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:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Keystone Tower Systems, Inc., Westminster, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1502476
- Patent Number(s):
- 10195653
- Application Number:
- 14/978,175
- Assignee:
- Keystone Tower Systems, Inc. (Westminster, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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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: 2015 Dec 22
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Smith, Eric D., Takata, Rosalind K., Slocum, Alexander H., and Nayfeh, Samir A. Tapered structure construction. United States: N. p., 2019.
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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/1502476.
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