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US 10,968,578 B2Granted
High excursion expansion joint
AssigneeUNIVERGOM S.r.l.
InventorGianantonio Veneri
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Abstract
An expansion joint connects structural elements of a building structure to fill a space between the structural elements themselves. The expansion joint has a plate body and a deformable body flanked or adjacent to the plate body along the longitudinal direction. The deformable body includes two superimposed and structurally independent portions connected to each other in a removable way, or configured for a removable connection with one another.
Claims21
An expansion joint for connecting structural elements of a building structure,
- wherein said expansion joint is adapted to a connection with one of said structural elements in a longitudinal direction, and
- wherein said expansion joint comprises
- a plate body, and
- a deformable body flanked or adjacent to said plate body along said longitudinal direction,
- wherein the deformable body includes a first portion and a second portion superimposed and structurally independent on each other, said superimposed first portion and second portion being connected one with the other in a removable way, and
- wherein said first portion is an upper portion comprising a plurality of first transversal elements connected with each other by first elastic portions;
- and
- wherein said second portion is a lower portion comprising a plurality of second transversal elements connected with each other by second elastic portions, said first transversal elements and said second transversal elements being elements which extend in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.
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