# US 8,782,992 B2 · Aluminium alloy truss structure

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- Number: US 8,782,992 B2
- Document ID: US8782992B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/443,790
- Filed: 2012-04-10
- Published: 2012-10-11
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2011-04-11
- Applicants: Juan Lin; Kun Liang
- Inventors: Juan Lin; Kun Liang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8782992B2

## CPC

- E04B 1/19: Three-dimensional [3D] framework structures
- E04C 3/08: with apertured web, e.g. with a web consisting of bar-like components; Honeycomb girders (E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence)
- E04C 3/40: of metal (E04C3/46 takes precedence)
- E04B 1/1903: {Connecting nodes specially adapted therefor}
- E04B 2001/1918: {with connecting nodes having flat radial connecting surfaces}
- E04B 2001/1927: {of essentially circular cross section}
- E04B 2001/1933: {of polygonal, e.g. square, cross section}
- E04B 2001/1984: {rectangular, e.g. square, grid}
- E04C 2003/0491: {the truss elements being located in one single surface or in several parallel surfaces}
- E04C 2003/0495: {the truss elements being located in several non-parallel surfaces}
- E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001})
- E04C: STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS (for bridges E01D; specially designed for insulation or other protection E04B; elements used as building aids E04G; for mining E21; for tunnels E21D; structural elements with broader range of application than for building engineering F16, particularly F16S)

## Abstract

An aluminum alloy truss structure, comprising upper chord members, lower chord members, web members and all connection nodes by which the members are connected using riveting bolts, the chord members and web members being interconnected using tenons and mortise grooves that mate with each other respectively, each of the chord members being provided with a tenon plate at the end adjacent to the respective web members, each of the web members being correspondingly provided with a mortise groove at either end thereof, and the tenon plate on the chord members being implanted into the mortise groove on the web members; or, alternatively, each of the chord members being provided with a mortise groove at the end adjacent to the respective web members, each of the web members being correspondingly provided at either end thereof with a tenon that is to mate with the mortise groove.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An aluminum alloy truss structure, comprising:
a plurality of aluminum alloy chord members side-by-side arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aluminum alloy truss structure; and
a plurality of aluminum alloy web members;
wherein each of the aluminum alloy chord members contains a plurality of connection nodes integrally formed with the aluminum alloy chord member and arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aluminum alloy chord member, each of the connection nodes includes a first connecting unit and a second connecting unit integrally formed with the aluminum alloy chord member, and the first connecting unit is independent of and not connected to the second connecting unit, wherein the first connecting units of the plurality of connection nodes in one aluminum alloy chord member lay in a first plane and the second connecting units of the plurality of connection nodes in said one aluminum alloy chord member lay in a second plane, both the first plane and the second plane are parallel with the longitudinal direction of said one aluminum alloy chord member and there is an angle between the first plane and the second plane;
wherein two ends of each of the aluminum alloy web members are provided with a connecting unit integrally formed with the aluminum alloy web member, respectively, for connecting with the first and second connecting units of the plurality of aluminum alloy chord members, at least some of the first connecting units of the plurality of connection nodes or at least some of the second connecting units of the plurality of connection nodes each connects to two of the aluminum alloy web members, and two aluminum alloy web members connected to the same first connecting unit or second connecting unit lay in the first plane or the second plane and form an angle with each other, whereby the plurality of aluminum alloy chord members are connected to each other by the plurality of aluminum alloy web members;
wherein each of the first connecting units is formed by a first tenon or two parallel first plates forming a first mortise groove therebetween, each of the second connecting units is formed by a second tenon or two parallel second plates forming a second mortise therebetween; each of the connecting units of the aluminum alloy web members includes a mortise groove that mates with the first and second tenon, or a tenon that mates with the first and second mortise groove; when assembled, the first and second tenon is inserted into a corresponding mortise groove of the connecting units of the aluminum alloy web members, respectively, or the tenon of the connecting units of the aluminum alloy web members is inserted into a corresponding first or second mortise groove, and fixedly fastened with bolts or riveting bolts.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The aluminum alloy truss structure according to claim 1, wherein there are three aluminum alloy chord members side-by-side arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aluminum alloy truss structure, the angle between the first plane and the second plane is 60°, the aluminum alloy chord members are a hollow pipe with a triangular cross section, and the first connecting units and the second connecting units of the connection nodes are arranged on two longitudinal edges of the hollow pipe.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The aluminum alloy truss structure according to claim 1, wherein there are four aluminum alloy chord members side-by-side arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aluminum alloy truss structure, the angle between the first plane and the second plane is 90°, the aluminum alloy chord members are a hollow pipe with a circular cross section or a square cross section and having an enforcement rib therein, and the first connecting units and the second connecting units of the connection nodes are arranged on outer surface of the hollow pipe along a longitudinal direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The aluminum alloy truss structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the connecting nodes consists of the first tenon and the second tenon.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The aluminum alloy truss structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the connecting nodes consists of the two parallel first plates forming the first mortise groove therebetween and the two parallel second plates forming the second mortise groove therebetween.