Hybrid composite beam system
AssigneeHC Bridge Company, LLC
InventorJohn Hillman
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Abstract
A construction beam useful for building bridges, commercial or industrial buildings, or the like has an elongated shell with an interior volume. A conduit lies within the interior volume of the beam that has profile extending along a longitudinal direction of the beam. A compression reinforcement fills the interior volume of the conduit. The beam may include a shear connection device, where one end of the shear connection device is positioned in the compression reinforcement, and the other end extends outwardly through the shell.
Claims20
A construction beam useful for building bridges, commercial or industrial buildings, or the like, the beam comprising:
- an elongated shell that has an interior volume;
- a conduit within the interior volume of the shell, wherein the conduit has a curved profile extending along a longitudinal direction of the beam;
- a compression reinforcement that fills the interior volume of the conduit, wherein the compression reinforcement contributes directly to the strength of the beam;
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- a shear connection device comprising a body having first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the body is positioned in the compression reinforcement and the second end of the body extends outwardly through the shell.
A construction beam useful for building bridges, commercial or industrial buildings, or the like, the beam comprising:
- an elongated shell that has an interior volume;
- a curved conduit within the interior volume of the shell, wherein the profiled conduit has a curved profile extending along a longitudinal direction of the beam;
- an auxiliary conduit within the interior volume of the shell, wherein the auxiliary conduit extends along a lateral direction of the beam;
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- a compression reinforcement that fills the interior volume of the curved conduit and the auxiliary conduit, wherein the compression reinforcement contributes directly to the strength of the beam;
- where in the curved conduit and the auxiliary conduit are in fluid communication with one another.
A construction beam useful for building bridges, commercial or industrial buildings, or the like, the beam comprising:
- an elongated shell that has an interior volume;
- a first conduit within the interior volume of the shell, wherein the first conduit has a profile extending along a longitudinal direction of the beam;
- an second conduit within the interior volume of the shell, wherein the second conduit extends along a lateral direction of the beam;
- a compression reinforcement that fills the interior volume of the first and second conduits;
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- a shear connection device comprising a body having first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the body is positioned in the compression reinforcement and the second end of the body extends outwardly through the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.