F-Term-List

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AA00
EXTERNAL INFLUENCE FROM WHICH BUILDINGS ARE PROTECTED

AA01

AA03

AA05

AA07

AA08

AA09

AA10

. Earthquakes

. Snow or freezing

. Wind

. Water damages e.g. heavy rains floods or tsunami

. . Waterproof plates

. . . Automatic devices

. . . Hand-driven devices

AA11

AA13

AA15

AA17

AA19

. Lightning

. Sinking of the ground

. Fires

. Traffic vibrations or other microvibrations excluding earthquakes or wind

. Sounds

AA21

AA23

AA25

AA28

AA30

. Electromagnetic waves or radio waves

. Radiation

. Explosion

. Other extraordinary natural phenomena or natural disasters

. Other human influences

AB00
CHARACTERISTIC PURPOSE

AB01

AB03

AB04

AB06

AB08

AB10

. Design procedure or performance evaluations

. Improving workability or power saving

. . using standardised members

. Energy or electricity saving capabilities

. Measures against power failures

. Fail-safes or safety devices against failures or the like

AB11

AB13

AB14

AB16

AB18

AB20

. Miniaturisation; Space saving

. Maintainability

. . facilitating replacement of components

. characterised by detecting means e.g. sensors

. characterised by informing means e.g. alarms

. Safety of the ground or foundations

AB21

AB22

AB23

AB24

AB25

AB26

. for escape

. . Shelters

. . . movable

. . . provided outdoors

. . . provided indoors

. . . . reinforcing or protecting a part of rooms

AC00
STRUCTURE TO BE PROTECTED

AC01

AC02

AC03

AC04

AC06

AC08

AC10

. Use of structures

. . Residential buildings

. . . Housing complexes

. . . Detached houses

. . Commercial buildings

. . Public buildings

. . Warehouses or parking buildings

AC12

AC14

AC16

AC17

AC19

AC20

. . Factories or industrial buildings

. . Works e.g. chimneys or poles

. . Tower-like structures

. . . Steel towers

. . Other building structures

. . Civil engineering or marine structures

AC21

AC22

AC23

AC24

AC26

AC27

AC28

AC29

. Kinds of structures

. . wooden

. . . Framework structures

. . . Panel or wall structures

. . Concrete structures e.g. RC

. . . Steel-framed concrete structures e.g. SRC or CFT

. . . Precast concrete structures

. . . Prestressed concrete structures

AC32

AC33

AC35

AC37

AC40

. . Metal structures

. . . Steel structures

. . Masonry constructions e.g. brick constructions or block constructions

. . Sheet structures e.g. tents

. . Combining one or more structures

AC41

AC42

AC43

AC45

AC46

AC47

AC49

. Special structures

. . Large buildings

. . . High-rise or super high-rise buildings

. . . having huge frames e.g. columns beams or slabs

. . . . Cores and large beams e.g. hat trusses or girders

. . . . having huge columns and beams or megastructures

. . . having the artificial ground

AC53

AC54

AC55

. . . Large span structures

. . . . Dome structures

. . . . Suspension roof structures

AC61

AC62

AC63

AC64

AC65

AC66

AC67

AC68

AC69

. characterised by the shapes of structures

. . characterised by the planes

. . . having large floor areas

. . . having special planar shapes

. . . cylindrical or tubular

. . . having cores or bearing walls

. . . . characterised by the arrangement of cores

. . . . characterised by the arrangement of bearing walls

. . . . using bearing walls of special structures

AC72

AC73

AC75

AC76

AC80

. . characterised by cross sections

. . . Buildings having larger aspect ratios than those of planes

. . . concentrating deformation on particular layers

. . . . having flexible structures at the bottom layers

. Plural structures

AD00
CHARACTERISTIC WORKING METHOD; CHARACTERISTIC ARRANGEMENT OF PROTECTOR

AD01

AD03

AD04

AD07

AD08

AD10

. characterised by working methods for structures per se to be protected

. characterised by working methods for mounting protectors on structures

. . characterised by mounting construction methods to existing buildings

. characterised by the arrangement of protectors excluding seismic isolators or vibration control devices

. . characterised by installation layers

. . characterised by planar arrangement

BA00
VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE OTHER THAN ADDITIONAL WEIGHT, E.G. DAMPER

BA01

BA02

BA03

BA04

BA05

BA06

BA07

BA08

BA10

. Kinds of dampers including those as attached to additional weights

. . Elasto-plastic dampers or hysteretic dampers

. . . Lead dampers

. . . Steel material dampers

. . . . rod-like or wire-like excluding section steel materials

. . . . plate-like; Section steel materials

. . . . block-like; Masses

. . . . using low yield point steels

. . Magnetic or electromagnetic dampers

BA12

BA14

BA15

BA16

BA17

BA19

BA20

. . Cylindrical dampers e.g. oil dampers

. . Viscous or viscoelastic dampers excluding cylindrical dampers

. . . inserting plates or the like into containers filled with viscous fluids or the like

