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Joint element for a pneumatic structural element according to the prior art, comprising a sleeve,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, a compression member, two tension members and two spherical caps. In each case one joint element is fitted for the spherical caps such that an opening accommodates the spherical cap.
The joint elements serve for introducing tensile and compressive forces, in a manner free of bending moments, into the pneumatic structural element, the compressive forces being absorbed by the compression member and the tensile forces being absorbed by the tension members. The joint element has holes for fastening the compression member with a screw, on the one hand, and holes for accommodating the tension members, on the other hand.
The symmetrical arrangement of the holes ensures that the vectors of bearing forces and of the tensile and compressive forces in the joint element added together give zero and, furthermore, the bending moments occur symmetrically in relation to the compression members. Configuring the joint element as a plate ensures that torques are neither introduced from the outside nor diverted to the outside.
Joint elements for non-pneumatic structural elements are known per se,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, for example going by the name of MERO systems. The task of these joint elements is to introduce tensile and compressive forces, in a manner free of bending moments, into framework structures. A pneumatic structural element is known, for example, from European Patent Application 01 903 559.1 of the same inventor. The operation of connecting the structural element described in this document to a joint using known means,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, however, is not without problems since bending moments produced from the reaction to bearing pressure cannot be completely avoided without excessive outlay in respect of auxiliary structural means.
The object of the present invention is to provide a joint element which allows the tensile, compressive and bearing forces to be brought together without the occurrence of local bending moments and which, furthermore, also allows the bearing forces to be introduced into known and conventional structural elements.
The solution to the set object is represented, in respect of its fundamental features, in the characterizing part of Patent claim and, in respect of further advantageous embodiments,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, in the subsequent patent claims.
A third exemplary embodiment of the joint element according to the invention is illustrated. It is provided for a pneumatic structural element with a plurality of--in this case eight--compression members, by way of example, two tension members per compression member. The plate here is designed as a round flange with a large opening for the spherical cap of the pneumatic structural element. The flange contains, in accordance with the number of compression members, holes for the screws 15 for fastening the compression members. In accordance with the number of tension members per compression member, the flange contains holes for fastening the tension members.
Node Element For Pneumatic Components