Patents by Inventor Kyle Aaron Turner

Kyle Aaron Turner 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).

  • Sacrificial energy dissipation mechanism
    Patent number: 10253837
    Abstract: Structural devices for energy dissipation can be designed to provide asymmetrical responses to cyclic axial loading. The energy dissipation devices can be designed to provide a known or predictable response to tensile loading, along with a different known or predictable response to compressive loading. The devices may include a filament which bears a portion of both tensile and compressive loads and a bracing device which provides lateral support to the filament to prevent buckling. Interlocks or a similar restraining mechanism can be used to resist part of either a compressive or tensile load. These components can be configured in such a manner as to provide an asymmetric response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: STRUCTURAL FUSE, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Douglas Smith, Kyle Aaron Turner
  • SACRIFICIAL ENERGY DISSIPATION MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160040739
    Abstract: Structural devices for energy dissipation can be designed to provide asymmetrical responses to cyclic axial loading. The energy dissipation devices can be designed to provide a known or predictable response to tensile loading, along with a different known or predictable response to compressive loading. The devices may include a filament which bears a portion of both tensile and compressive loads and a bracing device which provides lateral support to the filament to prevent buckling. Interlocks or a similar restraining mechanism can be used to resist part of either a compressive or tensile load. These components can be configured in such a manner as to provide an asymmetric response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Douglas Smith, Kyle Aaron Turner