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

Claim 6:
7. A building structure including first and second elements extending from a ground surface with the first element connected to the second element by a coupling member, the coupling member comprising a first connecting element connected to the first element and a second connecting element connected to the second element, the coupling member further comprising a damping element for damping vibrations in the building structure, 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 coupling member 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.