1864 results about "Structural system" patented technology

An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In one embodiment, the displacement structures are actuated by a shape memory polymer (SMP) material or other polymer that is adjustable in shape in response to applied energy. The SMP can be designed to be selectively adjustable in volumetric dimension, modulus of elasticity and/or permeability. The adaptive optic means of the invention can be used to create highly localized surface corrections in the lens to correct higher order aberrations-which types of surfaces cannot be fabricated into and IOL and then implanted. The system of displacement structures also can provide spherical corrections in the lens.

A variable stiffness screen for wearable electronic devices provides a viewable area that can be adjusted by managing the screen's physical properties. The screen incorporates a flexible electronic display, attached to a structural system, in which the physical properties can be changed from a flexible state to a rigid one to control the stiffness of the display.

A scalable switch fabric system and apparatus for computer networks. The scalable switch fabric system and apparatus comprises a Switch Fabric Subsystem, Input-Output Subsystems, Application Subsystems and System Control Subsystems. The Switch Fabric Subsystem is a protocol agnostic cell or packet switching infrastructure that provides scalable interconnections between the Input-Output Subsystems and Application Subsystems. The Switch Fabric Subsystem provides primary data paths for network traffic being moved by the switch. The Input-Output Subsystems connect to the external network devices that use the switch to communicate with other external network devices. The Input-Output Subsystems are part of the data path and do low level decoding of ingress frames from the external ports; switching/routing, identifying the destination Input-Output Subsystems for the frame; and queuing the frame for transmission through the Switch Fabric. The System Control Subsystems provide overall management of the scalable switch fabric system and apparatus.

An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In one embodiment, the displacement structures are actuated by a shape memory polymer (SMP) material or other polymer that is adjustable in shape in response to applied energy. The SMP can be designed to be selectively adjustable in volumetric dimension, modulus of elasticity and/or permeability. The adaptive optic means of the invention can be used to create highly localized surface corrections in the lens to correct higher order aberrations—which types of surfaces cannot be fabricated into and IOL and then implanted. The system of displacement structures also can provide spherical corrections in the lens.

A metalwood type golf clubhead, including a clubhead body having a toe, heel, top crown surface, bottom sole surface, side surfaces, rear surface and ball-striking clubface, having an inwardly disposed lower surface located between the bottom sole surface and the top crown surface. The inwardly disposed lower structure provides improved weight distribution for better balance, additional strength and stability to clubhead and considerably decreases the overall cc displacement and overall weight/mass at the bottom of the clubhead without decreasing the size of the ball striking face and/or the upper top crown surface.

The invention discloses a self-resetting pier column structural system with a built-in energy dissipation assembly and an implementing method for the self-resetting pier column structural system, and belongs to the field of bridge engineering. The self-resetting pier column structural system consists of a pier column, a bridge abutment, energy dissipation steel bars, non-adhesion prestressed steel bars with an elastic resetting function and an embedded part; in the novel pier column structural system capable of effectively reducing residual deformation and ensuring sufficient energy dissipation, a pier is connected with the bridge abutment through the energy dissipation steel bars and the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars. Compared with the conventional pier column node, the self-resetting pier column structural system has the advantages that: the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars are positioned in the axle center of the pier column, a self-resetting restoring force can be generated, and the problem that the conventional pier has large residual deformation under the action of an earthquake load and cannot serve people any longer can be solved well; the self-resetting pier column structural system is flexible in design and definite in structural stress; the pier is ensured to have sufficient strength and rigidity; and the self-resetting pier column structural system can be implemented by a prefabricating or on-site pouring method, is easy and convenient to construct, and is an advanced and practical novel pier column system.

A structural roof panel system for a vehicle includes mounting areas molded in or readily attached to the structural element. In a first embodiment, the roof panel is replaced by an engineered, structural system to support overhead components, the headliner, etc. In a second embodiment, an internal super-structure is located between the roof panel and a nonstructural headliner, all overhead system components being readily attachable to the super-structure at pre-designed and designated locations. In a third embodiment, the structural components are moved to pods, and all overhead components are attached thereto. In each embodiment, the headliner becomes an aesthetic and acoustic cover only that does not require structural strength. Furthermore, in each embodiment, a single, integral roof system can be supplied to a vehicle manufacturer, including the exterior panel, structural support for overhead components, the overhead components attached thereto, and the headliner.

A prosthetic coupling device for incorporation into a prosthetic socket and for coupling a prosthetic limb structural system to the prosthetic socket includes a deformable urethane cup to receive a positive model of an amputated limb and a coupling plate for attaching the prosthetic socket to prosthetic limb structural system. The deformable cup is flared at an end to allow it to accommodate a wide range of limb sizes. The coupling plate includes a surface for attaching to the deformable urethane cup, threaded standoffs that adjust the thickness of a laminate material formed around the end of the coupling plate during fabrication into a prosthetic socket, an o-ring that secures a sheet of PVA to the coupling plate during fabrication and a centered through hole for connecting to a pin from a suspension sleeve. The prosthetic coupling device may further include one or more magnets for releasably securing the prosthetic socket to a suspension sleeve.

Improvements in aircraft on-board inert gas generating systems wherein generally excess or surplus compressed airflow from a radial flow centrifugal compressor, produced in order to keep the compressor from surging in predetermined “reduced speed/reduced pressure ratio” operating modes, is utilized for at least one of driving a turbofan for conditioning the air separator module inlet air, or warming up/heating an air separator module in the inert gas generating system, thereby utilizing at least some, of the energy of this excess/surplus compressed air that would otherwise be wasted. Several preferential operational methods and structural systems are set forth.

