Patent ID: 8966692
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B21D,B29C,B32B,E01D,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A structural assembly for a bridge, the assembly comprising: a support frame including a first girder and second girder substantially aligned with a longitudinal direction, the first girder and the second girder being laterally spaced apart from each other; and a bridge deck including a vacuum infused composite structural panel supported by and extending between the first girder and the second girder, the panel including: wherein the bottom reinforced fibre layer is adapted to engage the entire surface of the bottom infusion medium layer, the bottom infusion medium layer is adapted to engage the entire surface of the wood core, the wood core is adapted to engage a top infusion medium layer, the top infusion medium layer is adapted to engage the top reinforced fibre layer, and the potting material impregnates, surrounds and encases the reinforced fibre layers, the infusion medium layers, and the wood core; and wherein the wood core comprises a plurality of wood beam elements wherein the wood beam elements are adapted adjacently and engagingly to each other and are aligned parallel to each other, and, each wood beam element has a longitudinal axis that runs parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first girder and the second girder.