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US 2019/0194945 A1Published application
Auxiliary Stiffener and Customization of Prefabricated Trusses Using Same
OwnerShervin Khalili Ghomiinventor
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A length-adjustable truss stiffener is intended to be used to strengthen truss systems at locations of localized over-stress to reduce the cost from the alternative solution which is to reduce truss spacings. The stiffener consists of two or more sleeves locking around two or more components of the main truss. The sleeves mounted on different truss components are connected to one another with a length-adjustable shank. The stiffener may be used in two-dimensional or three-dimensional trusses. Of a collection of prefabricated trusses necessary to erect a structure, only a subset of one or more trusses are customized with stiffeners according to loading calculations predicting failure of that subset under required loading conditions, while all other trusses are installed in their original prefabricated state.
A stiffener for augmenting a prefabricated truss having first and second chords and a plurality of web members spanning between said first and second chords, said stiffener comprising a shank having opposing first and second ends, a first sleeve connected or connectable to said shank at the first end thereof and operable to close around a first portion of the prefabricated truss at or adjacent the first chord of the prefabricated truss, and a second sleeve connected or connectable to said shank at the second end thereof and operable to close around a second portion of the prefabricated truss at or adjacent the second chord of the prefabricated truss.
A method of customizing a prefabricated truss having a predetermined loading capacity, said method comprising determining load capacity requirements for an intended application of said prefabricated truss, and if said load capacity requirements exceed said predetermined loading capacity, prescribing installation of an auxiliary stiffener to said prefabricated truss to augment existing web members of said truss that spans between first and second chords of said truss, thereby increasing the loading capacity of said prefabricated truss.
A method of constructing a truss-based structure, said method comprising obtaining a collection of prefabricated trusses each having a predetermined load capacity, installing one or more auxiliary stiffeners on a subset of said collection for which said predetermined load capacity is exceeded by loading requirements of the truss based structure being constructed.
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