Lattice truss

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528229-B2
Application number	US-201314654068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A lattice truss includes two upper beams ( 20, 53 ) and two lower beams ( 20, 53 ); an upper horizontal frame ( 21, 50 ) fixed to the two upper beams ( 20, 53 ); a lower horizontal frame ( 22, 50 ) fixed to the two lower beams ( 20, 53 ); two side frames ( 23 ) respectively connected to one of the two upper beams ( 20 ) and to one of the two lower beams ( 20 ); characterized in that the upper horizontal frame ( 21, 50 ) and, the lower horizontal frame ( 22, 50 ) are connected together by way of truss segments ( 24, 26, 35, 37, 52, 54 ) connected together in a Y shape with angles equal to one-third of the round angle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lattice truss comprising: two upper beams and two lower beams; an upper horizontal frame fixed to said two upper beams; a lower horizontal frame fixed to said two lower beams; two side frames respectively connected to one of said two upper beams and to one of said two lower beams, characterized in that said upper horizontal frame and said lower horizontal frame are connected together by way of truss segments connected together in a Y shape with angles equal to one-third of the round angle.

2. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that said two side frames are connected together by way of truss segments connected together in a Y shape with angles equal to one-third of the round angle.

3. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that said truss segments connected together in a Y shape form a plurality of hexagons.

4. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that first truss segments form part of said upper horizontal frame and second truss segments form part of said lower horizontal frame and have a length equal to L; and in that third truss segments form part of said two side frames and have a length equal to L/2.

5. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that first truss segments being part of said upper horizontal frame and second truss segments of said lower horizontal frame are connected together by way of third truss segments of length L/2.

6. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that each side, of length L, of an upper hexagon of said upper horizontal frame is connected to each side of a lower hexagon of said lower horizontal frame by way of another hexagon of length L/2.

7. The truss according to claim 1 , wherein said truss segments have a length equal to L, and further characterized in that hexagons connect to said two upper beams and to said two lower beams, perpendicular with the truss segments, the hexagons having a length comprised between ¼*L and ¾*L.

8. The truss according to claim 1 wherein said truss segments have a length equal to L, and further characterized in that the distance between said upper horizontal frame and said lower horizontal frame is equal to a square root of 3L/2.

9. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that said two side frames comprise hexagons connected together by horizontal truss segments.

10. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that said truss is part of a support structure of a suspension bridge.

11. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that said upper horizontal frame and said lower horizontal frame, equal one to the other, are mutually offset and overlapped.

12. The truss according to claim 1 characterized in that upper hexagons are connected to the lower hexagons joining ends of the truss segments, perpendicular to the side beams, of the upper horizontal frame, to ends of the truss segments, perpendicular to the side beams, of the upper horizontal frame, of a closest underlying hexagon.

13. The truss according to claim 6 characterized in that ends of sides of the upper hexagons, are connected to central ends of the lower hexagons, and central ends, of the upper hexagons, are connected to ends of sides of the lower hexagons.

14. A support system of a suspension bridge comprising a lattice truss according to claim 1 .

15. A truss comprising: two upper beams and two lower beams; an upper horizontal lattice frame fixed to said two upper beams; a lower horizontal lattice frame fixed to said two lower beams; two side lattice frames respectively connected to one of said two upper beams and to one of said two lower beams, characterized in that said upper horizontal lattice frame and said lower horizontal lattice frame comprise truss segments connected together in a Y shape with angles equal to one-third of the round angle.

16. The truss according to claim 15 characterized in that each side, of length L, of an upper hexagon belonging to said upper horizontal frame is connected to each side of a lower hexagon belonging to said lower horizontal frame by way of another hexagon of side L/2.

17. The truss according to claim 15 characterized in that said two side frames comprise hexagons connected together by horizontal truss segments.

18. A lattice truss comprising: two upper beams and two lower beams; an upper horizontal frame fixed to said two upper beams; a lower horizontal frame fixed to said two lower beams; two side frames respectively connected to one of said two upper beams and to one of said two lower beams, characterized in that said upper horizontal frame and said lower horizontal frame are connected together by way of truss segments, said side frames comprising hexagons connected together by horizontal truss segments.

19. The truss of claim 18 , wherein the upper and lower horizontal frames comprise truss segments connected together in a Y shape with angles equal to one-third of the round angle.

20. The truss of claim 18 characterized in that each side, of length L, of an upper hexagon of said upper horizontal frame is connected to each side of a lower hexagon of the lower horizontal frame by way of another hexagon of side L/2.

Assignees

• Milano Politecnico

Inventors

• Gazzola Filippo

Classifications

• E04C2003/0495

  the truss elements being located in several non-parallel surfaces · CPC title

• E04B1/19

  Three-dimensional [3D] framework structures · CPC title

• E01D6/00 Primary

  Truss-type bridges · CPC title

• E04G1/17

  Comprising essentially pre-assembled three-dimensional [3D] elements, e.g. cubic elements · CPC title

• E04C3/08

  with apertured web, e.g. with a web consisting of bar-like components; Honeycomb girders (E04C3/10, E04C3/11 take precedence) · CPC title