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Granted Patent B2
US 12,442,187 · App. 18/729,733 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Truss structure member having assembly hole and structure using same

Inventor: Byung Sue Ryu (Seoul, KR)
E04C3/08E04C2003/0413E04C2003/0486
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Patent No.
US 12,442,187
App. No.
18/729,733
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a truss structure member having an assembly hole with a tapered extension portion and a structure using same, and provides a truss structure member and a structure, the truss structure member being capable of enabling a truss structure member and a truss structure member or a truss structure member and a connection member to be firmly fastened to each other without clearance even when a gap is generated between a fastening tool and the assembly hole.

Claims (23)

1. A truss structure member having an assembly hole with a tapered extension portion, the truss structure member comprising:

a flange portion ( 111 );

an assembly hole ( 112 ); and

a tapered extension portion ( 113 ),

wherein the truss structure members are formed in bar shapes so as to be coupled to each other to form a truss structure having a predetermined form, the flange portion ( 111 ) having a flat structure is formed in at least one of opposite ends of the truss structure member, the assembly hole ( 112 ) through which a fastening tool ( 140 ) passes is formed in the flange portion ( 111 ), and the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) is formed around the assembly hole ( 112 ),

wherein the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) has a ring structure extending around the assembly hole ( 112 ), and has a sectional surface shaped to protrude with an inclination from vicinity of the assembly hole ( 112 ) toward an inside of the assembly hole ( 112 ) so as to be an overall conical shape, in which an inclined outer surface ( 113 a ) of the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) comes in close contact with an inclined inner surface ( 113 b ) of a tapered extension portion ( 113 ) formed on another truss structure member ( 110 ), so that the truss structure members ( 110 ) are coupled to each other in a structure without clearance while the tapered extension portions ( 113 ) of the truss structure members ( 110 ) coupled to each other are overlapped with each other to form a truss structure.

2. A structure comprising:

a plurality of truss structure members,

wherein each of the plurality of truss structure members comprises:

a flange portion ( 111 );

an assembly hole ( 112 ); and

a tapered extension portion ( 113 ),

wherein the truss structure members are formed in bar shapes so as to be coupled to each other to form a truss structure having a predetermined form, the flange portion ( 111 ) having a flat structure is formed in at least one of opposite ends of the truss structure member, the assembly hole ( 112 ) through which a fastening tool ( 140 ) passes is formed in the flange portion ( 111 ), and the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) is formed around the assembly hole ( 112 ),

wherein the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) has a ring structure extending around the assembly hole ( 112 ), and has a sectional surface shaped to protrude with an inclination from vicinity of the assembly hole ( 112 ) toward an inside of the assembly hole ( 112 ) so as to be an overall conical shape, in which an inclined outer surface ( 113 a ) of the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) comes in close contact with an inclined inner surface ( 113 b ) of a tapered extension portion ( 113 ) formed on another truss structure member ( 110 ), so that the truss structure members ( 110 ) are coupled to each other in a structure without clearance while the tapered extension portions ( 113 ) of the truss structure members ( 110 ) coupled to each other are overlapped with each other to form a truss structure,

wherein the plurality of truss structure members are coupled to each other to form a predetermined shape.

3. The structure of claim 2 , further comprising:

a first support member ( 120 ) formed in a center thereof with a hole ( 121 ) through which a fastening tool ( 140 ) passes, formed in a center of one side thereof with a support groove ( 122 ) recessed in a conical shape to form an inclined first corresponding surface ( 123 ) to come into close contact with an inclined outer surface ( 113 a ) of the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) so as to be formed continuously with the hole ( 121 ), and disposed on a side surface of the flange portion ( 111 ) so that the tapered extension portion ( 113 ) is inserted into the support groove ( 122 ); and

a second support member ( 130 ) formed in a center thereof with a hole ( 131 ) through which the fastening tool ( 140 ) passes, formed in a cone shape to include an inclined second corresponding surface ( 132 ) to come into close contact with an inclined inner surface ( 113 b ) of the tapered extension portion ( 113 ), and disposed on a side surface of the flange portion ( 111 ) so that the second corresponding surface ( 132 ) comes into close contact with the inner surface ( 113 b ) of the tapered extension portion ( 113 ).

4. The structure of claim 3 , wherein the fastening tool ( 140 ) includes a bolt ( 141 ) and a nut ( 142 ), and one of the first support member ( 120 ) and the second support member ( 130 ) is integrally formed with a head of the bolt ( 141 ), and an opposite one is integrally formed with the nut ( 142 ).

5. The structure of claim 2 , further comprising:

a connection member ( 150 ) including at least two flat surfaces ( 151 ) inclined in different directions, in which each of the flat surfaces ( 151 ) is integrally formed thereon with a screw pillar ( 152 ) passing through the assembly hole ( 112 ) of the truss structure member ( 110 ) so as to be fastened to a nut ( 142 ), so that the connection member connects at least two truss structure members to each other.

6. The structure of claim 5 , wherein wherein the two flat surfaces ( 151 ) are symmetrical with respect to a center of the connection member ( 150 ).

7. The structure of claim 5 , wherein the connection member ( 150 ) includes three flat surfaces ( 151 ), in which the three flat surfaces ( 151 ) are positioned on sides of a triangle, respectively.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0007043 · Jan 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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