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US 9,580,924 B1Granted
Motion damping system designed for reducing obstruction within open spaces
AssigneeTaylor Devices, Inc.
InventorsDouglas P. Taylor, Michael C. Constantinou, John C. Metzger
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Abstract
The invention provides for a method, system and apparatus for resisting and restraining potentially destructive movement within a building structure while introducing little or no obstruction with respect to how a building structure is designed and how it is intended to function.
Claims13
An apparatus for resisting potentially destructive movement within a building structure, comprising:
- a damper designed for resisting at least one of an extension force and a compression force, and having one or more attachment interfaces, said damper is fixedly mounted to a structural member located along a first side of a bay within a building structure;
- a first rod having a first end that is attached to a first attachment interface of said damper, said first rod having a second end that is attached to a first arm of a first bell crank;
- a second rod having a first end that is attached to a second arm of said first bell crank;
- and said second rod having a second end that is attached to a first end anchor;
- wherein said first end anchor is fixedly mounted on a structural member located along a second side of said bay;
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- wherein relative motion between said first side and said second side of said bay causes either an extension force or a compression force to be applied to said damper, causing resistance to said relative motion via said damper;
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- wherein there is no point location within said structural member, said damper, said first rod, said bell crank or said second rod, that is located as or more proximate to a geometric center point location within said bay, in relation to any one nearest side of said bay;
- without effect of said relative motion.
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An apparatus for resisting potentially destructive movement within a building structure, comprising:
- a damper designed for resisting at least one of an extension force and a compression force, and having one or more attachment interfaces, said damper is fixedly mounted to a structural member located along a first side of a bay within a building structure;
- a first rod having a first end that is attached to a first attachment interface of said damper, said first rod having a second end that is attached to a first arm of a first bell crank;
- a second rod having a first end that is attached to a second arm of said first bell crank;
- and said second rod having a second end that is attached to a first arm of a second bell crank;
- a third rod having a first end that is attached to a second arm of said second bell crank;
- and said third rod having a second end that is attached to a first end anchor;
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- wherein at least one of said first bell crank and said second bell crank is mounted onto a second side of said bay;
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- wherein said first end anchor is fixedly mounted on a structural member located along a third side of said bay;
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- wherein relative motion between any two of said first side and said second side and said third side of said bay causes either an extension force or a compression force to be applied to said damper, causing resistance to said relative motion from said damper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.