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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teruo Sasaki, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuhiro Fujisawa, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuo Miyazaki, Saitama, JP;
Fumiaki Arima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Mitsusaka, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5216 / ; 5216 / ; 2671411 ;
Abstract
A shakeproof bearing or an earthquake-proofing structure (10) comprises a columnar bearing body (13) and a surrounding high damping elastomer (14). The bearing body (13) includes a stack of rigid plates (12) and elastic plates (11) alternating with one another. The high damping elastomer (14) may be shaped into an annular cylinder or, alternatively, may be in the form of a columnar stack of alternating annular rigid plates (18) and annular high-damping-elastomer plates (17).