公开(公告)号：US20240263451A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18638957

申请日：2024-04-18

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Zsolt Hormay ,  Philip J. Jackson ,  Tammy Tosounian ,  Robert W. Jewell ,  Angela M. Orovets ,  Robert Pontrelli ,  Maeis Heshmati

IPC: E04C5/16 ,  E04C5/18 ,  E04F13/04 ,  E04G21/12

CPC classification number: E04C5/163 ,  E04C5/16 ,  E04C5/167 ,  E04C5/168 ,  E04C5/18 ,  E04G21/122 ,  E04F13/047

Abstract: Rebar-based support assemblies that can be fabricated without the need for on-site welding. The assemblies include a number of differing sized and shaped crimps used in place of welds to provide rebar assembly-to-rebar assembly connections. In some examples, a crimp for mechanically joining rebar for use in a support system for a physical structure includes a body with at least two recessed surfaces each configured for receiving a respective first and second piece of rebar; and a pair of spaced-apart arms at least partially enclosing an interior space of the body including the at least two recessed surfaces, a first tip and a second tip of the respective spaced-apart arms each defining a respective first and second opening to the interior space, in a first configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230175261A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17541001

申请日：2021-12-02

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Zsolt Hormay ,  Philip J. Jackson ,  Tammy Tosounian ,  Robert W. Jewell ,  Angela M. Orovets ,  Robert Pontrelli ,  Maeis Heshmati

IPC: E04C5/16

CPC classification number: E04C5/163 ,  E04F13/047

Abstract: Rebar-based support assemblies that can be fabricated without the need for on-site welding. The assemblies include a number of differing sized and shaped crimps used in place of welds to provide rebar assembly-to-rebar assembly connections. Each crimp mechanically couples two or three pieces of rebar together, such as a border bar of one rebar assembly to a border bar of an adjacent rebar assembly. Each crimp includes a body with two or more arcuate recessed surfaces each for receiving a piece of rebar. In a first configuration of the crimp, a pair of spaced-apart arms (or extending members) extend from the body and define an opening through which the rebar is passed and set into the recessed surfaces. A deformation force is applied upon the two arms to deform the body into a second configuration with the arms in abutting contact or nearly so at an outer tip or end.

公开(公告)号：US11987982B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17541001

申请日：2021-12-02

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Zsolt Hormay ,  Philip J. Jackson ,  Tammy Tosounian ,  Robert W. Jewell ,  Angela M. Orovets ,  Robert Pontrelli ,  Maeis Heshmati

IPC: E04C5/16 ,  E04C5/18 ,  E04G21/12 ,  E04F13/04

CPC classification number: E04C5/163 ,  E04C5/16 ,  E04C5/167 ,  E04C5/168 ,  E04C5/18 ,  E04G21/122 ,  E04F13/047

Abstract: Rebar-based support assemblies that can be fabricated without the need for on-site welding. The assemblies include a number of differing sized and shaped crimps used in place of welds to provide rebar assembly-to-rebar assembly connections. Each crimp mechanically couples two or three pieces of rebar together, such as a border bar of one rebar assembly to a border bar of an adjacent rebar assembly. Each crimp includes a body with two or more arcuate recessed surfaces each for receiving a piece of rebar. In a first configuration of the crimp, a pair of spaced-apart arms (or extending members) extend from the body and define an opening through which the rebar is passed and set into the recessed surfaces. A deformation force is applied upon the two arms to deform the body into a second configuration with the arms in abutting contact or nearly so at an outer tip or end.