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US 10,480,136 B2Granted
Expansion joint seal with load transfer and sensor
AssigneeSchul International Company, LLC
InventorSteven R. Robinson
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Abstract
An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system, includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.
Claims13
An expansion joint system, comprising:
- an elongated core,
- the elongated core composed of a resiliency compressible material,
- the elongated core having an elongated core longitudinal axis,
- the elongated core having an elongated core top,
- the elongated core top having an elongated core lateral width at the elongated core top and an elongated core bottom width at as elongated core bottom of the elongated core,
- the elongated core having an elongated core height intermediate the elongated core top and the elongated core bottom,
- the elongated core having an elongated core first side,
- the elongated core first side being generally perpendicular to the elongated core top,
- the elongated core having an elongated core second side,
- the elongated core second side being generally perpendicular to the elongated core top;
- a first open shaft provided into the elongated core from an elongated core first end,
- the first open shaft parallel to the elongated core longitudinal axis,
- a second open shaft provided into the elongated core from an elongated core first end,
- the second open shaft parallel to the elongated core longitudinal axis,
- a third open shaft provided into the elongated core from an elongated core first end,
- the third open shaft parallel to the elongated core longitudinal axis;
- a longitudinal load-transfer member,
- the longitudinal load-transfer member being incompressible,
- the longitudinal load-transfer member having a longitudinal load-transfer member axis,
- the elongated core longitudinal axis and the longitudinal load-transfer member axis being parallel,
- the longitudinal load-transfer member positioned of least partly into the first open shaft,
- the longitudinal load-transfer member protruding from the elongated core;
- and
- a sensor,
- the sensor positioned at one of a surface of the elongated core and an interior of the elongated core.
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