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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ming-Lai Lai, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Haregoppa S Gopalakrishna, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52-1 ; 521671 ; 527413 ; 527411 ;
Abstract
A method of damping floor vibrations and structures having damped floors is provided. Damping article(s) are attached to structural floor (A) (at a floor attachment location) and to at least two anchor attachment locations independently selected from the group consisting of locations on structural beams, structural columns, structural beam(s)/structural column intersection(s); and area(s) of a ground floor/structural floor (which may or may not be the same as structural floor (A)) within about one meter of a column and/or beam.