Patent ID: 8621791
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
1. A damping system for constructions having a plurality of structural elements, said system comprising: a damper; a first connection member for connecting said damper to said construction; and a second connection member for connecting said damper to said construction, wherein said damper comprises: at least two sets of first elongate members; a plurality of sets of second elongate members; at least one set of second elongate members being rotationally connected to said two sets of first elongate members, each set of second elongate members being arranged in a longitudinal direction along the two sets of first elongate members and in parallel each other; and a set of discs of damping material disposed between said first elongate members and said second elongate members for dampening rotational motion between said first elongate members and said second elongate members, wherein each of said sets of first elongate members comprises one first joint for connecting said damper to one of said connection members, said first joint being disposed at one end portion of each of said set of first elongate members, such that the first joint on one of said first sets of elongate members is arranged at an end portion opposite of the first joint on the other one of said first set of elongate members, wherein the first joint of one of said first set of elongate members is connected to said first connection member and the first joint of the other one of the first sets of elongate members is connected to said second connection member, wherein said first and second connection members connects each of the two sets of first members to said structural elements of the construction structure in second joints.