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US 2009/0013619 A1Published application
Earthquake resistant house
OwnerCarlos Marroquininventor
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Abstract
An earthquake resistant structure includes a structure base assembly and a building structure positioned on the structure base assembly. The earthquake resistant structure includes a base isolation assembly which carries the building structure and structure base assembly, wherein the base isolation assembly includes a movement member and horizontal dampening member which allow the building structure and structure base assembly to move in response to an applied force, such as from an earthquake.
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An earthquake resistant structure, comprising:
- a structure base assembly;
- a building structure positioned on the structure base assembly;
- and
- a base isolation assembly, which carries the building structure and structure base assembly, wherein the base isolation assembly includes a movement member and horizontal dampening member which allow the building structure and structure base assembly to move in response to an applied force.
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An earthquake resistant structure, comprising:
- a structure base assembly which includes a plurality of interior and exterior walls connected together to form a plurality of volumes;
- a building structure positioned on the structure base assembly;
- and
- a base isolation assembly, which carries the building structure and structure base assembly, wherein the base isolation assembly includes
- a plurality of movement assemblies positioned in a corresponding volume, each movement assembly including a support grid and a plurality of movement members;
- and
- a plurality of dampening assemblies, each dampening assembly including a plate which carries a plurality of vertical dampening members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.