Abutment structures

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8938836
APP PUB NO 20140082864A1
SERIAL NO

14036864

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Abutment and bridge designs include a bridge superstructure and abutment wherein the abutment has a vertical portion of a backwall that can be fixedly joined to the end face of the bridge superstructure without an interdisposed expansion joint. A downward facing surface of the bridge superstructure can be fixedly joined to an upward facing surface of the abutment, or alternatively, a bearing pad may be disposed therebetween. The abutment may further comprise a backwall made from a plurality of panels fixedly joined to a plurality of supporting piles. The abutments and bridge superstructure may be made substantially from composite materials including recycled structural composite and other thermoplastics.

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PBC INTERNATIONAL INCP O BX5767 OXNARD CA 93031

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chandra, Vijay Fairfax Station, US 2 10
Kim, John Sang Midlothian, US 2 10

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