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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Fluor Technologies Corporation, AlisoViejo, CA (US);
Dennis W. Johnson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
James Hurley Brown, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Fred C. Smith, Marietta, OH (US);
Kim Moody Jackson, Marietta, SC (US);
Bradley D. Smoak, Greenville, SC (US);
Fluor Technologies Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A contiguous duct assembly has first and second ducts that share at least one common wall element. An expansion joint is formed at the end of the contiguous duct assembly using a connector element that extends with respective portions into the internal spaces of the first and second ducts. First and second expansion fabrics are coupled to the respective portions from the inside of the ducts using fasteners that are accessible from and disposed within the internal space of the first and second ducts.