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US 11,680,399 B2Granted
System and apparatus for securing a floorplate to a structure
AssigneeBig Time Investment, LLC
InventorsStephen T. Houston, Joseph Michael Benvenuto, Aleksei Ivanikiw, Yaroslav Stakhiv
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Abstract
A multi-story building that includes a vertical support core and a plurality of floor plates is described, wherein fabrication of the building includes, in one embodiment, assembling each of the floor plates at or near ground level, and lifting each of the floor plates to a design level on the vertical support core. A system and device for securing one of the floor plates to the building includes employing a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket.
Claims20
A system for securing a floor plate to a structure, comprising:
- a vertical support core having at least one vertically-oriented column including a first beam;
- wherein the first beam has a first flange, a web portion, and a second flange,
- a first plurality of through bolt holes being formed in the first flange of the first beam, and
- the first flange of the first beam having an outer surface;
- a floor plate including at least one horizontal girder including a second beam, the second beam having an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web portion;
- a first vertical stiffener affixed to the upper flange, the lower flange, and the web portion on a first side of the second beam;
- a second vertical stiffener affixed to the upper flange, the lower flange, and the web portion on a second side opposed to the first side of the second beam;
- a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket including a third beam having a flange portion and a web portion, and a bracket horizontal stiffener;
- wherein the web portion of the third beam is affixed to the first vertical stiffener of the second beam at a lower portion of the third beam, and
- wherein a second plurality of through bolt holes are formed on the flange portion of the third beam at an upper portion thereof;
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- a plurality of bolts;
- wherein, when the floor plate is disposed at a design level on the vertical support core, the first plurality of through bolt holes in the first flange of the first beam are disposed opposite to and correspond to the second plurality of through bolt holes disposed on the upper portion of the flange portion of the third beam;
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- wherein, when the floor plate is disposed at the design level on the vertical support core, the plurality of bolts are inserted through the first plurality of through bolt holes and the second plurality of through bolt holes and secured thereto.
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A device for securing, to a vertically-oriented first beam of a vertical support core, a horizontally-oriented second beam of a floor plate, the device comprising:
- a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket including a third beam having a flange portion and a web portion, and a bracket horizontal stiffener;
- wherein a plurality of bolt holes are formed on the flange portion of the third beam at an upper portion thereof;
- wherein the bracket horizontal stiffener is arranged orthogonal to the flange portion and the web portion of the third beam at a lower portion thereof;
- wherein an outer surface of the flange portion of the third beam has a slip-critical surface;
- wherein the vertically-oriented lock-in bracket is affixed to the horizontally-oriented second beam of the floor plate and is slidably arranged on the vertically-oriented first beam of the vertical support core when the floor plate is disposed at an assembly level, including the web portion of the third beam being affixed to a first vertical stiffener of the horizontally-oriented second beam at the lower portion of the third beam, and the first vertical stiffener being affixed to an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web portion of the horizontally-oriented second beam on a first side;
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- wherein the vertically-oriented lock-in bracket is slidably arranged on the vertically-oriented first beam of the vertical support core when the floor plate is disposed at the assembly level, and
- wherein the vertically-oriented lock-in bracket is affixed to the vertically-oriented first beam of the vertical support core when the floor plate is disposed at a design level.
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A system for securing a floor plate to a structure/building, comprising:
- a vertical support core having at least one vertically-oriented column including a first beam, wherein the first beam has a first flange, a web portion, and a second flange, and the first flange of the first beam having an outer surface, and wherein the outer surface of the first flange of the first beam has a slip-critical surface;
- a floor plate including at least one horizontal girder including a second beam, the second beam having an upper flange, a lower flange, and a web portion;
- a vertically-oriented lock-in bracket including a third beam having a flange portion and a web portion, wherein the third beam is affixed to the second beam at a lower portion of the third beam, and wherein an outer surface of the flange portion of the third beam has a slip-critical surface;
- wherein the vertically-oriented lock-in bracket is affixed to the horizontally-oriented second beam of the floor plate, including the web portion of the third beam being affixed to a first vertical stiffener of the horizontally-oriented second beam at the lower portion of the third beam, and the first vertical stiffener being affixed to the upper flange, the lower flange, and the web portion of the horizontally-oriented second beam on a first side;
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- wherein the slip-critical surface of the outer surface of the flange portion of the first beam is arranged opposite to the slip-critical surface of the outer surface of the flange portion of the third beam to form a slip-critical interface when the floor plate is arranged at a design level on the vertical support core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.