Patent ID: 11879264
Assignee: KINETICA DYNAMICS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 0:
1. An assembly for installation in a building structure for damping vibrations caused by a lateral load applied to the building structure, the assembly comprising:
a first connecting element for connecting the assembly to a first element of the building structure and a second connecting element for connecting the assembly to a second element of the building structure, the assembly further comprising a damping element, the damping element comprising first and second sets of plates, the first set of plates of the damping element connected to the first connecting element and the second set of plates of the damping element connected to the second connecting element, the plates of the first set interdigitated with the plates of the second set with a damping material disposed between the plates thus interdigitated,
the assembly comprising a plurality of slots in the first connecting element and a plurality of bolt holes in a cover plate connected to the second connecting element, with a bolt passing through each corresponding slot and bolt hole,
wherein each bolt is displaceable along a length of its corresponding slot in response to an increase in shear deformation of the damping material, and at a maximum displacement the bolt engages an inner wall of its corresponding slot to prevent a further increase in shear deformation of the damping material.