Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crack resistant member and tower
- Patent Title (中): 防裂构件和塔
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Application No.: US14244081Application Date: 2014-04-03
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Publication No.: US08959864B2Publication Date: 2015-02-24
- Inventor: Bill Damon Johnston , George Albert Goller , Colwyn Sayers
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC
- Main IPC: E04G23/02
- IPC: E04G23/02 ; E04B1/92 ; E04H12/08 ; E04H12/00

Abstract:
A crack-resistant member for preventing crack propagation, a method of preventing crack propagation, and method of assembly a tower are provided. The crack-resistant member includes at least one insert attached to at least one removed portion at a predetermined location along a girth weld and adjacent a heat affected zone of the tower. The at least one insert is positioned perpendicular to a weld direction and intersecting the girth weld. The at least one insert prevents crack propagation in the girth weld of the tower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140208676A1 CRACK RESISTANT MEMBER AND TOWER Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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