Patent ID: 11866956
Assignee: nan
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  A  B  F | IPC A  B  E  F

Claim 0:
1. A force limiting and energy dissipating device and mechanism for limiting forces and dissipating energy during movement between a first structural member and a second structural member, the device comprising:
a first anchor for securement to the first structural member;
a second anchor for securement to the second structural member;
a resistively and resiliently deformable elastoplastically yielding flexural member having a first region and a second region spaced from the first region, the first and second regions being located respectively at the first anchor and the second anchor, whereby the first anchor secures the first region to the first structural member so that the first region is able to move with the first structural member relative to the second region and second structural member during a seismic event, and the second anchor and the second region are configured to allow translation or translation and rotation of the second region relative to the second anchor during oscillatory displacement of the first structural member relative the second structural member, the movement of the first region with the first structural member and the translation or translation and rotation of the second region relative to the second anchor allowing the resistively and resiliently deformable elastoplastically yielding flexural member to elastoplastically flexurally displace and yield such that a constant resistive yield force is maintained between the first and second structural members.