Load bearing pad
AssigneeNippon Steel Corporation
InventorMark Fejes
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Abstract
A load bearing structure with a base and an array of load bearing members, each load bearing member having the general form of a cantilevered beam and made of a resilient material, and having a tip, generally front and back faces, and a bottom, the bottom for interengaging the load bearing member and the load bearing structure. The beam generally increases in thickness from tip to bottom, and both faces are generally planar. The plane of the face and of the back join at an angle .beta., and the plane of the back is disposed to the plane of the bottom at an angle .alpha..
Claims5
An elastic load bearing member for use in a load bearing structure, said load beating member having the form of a cantilevered beam, said beam being comprised of a resilient material and having a tip, generally front and back faces, and a bottom, said bottom for interengaging said load bearing member and said load bearing structure;
- wherein said beam generally increases in thickness from said tip to said bottom, and wherein said bottom is further comprised of a pedestal, said pedestal having a void running substantially the width of said load bearing member, said void dividing pedestal generally into front and back legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.