US 11,913,215 B2
Truss section connection region
David Krampl, Vienna (AT); Michael Matheisl, Vienna (AT); Richard Schütz, Vienna (AT); Robert Schulz, Vienna (AT); and Thomas Koukal, Neulengbach (AT)
Assigned to INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil (CH)
Appl. No. 17/434,240
Filed by INVENTIO AG, Hergiswil (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/054182
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/173753, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19159574 (EP), filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145610 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. E04C 3/08 (2006.01); E04B 1/19 (2006.01); B66B 23/00 (2006.01); E04B 1/24 (2006.01); E04B 1/58 (2006.01); E04C 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/2403 (2013.01) [B66B 23/00 (2013.01); E04C 3/08 (2013.01); E04B 1/5812 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2415 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2418 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2448 (2013.01); E04C 2003/0491 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A framework section of a framework for a passenger transport system, the framework section comprising:
at least one connection region formed on an end face of at least one of two ends of the framework section, wherein the connection region is configured to be connected to a connection region of at least one further framework section,
wherein each framework section comprises two upper chord sections and two lower chord sections which extend in a longitudinal direction of the framework section parallel to one another and are connected to one another by connecting struts to define a cuboid space,
wherein the upper chord sections and the lower chord sections comprise a tubular cross section, and
wherein, in the connection region the upper chord sections and the lower chord sections are transition from the tubular cross section into an I-shaped cross section.