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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
James C. Schluter, Franklin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Contech Technologies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/32 ; B21D 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/32 ; B21D 1/304 ;
Abstract
A corrugated structural metal plate includes longitudinally extending corrugations defined by alternating crests and valleys. Each of the crests and valleys includes longitudinally extending flat segments that are configured to reduce buckling of the plate when the plate is curved about an axis generally transverse to its longitudinal axis.