strength connector applicable to reinforced concrete, comprising two mating connection plates and a bolt, each connection plate being formed with a central hole and two extension sections laterally extending from the central hole, each extension section having an opposite contact face, contact recesses being formed on the contact faces and spaced from the central hole by certain distances, steel reinforcements being respectively held in the contact recesses of the connection plates and the bolt being tightened in the central hole of one connection plate to fasten the connection plates and fix the steel reinforcements between the connection plates in a double-cross pattern or a parallel pattern.

2. The antivibration uniform-strength connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact face of each extension section of each connection plate is formed with multiple continuous contact recesses.

3. The antivibration uniform-strength connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact recesses of the connection plate are spaced from the central hole by equal distances.

4. The antivibration uniform-strength connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the contact recesses of the connection plate are spaced from the central hole by equal distances.

5. The antivibration uniform-strength connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact recesses of the connection plate are spaced from the central hole by unequal distances.

6. The antivibration uniform-strength connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the contact recesses of the connection plate are spaced from the central hole by unequal distances.