Patents Assigned to Hardcore Composites, Ltd.
  • Composite reinforced structures
    Patent number: 5505030
    Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and process for the reinforcing of concrete, wood, or steel columns, beams, or structures. The apparatus includes pre-made reinforcing layers constructed of engineering materials having a high tensile strength and a high modulus that are attached, via an adhesive, or fitted to the element in question to create a reinforcing shell exoskeleton thus increasing the column's compressive, shear, bending, ductility, and/or seismic load carrying capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Hardcore Composites, Ltd.
    Inventors: William W. Michalcewiz, George C. Tunis, III, Rikard K. Haraldsson, Brock J. Vinton