Patent ID: 6455131
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B32B,E01D,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
A modular fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite deck module, comprising:a composite cellular key component defining a shape and having an internal space, made of two or more layers of multi-axial fiber reinforced fabric adhered together by a resin matrix, said layers of fabric being continuous throughout the entire shape of said composite cellular key component; a composite cellular receiving component having a top side, a bottom side, and an extensive bonding surface, made of two or more layers of multi-axial fiber reinforced fabric adhered together by a resin matrix, said layers of fabric being continuous throughout the entire shape of said composite cellular receiving component, wherein said extensive bonding surface corresponds to said shape of said composite cellular key component; and a means for interlocking said composite cellular key component with said composite cellular receiving component along said extensive bonding surface of said composite cellular receiving component such that said composite cellular key component fits within said composite cellular receiving component and said top side of said composite cellular receiving component has an extension that extends from said composite cellular receiving component such that when interlocked with said composite cellular key component, said extension of said top side is parallel to and in contact with a top side of said composite cellular key component, and said bottom side of said composite cellular receiving component has an extension that extends from said composite cellular receiving component such that when interlocked with said composite cellular key component, said extension of said bottom side is parallel to and in contact with a bottom side of said composite cellular key component.