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Title: Tapered structure construction

Abstract

Feeding stock used to form a tapered structure into a curving device such that each point on the stock undergoes rotational motion about a peak location of the tapered structure; and the stock meets a predecessor portion of stock along one or more adjacent edges.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Keystone Tower Systems, Inc., Westminster, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1245598
Patent Number(s):
9302303
Application Number:
13/623,817
Assignee:
Keystone Tower Systems, Inc. (Westminster, CO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL B21B - ROLLING OF METAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL B21C - MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0006380
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Sep 20
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

Citation Formats

Smith, Eric D., Takata, Rosalind K., Slocum, Alexander H., and Nayfeh, Samir A. Tapered structure construction. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Smith, Eric D., Takata, Rosalind K., Slocum, Alexander H., & Nayfeh, Samir A. Tapered structure construction. United States.
Smith, Eric D., Takata, Rosalind K., Slocum, Alexander H., and Nayfeh, Samir A. Tue . "Tapered structure construction". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245598.
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patent-application, April 2010