US 6,474,030 B1Granted

Pile foundation structure

AssigneeNippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.

InventorSakae Ueda

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique wherein a complex structure is adopted as a joint structure between each head of plural piles (1) and a bottom of a footing (2), and the complex structure may be selected among either a complex of a roller bearing structure (Y) interposing a sliding member (12) and a pin bearing structure (X) interposing a sliding member (32), another complex of a rigid joint structure (Z) and the roller bearing structure (Y), or still another complex of the rigid joint structure (Z) and a pin bearing structure (X). This can restrain the rotation of an upper structure (A), reduce stress concentration applied to a joint portion and occurrence of a bending moment on the pile (1) in applying a great external force such as an earthquake thereto, prevent damages or destroys of the joint portion and the pile, and also enhance excellent positional restoration performance for restoring the upper structure (A) to an initial position thereof, after the earthquake happens.

A pile foundation structure joining a footing of an upper structure to heads of plural piles disposed within a construction range of the upper structure so as to be spaced from each other, and driven into the underground, the improvement comprising:

a roller bearing structure constructed as a joint structure disposed within the construction of the upper structure between some of the plural piles and portions of the footing of the upper structure corresponding thereto, wherein:
a protrusive-supporting-portion having a flat top surface is disposed on a side of the head of the pile, in a state of protruding above an upper surface of the underground;
a recessed-joint-portion having a flat top surface is disposed on a side of the footing of the upper structure, so as to correspond to the protrusive-supporting-portion and be greater than the protrusive-supporting-portion;
and
a sliding member is interposed between the top surfaces of the protrusive-supporting-portion and the recessed-joint-portion, for relatively slidingly move a joint portion of the head of the pile in a horizontal direction;
and
a pin bearing structure is constructed as each joint structure and disposed on the outer periphery of the roller bearing structure and between the others of the plural piles and portions of the footing of the upper structure corresponding thereto, wherein:
a spherical-supporting-portion having a convex or concave outer surface is disposed on a side of the head of the pile, protruding above the upper surface of the underground,
a spherical-joint-portion having a concave or convex inner surface is disposed on a side of the footing of the upper structure, so as to correspond to the spherical-supporting-portion and be greater than the spherical-supporting-portion;
and
a sliding member is interposed between the outer surface of the spherical-supporting-portion and the inner surface of the spherical-joint-portion of the footing of the upper structure, to relatively slidingly rotate the joint portion of the head of the pile.

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