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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Yoshimichi Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshimichi Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/62 (2006.01); E04B 1/98 (2006.01); E04F 15/14 (2006.01); E04F 15/22 (2006.01); E04H 9/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/68 (2006.01); E02D 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/681 (2013.01); E04F 15/22 (2013.01); E04B 1/6803 (2013.01); E04H 9/02 (2013.01); E04H 9/028 (2013.01); E02D 27/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A building including a metal joint is provided with a damping member that is mounted between at least a pair of structures and yields in accordance with relative displacement between the structures. The damping member includes strength-suppression device that suppresses an increase of strength after yield, and exerts a damping effect with rocking or expansion and contraction of at least one of the structures.