Patents Assigned to Railway Technical Institute
  • Method for seismically reinforcing a reinforced concrete frame
    Patent number: 6698053
    Abstract: A reinforced concrete frame is seismically reinforced by cutting a main reinforcement bar of a reinforced concrete member so as to shift a failure property of the reinforced concrete member from a shear failure preceding type to a bending failure preceding type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignees: Obayashi Corporation, Railway Technical Institute
    Inventors: Hajime Ouchi, Motoyuki Okano, Hajime Wakui, Nobuyuki Mastsumoto, Masamichi Sogabe, Hiroyuki Arita