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US 9,982,428 B2Granted
Expansion joint seal with surface load transfer, intumescent, and internal sensor
AssigneeSchul International Company, LLC
InventorSteven R. Robinson
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Abstract
An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.
Claims12
An expansion joint system, comprising:
- an elongated core,
- the elongated core composed of a resiliently compressible foam,
- the elongated core having an elongated core longitudinal axis,
- the elongated core having an elongated core longitudinal length,
- the elongated core having an elongated core top,
- the elongated core having an elongated core bottom,
- the elongated core having an elongated core height intermediate the elongated core top and the elongated core bottom,
- the elongated core having an elongated core first side,
- the elongated core having an elongated core second side,
- a wirelessly-transmitting sensor within the elongated core;
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- three longitudinal load-transfer members,
- each of the three longitudinal load-transfer members being incompressible,
- each of the three longitudinal load-transfer members having a longitudinal load-transfer member axis,
- each of the elongated core longitudinal axes and the longitudinal load-transfer member axes being parallel,
- each of the three longitudinal load-transfer members having a longitudinal load-transfer member length,
- each of the three longitudinal load-transfer members bonded to the elongated foam core at the elongated core top, and
- each of the three longitudinal load-transfer members spaced apart between the elongated core first side and the elongated core second side.
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