The invention provides an integrally-assembled concrete structural system adopting a steel bar lapping mode and relates to a concrete part system. Effective lapping degree of parts is reserved according to common cast-in-place steel bar concrete calculation and design, designed common concrete filling (pouring) is adopted after prefabricated parts are installed in place in the field construction process, the lapping length of the parts is required to be considered when the parts are dismantled, steel bars and steel bar plugging-in grooves with considered lapping length are reserved according to the design and construction requirements when the parts are manufactured, the parts are arranged in place in construction and installation according to the requirements after the prefabricated parts are transported to a field, and concrete is filled (casted) according to the design requirement under the condition that the parts are ensured to be stable. Additional sleeves, spiral bars and the like are not required, accurate aligning between the steel bars and preserved holes of the parts is not required, part processing difficulty and construction installing difficulty are reduced greatly, construction cost is reduced, and a construction period is shortened.

The invention relates to the protection of structural systems such as apartment houses against dynamic loading caused by earthquakes, wind, traffic etc. When a frame structure is excited by a horizontal external force, the girders starts to displace horizontally. If such displacements are large or if they occur periodically they may have serious impact on the conditions of the structure and may cause severe damages or even result in a collapse. The present invention relates to a very simply designed and easily produced damper with two members being interconnected in a rotational joint. By means of the arrangement of the damper in the structural system, displacement occurring in the system is transferred to the members being forced to rotate in relation to each other. Frictional resistance between the two members is dampening the rotational movement and thus the displacement in the system. The invention further relates to a device wherein the frictional resistance may be varied dynamically based on the displacements occurring in the system.

A new and useful Dome Kit, dome shaped structural system and method of assembling a dome shaped structural system are provided. The Dome Kit and method are used to form a dome shaped structural system comprising a compression ring, a lower ring that is larger than the compression ring and spaced below the compression ring, and a plurality of ribs connected with the compression ring. The lower ring, the compression ring, lower ring and connected ribs form a dome shaped structural system; i.e. a structural system with a dome shaped appearance.

An integrated structural system for a vehicle is provided. The integrated structural system includes a molded duct system configured to guide airflow having a first section and a second section and configured to operably attach a vehicle component thereto. The integrated structural system also includes a metal structure integrated with the molded duct system by means for integrating the metal structure with the molded duct system forming an integrated structural load path assembly. The integrated structural load path assembly is configured as a load bearing area to distribute a load of the vehicle component operably attached thereto. The means for integrating the metal structure with said molded duct system include, but not limited to, at least one of, sonic welding, heat staking, insert molding, and gluing.

The invention discloses a construction method of a concrete structure external wall with a built-in thermal insulating layer. The construction method comprises the steps of putting polystyrene plates among multiple layers of reinforcing meshes, obliquely inserting reinforcing steel bars in three-dimensional direction, welding the steel bars to obtain a thermal insulating wire rack board, and simultaneously pouring concrete on both internal and external sides to form a structural system. The specific construction method comprises the steps of: fabricating the thermal insulating wire rack board, banding external wall boundary members (embedded columns) and external wall board steel bars, installing the thermal insulating wire rack board, connecting steel bars around the thermal insulating wire rack board and laying pipelines, installing and fixing steel struts on the inner side of the thermal insulating wire rack board and cushion blocks on the outer side of the thermal insulating wire rack board, erecting inner templates for an external wall, erecting outer templates for the external wall, testing, simultaneously pouring concrete at both the internal side and the external side, removing templates, and curing. The inventive concrete structure external wall with the built-in thermal insulating layer has the advantages of solid connection, good sound insulating and thermal insulating effects, long service life, simple construction method, good shock resistant effect, short construction time, environmental friendliness, low construction cost, and good social and economic benefits; and is suitable for various urban residential buildings.

Substrate-free mechanical structural systems comprised of interconnected subsystems of electronic and/or electromechanical components are provided.

This is a cable stayed steel truss module structure and its construction method. At least two steel trusses are installed to support a high building to be grouted with connecting steel held in between. At least four truss cables are stayed between the building and the steel truss. Beam is installed on the top of the truss with falsework module fixed to the beam.

The invention relates to an ecological repairing method of eutrophicated water bodies in rivers and lakes and sediments, and provides a construction method of an organism structural system for synchronously repairing eutrophicated water bodies in rivers and lakes and sediments in situ by means of emergent aquatic plants, submerged plants, benthonic animals, fishes and microorganisms. The light enhancing oxygen-enriched organism structural system for synchronously repairing eutrophicated water bodies in rivers and lakes and sediments in situ has the double effects of synchronously and ecologically repairing polluted water bodies and sediments and providing habitats for aquatic organisms and microorganisms. The system comprises a lens reflective light enhancing surface water emergent aquatic plant survival area, a hollow prismoid free sliding middle water purifying area, a sediment-water interface submerged plant, a benthonic animal and fish survival area, a microorganism enriched intensified sediment purifying area and an oxygen-enriching fixed rod. The system provided by the invention can synchronously and ecologically repair the water bodies and the surface sediments, has the characteristics of good pollutant removing effect, stable and lasting treatment effect and the like, and is suitable for synchronously repairing water bodies in rivers and lakes and sediments in situ.