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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Donald E. Wheatley, Holland, MI (US);
Inventor:
Donald E. Wheatley, Holland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/61 (2006.01); E04B 1/21 (2006.01); E04B 1/38 (2006.01); E04B 1/41 (2006.01); E04B 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/21 (2013.01); E04B 1/215 (2013.01); E04B 1/383 (2013.01); E04B 1/40 (2013.01); E04B 1/483 (2013.01); E04B 2001/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connecting system for connecting concrete beams of a parking structure including a pair of concrete beams and a plurality of spring-like connectors connected between the pair of concrete beams. The concrete beams are each provided with an aperture and the spring-like connector is in a form of a pre-formed carbon fiber bundle or metal and has opposite ends that are secured in the apertures in the concrete beams by an adhesive.