US 2021/0270032 A1 · STRUT CONNECTOR

Abstract

A strut connector is described. In particular, a strut connector for connecting at least two struts, the strut connector defining a periphery and comprising at least one first connecting means adjacent the periphery thereof configured to connect one or more of the struts for securing the struts to the strut connector at any point about the periphery. This provides increased flexibility to allow complex geodesic shapes to be constructed.

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Dependent claims

A strut connector for connecting at least two struts, the strut connector defining a periphery and comprising:

at least one first connecting means adjacent the periphery thereof configured to connect one or more of the struts for securing the struts to the strut connector at any point about the periphery.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/252,683Filed 17 Jun 2019

Priority

IE S2018/016715 Jun 2018

Published

2 Sep 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

E04B 1/388
Connections for building structures in general: separate connecting elements
E04B 1/3211
Arched structures; Vaulted structures; Folded structures: structures with a vertical rotation axis or the like, e.g. semi-spherical structures
E04B 7/105
Shell structures, e.g. of hyperbolic-parabolic shape; Grid-like formations acting as shell structures; Folded structures: grid-like structures
E04B 2001/3247
Frame connection details: nodes

Abstract

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Dependent claims

A strut connector for connecting at least two struts, the strut connector defining a periphery and comprising:

at least one first connecting means adjacent the periphery thereof configured to connect one or more of the struts for securing the struts to the strut connector at any point about the periphery.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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