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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
University of Notre Dame Du Lac, South Bend, IN (US);
Hntb Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Ashley P. Thrall, South Bend, IN (US);
Mirela D. Tumbeva, South Bend, IN (US);
Theodore P. Zoli, III, New York, NY (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, South Bend, IN (US);
HNTB Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular truss joint is a web plate with at least three connectors. Each connection includes a web integrally formed as a portion of the web plate of a certain length. Each connection is positioned at a connector angle with respect to the other connectors. The connections have continuous flanges on a periphery of the modular truss joint. Each flange is oriented transversely to the web. The connectors form a modular structure by each connecting to at least one wide flange body to form a moment resisting connection such that the modular truss joint resists flexure of the modular structure.