公开(公告)号：US10954685B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US17042939

申请日：2018-09-13

Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Tong Guo ,  Jishuai Wang ,  Yongsheng Song

IPC: E04H9/00 ,  E04H9/02 ,  E04B1/98

Abstract: A self-centering cable includes a restoring and energy-dissipation unit and a cable reinforcement connected to the restoring and energy-dissipation unit by a connecting unit. The restoring and energy-dissipation unit includes an outer trough, an axial tube provided in an opening at the upper end of the outer trough, two inverted U-shaped mild steel members provided side by side and fixedly mounted in the outer trough, an axial pallet sandwiched between and fixedly connected to the two inverted U-shaped mild steel members, and a disc spring set provided in the outer trough and sleeved onto the axial tube. The cable reinforcement includes a tensile reinforcement penetrating into a reinforcement bottom connector and a reinforcement top connector. The reinforcement bottom connector is connected to the axial tube, the top end connector, connected to the reinforcement top connector, and a bottom end connector are connected to a structure to be reinforced.

公开(公告)号：US11242908B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16612403

申请日：2018-08-24

Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Tong Guo ,  Ruizhao Zhu

IPC: F16F13/00 ,  F16F15/02 ,  E04B1/98 ,  E04H9/02 ,  E01D19/00

Abstract: Disclosed is a self-centering viscous damper with pre-pressed ring springs. The self-centering viscous damper with pre-pressed ring springs comprises a first inner cylinder, a second inner cylinder, a third inner cylinder, an outer cylinder, a first end cover, a second end cover, a piston, a piston rod, a ring spring, a first connector, a second connector, a first linking nut, a second linking nut, a first outer cover, a second outer cover, a first end and a second end. Due to the interaction between the inner and outer cylinders, the ring springs are further pressed whether a damper is tensioned or pressed. The ring springs have been applied with pre-pressure which overcomes a frictional force and a restoring force when the ring springs are in an initial equilibrium position.