Earthquake Resistant Construction Element
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Placo
InventorsSrikant Gollapudi, Aysha Kalanad, Suryateja Bulusu, Manish Kumar Sharma
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Abstract
An earthquake resistant wall construction is described. The earthquake resistant wall construction comprises a first runner, a second runner, at least one first earthquake resistant insert in communication with the first runner or second runner. The earthquake resistant insert is connected to a construction board and comprises at least one first elongate slot, wherein the earthquake resistant insert is held in communication with said first runner or second runner via at least one first fixing member which passes through the first elongate slot.
Claims21
1-37. (canceled)
An earthquake resistant wall construction, comprising;
- a first runner;
- a second runner;
- and
- at least one earthquake resistant insert provided within the first runner or the second runner;
- wherein the earthquake resistant insert comprises at least one elongate slot and is held in communication with the first runner or second runner via at least one first fixing member which passes through the elongate slot, and
- wherein the earthquake resistant insert is connected to a construction board on either side of the earthquake resistant insert via at least one second fixing member.
An earthquake resistant insert comprising:
- a first leg;
- a second leg;
- and
- a base,
- wherein the first and second legs extend perpendicularly from the base, wherein the base further comprises at least one elongate slot for accommodating at least one first fixing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.