Patents by Inventor Evan J. Gerbo

Evan J. Gerbo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adjustable bolted steel plate connection
    Patent number: 10370805
    Abstract: An adjustable structural connection can be used to join steel structural elements at a range of angles and is capable of adjusting in situ to accommodate additional angles or tolerances through cold bending. Pre-bent plate or plates may be loosely fitted around steel structural elements, such that holes in the plates align with holes of the steel structural elements. Placing bolts through the aligned holes and tightening those bolts can be used to cold bend the plate or plates and conform the angle of the pre-bent plates to a different angle defined by an apex joint of two steel structural elements. Specific tightening procedures may be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: University of Notre Dame du Lac, HNTB Corporation
    Inventors: Ashley P. Thrall, Evan J. Gerbo, Theodore P. Zoli, III