Abstract: An intermediate support structure for an escalator or moving walk having a dampening device with slots formed therein allowing a supported escalator truss to be free to move laterally to accommodate lateral displacement caused by story drift during an earthquake or seismic event.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus for fixing a cargo insulation panel to a hull is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a fixing plate adhered to one face of the insulation panel, a plurality of fixing brackets protruded to the outside of the fixing plate, protruded portions of the fixing brackets being fixed by stud bolts arranged on the hull, and a coupling device configured to couple the fixing brackets to the fixing plate.

Abstract: In a process for fabricating large structures, a composite material panel is continuously pultruded in a pultrusion die assembly and cut transversely to the process direction to provide panel sections. The panel sections can be sufficiently long to extend from one end to an opposite end of the structure. The panel sections are assembled with a joint along adjacent edges using steel-to-composite and composite-to-composite joining technology. The joints can be integrated into the panel longitudinal edges, or separate joint assemblies can be fabricated. In this manner, fewer joints are required. A variety of in-plane and out-of-plane joint assemblies are provided.

Abstract: An active deck suspension system for use in marine vessels having a hull and an operator deck. A custom chassis includes pneumatic cylinders which absorb impact forces acting upon the boat hull or suspension deck, and also includes auxiliary emergency jacks. The chassis includes an upper support member which is affixed to the suspension deck, and a lower base support which is complementary to, and mates with, the bottom of the hull. The suspension deck will deflect, in a controlled manner, upon the boat encountering impact forces created by rough seas, or the like. The system includes control circuitry and constantly monitors the suspension deck to automatically compensate for load forces, and thereby provides a substantially improved occupant ride.

Abstract: An aircraft deck support system includes horizontal deck support beams connected to the aircraft's frames. Each deck support beam has a plurality of machined, generally T-shaped supports. Each T-shaped support includes either a horizontal recess or a raised surface formed in a deck support beam upper chord and a U-shaped aperture formed in a beam web. The T-shaped support matably receives a cross-support beam attachment flange perpendicularly aligned with the deck support beams. Each cross-support beam includes a web perpendicularly connected at an upper end to the attachment flange, and a stiffening flange at a web lower end. Both the web and the stiffening flange are freely suspended within the U-shaped aperture of the T-shaped support. When joined, the cross-support beam seats on the T-shaped support allowing both the cross-support beam and the deck support beam to develop maximum bending moments at a reduced structural weight.

Abstract: A deck construction for refrigerated cargo ships for tween decks in which a longitudinally-extending insulated corrugated member provides a series of alternate V-shaped longitudinally-extending channels for supply air and an intermediate series of inverted V-shaped longitudinally-extending channels for return air, and a grating mounted on the longitudinally-extending corrugated member through which grating at least some supply air may flow upwardly.

Abstract: A cooling container vessel, comprises a vessel hull with spaced apart bulkheads which define a storage space therebetween and which includes substantially vertically arranged guide frames disposed in the space at spaced locations from the bulkheads alongside a vertically elongated manifold for the supply of cooling air. A plurality of horizontally extending double-walled cargo supporting structures are engaged with the frames and are supported thereby in a horizontal position. The double-walled cargo supporting structures are provided with an interior cavity which is supplied with cooling air by a connection carried thereby which may be engaged with a connection to the manifold and include at least one wall which has openings for the flow of cooling air into the cavity of the double-walled supporting structures and outwardly through the openings in the wall thereof.