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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:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
USM U. Scharer Sohne AG, Munsingen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526552 ; 526531 ; 403-7 ; 403171 ; 403176 ;
Abstract
A frame construction with several rod elements, which are connected at a node point by a node element (1) that has several holes (2.1, 2.3, . . . , 2.6) which are arranged on principal axes orthogonal to one another in pairs, distinguished in that a hole (2.2) is provided whose axis (s)--located in a plane defined by two principal axes (y, z)--is offset by preferably 15.degree., at most 20.5.degree., with respect to one of the two last-mentioned principal axes (y, z).