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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Sung Won Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Young Kyu Ju, Seoul, KR;
Dae Kon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 9/02 (2006.01); E04H 9/14 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vibration control apparatus using a water tank, which is installed at the uppermost floor of a tall building, the water tank being formed at the inner wall surface thereof with horizontal protrusions. In order to improve a vibration attenuation rate in a horizontal direction within the water tank, the water tank is installed with vertical wire meshes therein, and the horizontal protrusions serve to improve a vibration attenuation rate in a vertical direction.