US Patent Issued on June 24 for "Replaceable and fatigue-avoided orthotropic plate structure and replacing method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,589, issued on June 24.

"Replaceable and fatigue-avoided orthotropic plate structure and replacing method thereof" was invented by Bing Cui (Beijing), Canhui Zhao (Nanjing, China), Huanling Wu (Nanjing, China), Zhiming Guo (Chengdu, China) and Liang Tang (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replaceable and fatigue-avoided orthotropic plate structure includes a plurality of U rib components detachably arranged. The U rib component includes a U rib. The upper end of the U rib is fixedly connected to the roof plate in a non-welded manner. A replacing method includes that when a structural abnormality is detected in a target ...