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US3364633A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Space frame structure

Assignee: MEIGHAN
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Filing: 1964-05-07
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Granted: 1968-01-23
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Expires: 1984-05-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard J Polo

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 03:50
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/18; E04B1/19; E04B2001/1924; E04B2001/1927; E04B2001/1957; E04B2001/1978; E04B2001/1981; E04B2001/1984; E04B2001/1993

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A SPACE FRAME STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED PYRAMIDAL MODULES, EACH MODULE HAVING A SEPARATELY INTEGRAL BASE FRAME, SAID FRAME CARRYING ALTERNATING, PROTRUDING YOKE AND TONGUE LUGS DISPOSED AT THE CORNERS THEREOF AND EXTENDING NORMAL TO THE SIDES OF SAID FRAME, WEB MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM THE CORNERS OF SAID BASE FRAME, AND A CONNECTING MEMBER AT THE APEX OF THE MODULE, SAID CONNECTING MEMBER INCLUDING A FIRST SERIES OF PROTRUDING TONGUE LUGS VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND FORMING A CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION, EACH OF SAID TONGUE LUGS SUPPORTING THE DISTAL END OF ONE OF SAID WEB MEMBERS, A SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS FORMING A CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION VERTICALLY AND ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO AND SECURED TO SAID FIRST CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION WITH THE INNER EDGES OF SAID SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS PROTRUDING FROM THE COMMON INTERSECTION OF THE TONGUE LUGS OF SAID FIRST SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS, THE INTEGRAL BASE FRAMES OF SAID MODULES BEING FASTENED TOGETHER BY INSERTING A PROTRUDING TONGUE LUG OF ONE MODULE BASE FRAME INTO THE YOKE LUG OF AN ADJACENT MODULE BASE FRAME AND PASSING A PIN THROUGH THE TONGUE AND YOKE JOINT, AND THE APEXES OF SAID MODULES BEING CONNECTED BY CHORD MEMBERS, SAID CHORD MEMBERS TERMINATING IN YOKE LUGS FOR RECEIVING ONE OF SAID SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS AND PINS TO FORM A YOKE AND TONGUE JOINT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A SPACE FRAME STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED PYRAMIDAL MODULES, EACH MODULE HAVING A SEPARATELY INTEGRAL BASE FRAME, SAID FRAME CARRYING ALTERNATING, PROTRUDING YOKE AND TONGUE LUGS DISPOSED AT THE CORNERS THEREOF AND EXTENDING NORMAL TO THE SIDES OF SAID FRAME, WEB MEMBERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM THE CORNERS OF SAID BASE FRAME, AND A CONNECTING MEMBER AT THE APEX OF THE MODULE, SAID CONNECTING MEMBER INCLUDING A FIRST SERIES OF PROTRUDING TONGUE LUGS VERTICALLY DISPOSED AND FORMING A CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION, EACH OF SAID TONGUE LUGS SUPPORTING THE DISTAL END OF ONE OF SAID WEB MEMBERS, A SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS FORMING A CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION VERTICALLY AND ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATIVE TO AND SECURED TO SAID FIRST CRUCIFORM CONFIGURATION WITH THE INNER EDGES OF SAID SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS PROTRUDING FROM THE COMMON INTERSECTION OF THE TONGUE LUGS OF SAID FIRST SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS, THE INTEGRAL BASE FRAMES OF SAID MODULES BEING FASTENED TOGETHER BY INSERTING A PROTRUDING TONGUE LUG OF ONE MODULE BASE FRAME INTO THE YOKE LUG OF AN ADJACENT MODULE BASE FRAME AND PASSING A PIN THROUGH THE TONGUE AND YOKE JOINT, AND THE APEXES OF SAID MODULES BEING CONNECTED BY CHORD MEMBERS, SAID CHORD MEMBERS TERMINATING IN YOKE LUGS FOR RECEIVING ONE OF SAID SECOND SERIES OF TONGUE LUGS AND PINS TO FORM A YOKE AND TONGUE JOINT.

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