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US 10,590,615 B2Granted
Orthotropic deck
AssigneeVigor Industrial LLC
InventorsTerrance J. Aarnio, Keith Chapman, Bill Crittendon, Thomas J. Hickman, Daniel Miller, Christopher Palmer, Perry Royland, Vern Taute, David Ward, Oded Maman
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an orthotropic deck panel includes securing a rib member in a first fixture, beveling an edge surface of the rib member while the rib member is secured in the first fixture, and releasing the rib member from the first fixture, attaching the rib member to a deck plate, and attaching a floor beam to the rib member and the deck plate.
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A method of manufacturing an orthotropic deck panel, comprising:
- securing a rib member of an orthotropic deck panel in a first fixture, wherein the rib member includes a first end, a second end, and a plurality of edge portions extending longitudinally between the first end and the second end, wherein the edge portions are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction;
- beveling outwardly facing surfaces of the edge portions while the rib member is secured in the first fixture;
- releasing the rib member from the first fixture;
- securing the edge portions of the rib member against a deck plate with a plurality of second fixtures spaced longitudinally relative to each other and distributed along the rib member between the first end and the second end of the rib member;
- attaching the rib member to the deck plate of the orthotropic deck panel by welding the rib member to the deck plate along the beveled outwardly facing surfaces of the edge portions while the rib member is secured against the deck plate with the second fixtures;
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- attaching a floor beam of the orthotropic deck panel to the rib member and the deck plate.
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A method of manufacturing an orthotropic deck panel, comprising:
- securing a rib member of an orthotropic deck panel in a first fixture such that edge portions of the rib member are exposed from the first fixture;
- beveling outwardly facing surfaces of the edge portions while the rib member is secured in the first fixture;
- releasing the rib member from the first fixture;
- securing a deck plate of the orthotropic deck panel against a second fixture and cambering the deck plate in a transverse direction;
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- attaching the edge portions of the rib member to the deck plate while the deck plate is secured against the second fixture.
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A method of manufacturing an orthotropic deck panel, comprising:
- positioning a rib member of an orthotropic deck panel within a first fixture, wherein the rib member includes a first longitudinally-extending edge portion and a second longitudinally-extending edge portion, the first and second edge portions being spaced apart in a transverse direction;
- securing the rib member relative to the first fixture by clamping the first and second edge portions of the rib member between a first member and a second member of the first fixture, wherein the first and second edge portions of the rib member are exposed from the first and second members of the first fixture;
- machining the first and second edge portions of the rib member such that the first and second edge portions comprise beveled portions;
- releasing the rib member from the first fixture;
- positioning the beveled portions of the first and second edge portions adjacent a deck plate of the orthotropic deck panel;
- cambering the deck plate in a longitudinal direction to a first degree of camber, wherein the longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the transverse direction;
- cambering the deck plate in the transverse direction to a second degree of camber;
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- attaching the rib member to the deck plate by welding along the beveled portions of the first and second edge portions,
- wherein the first degree of camber in the longitudinal direction corresponds to a shape of a surface of which the orthotropic deck panel is a part, and
- wherein the second degree of camber in the transverse direction is configured such that the deck plate is flatter in the transverse direction after the rib member is welded to the deck plate than when the deck plate is being cambered in the transverse direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.