Modular member and stable support body constituted thereby

• US 9,797,124 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2016
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jianhui Zhou
• Original Assignee: Jianhui Zhou
• Inventors: Zhou, Jianhui, Zhou, Dingming
• Primary Examiner(s): FORD, GISELE D
• Application Number:
  US15/049,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20160168841A1
• Time in Patent Office: 612 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/1903 Connecting nodes specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/585 with separate connection devices
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 2001/1957 Details of connections between nodes and struts
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 2003/0491 the truss elements being located in one single surface or in several parallel surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 3/08 with apertured web, e.g. with a web consisting of bar-like components; Honeycomb girders E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 1/06 comprising members with rod-like or tubular portions fitting together end to end, with or without separate connecting pieces
• CPC Class Codes: E04G 7/14 for clamping the members independently
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/085 Details of flanges for tubular masts
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/10 Truss-like structures
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 2012/006 Structures with truss-like sections combined with tubular-like sections

Abstract

A combined member, comprising a communication rod (1) and a connecting rod (2), wherein the connecting rod (2) comprises a rod body (2.1) and a connector (2.2), the connector (2.2) being a fastening connector (3) or a sleeving connector (4), the rod body (2.1) of the connecting rod (2.1) and a rod body of the communication rod (1) being of a strip-shaped structure, the connecting rod (2) being connected to the communication rod (1) by the fastening connector (3) or the sleeving connector (4), the axis of the connecting rod (2) intersecting that of the communication rod (1) connected thereto. The combined member has the advantages of high bearing capacity, and convenient construction.

Claims

1. A combined member, characterized by comprising:

a communication rod and a connecting rod,

wherein the connecting rod comprises a rod body and a connector, the connector being a fastening connector, the rod body of the connecting rod and a rod body of the communication rod having a cylindrical shaft, the connecting rod being connected to the communication rod by the fastening connector, an axis of the connecting rod intersecting an axis of the communication rod connected thereto;

wherein an end of the communication rod is provided with an outer sleeve pipe;

the outer sleeve pipe is a pipe of which an inner diameter is fitted with or slightly greater than a outer diameter of the communication rod, and a pipe wall thickness of the outer sleeve pipe is greater than or equal to a wall thickness of the communication rod;

the outer sleeve pipe comprises a block arranged around the inner surface of the outer sleeve pipe;

the block is configured to insert into a gap between two communication rods in radial direction; and

wherein the fastening connector comprises a fastening portion and connecting portions, wherein the connecting portions are connected at both ends of the fastening portion and extend in a direction away from the fastening portion, a shape of an inner surface of the fastening portion is fitted with a shape of an outer surface of the communication rod, and the connecting portions are provided with a plurality of bolt holes.

2. The combined member according to claim 1, wherein the connecting rods includes a planar connecting rod and inclined connecting rod when each planar connecting rod is connected to the communication rod, an axis of the planar connecting rod are perpendicular to the axis of the communication rod, and when each inclined connecting rod is connected to the communication rod, the angle between an axis of the inclined connecting rod and the axis of the communication rod is smaller than 90°

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3. A stable support formed by the combined member of claim 1, wherein a projection of the stable support in the axial directions of communication rods are in a shape of a triangular mesh, wherein the communication rods (1) are referring to a plurality of nodes of the triangular mesh, the connecting rod (2) are referring to a side of the triangular mesh;

each of the three adjacent connecting rods are perpendicular to a communication rods and the communication rods are connected with each other, so that a planar stable structure is formed, and a connecting rod having an angle by less than 90°

with the communication rod is connected between two communication rods, forming the stable support.

4. A stable support formed by the combined member according to claim 2, wherein a projection of the stable support in the axial directions of communication rods are in a shape of a triangular mesh, wherein the communication rods (1) are referring to a plurality of nodes of the triangular mesh, the connecting rod (2) are referring to a side of the triangular mesh;

each of the three adjacent connecting rods are perpendicular to a communication rods and the communication rods are connected with each other, so that a planar stable structure is formed, and a connecting rod having an angle by less than 90°

with the communication rod is connected between two communication rods, forming an the stable support.