. . . providing viscoelastic bodies or the like between members

. . . . having sheet-like viscoelastic bodies or the like

. . Friction dampers

. . . Friction plates

BA22

BA23

BA24

BA26

BA27

BA30

. . Elastic members

. . . Rubbers in one piece

. . . Springs excluding those connected to additional weights

. . Shock dampers collision dampers or impact dampers

. . . Granular shock dampers or particle dampers

. . Other dampers

BA31

BA32

BA34

BA36

. Characteristic features of functions constitutions or the like of dampers

. . damping up-and-down movements

. . controlling torsional deformation of structures

. . controlling bending deformation of structures

BA42

BA44

BA45

BA46

BA48

BA50

. . using wire-like members arranged in structures

. . Characteristic features of passive types or passive behaviours

. . . Characteristic features of initial setting or changing or conditioning damping forces

. . . Damping forces or rigidity automatically changing in response to displacement or the like

. . providing additional dampers to additional weights

. . incorporating two or more kinds of dampers

BA51

BA52

BA53

BA54

BA56

. using power or power sources excluding additional weights

. . Variable structure types or semi-active types

. . . Variable damping types

. . . Variable rigidity types

. . controlling structures directly by actuators or the like

BA62

BA63

BA64

BA66

BA68

. . Hybrid types

. . . Active-passive switching or combination types

. . . installing active and passive types simultaneously

. . characterised by control rules

. . avoiding resonance with periods of earthquakes

BB00
VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE USING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT, E.G. MASS DAMPER

BB01

BB02

BB03

BB04

BB05

BB07

BB09

BB10

. Kinds of additional weights mass bodies or masses

. . Solids

. . Liquids or sloshing dampers

. . . characterised by the shapes of the liquid containers

. . . . having U-shape cross sections

. . having other usage

. . installing plural additional weights

. . . stacked vertically including nestling or the like

BB11

BB12

BB13

BB14

BB16

BB18

BB20

. Supporting means for additional weights

. . Rolling

. . . Balls or spheres

. . . Cylindrical rollers or wheels

. . Sliding

. . Permanent ways or rails

. . Screw feed or ball screws

BB22

BB23

BB24

BB26

BB27

BB28

. . Elastic members

. . . Rubbers

. . . . Laminated rubbers

. . . Springs

. . . . Tension springs arranged in the horizontal direction

. . . . . characterised by mounting structure of springs

BB32

BB33

BB34

BB36

BB37

BB40

. . Suspensions or pendulums including inverted pendulums

. . . supporting at a single point

. . . supporting at multiple points

. . supporting additional weights rotatably

. . . Gyroscope types

. . Other supporting means

BB41

BB42

BB43

BB45

BB47

BB49

. Objects to be controlled by additional weights

. . Horizontal shakes

. . . in two directions

. . Torsion

. . Bending

. . Vertical movement

BB51

BB52

BB53

BB55

BB56

BB57

BB58

. using or not using powers or power sources

. . without using power or power sources or passive types

. . . Dynamic dampers e.g. solid additional dampers

. . using powers or power sources e.g. active types or AMD

. . . Active-passive combination types or hybrid types

. . . synchronising natural frequencies of additional weights with those of buildings

. . . characterised by control rules

BC00
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL WEIGHT

BC01

BC02

BC04

BC06

BC08

. improving damper effects by amplifying deformation

. . by linkages

. Preventing deflection

. Preventing excessive deformation torsion or the like of devices

. Preventing collisions or shocks at the time of displacement

BC11

BC12

BC13

BC15

BC16

BC17

BC18

BC19

BC20

. characterised by setting natural frequencies of additional weights

. . adding springs for conditioning

. . changing weights for conditioning

. Using sensors

. . Installation positions for sensors

. . . incorporated into vibration control devices

. . . in structures excluding foundations

. . . on the ground or on foundations

. . . in wide areas or plural structures

BD00
OBJECT TO WHICH A VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE IS MOUNTED

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BD02

BD03

BD04

BD06

BD07

BD08

. characterised by members to which vibration control devices are mounted

. . to columns or beams

. . . attached to columns or beams

. . . to joints of columns or beams

. . to puncheons

. . . in the middle of puncheons

. . . between puncheons and beams

BD12

BD13

BD14

BD15

BD16

BD18

. . to diagonal members

. . . in the form of braces or bracings

. . . . slash-like

. . . . X-shapes

. . . . V-shapes or inverted V-shapes

. . . in the form of strut or knee braces

BD22

BD23

BD24

BD26

. . to walls

. . . between walls and beams or between walls and columns

. . . between upper and lower walls or between right and left walls

. . on floors or ceilings

BD31

BD32

BD33

BD34

BD35

BD36

BD38

BD40

. characterised by installation positions in structures

. . characterised by arrangements on cross sections

. . . on roofs rooftops or top floors

. . . between foundations and bottoms

. . . on seismic isolation layers being separated from seismic isolators

. . . on plural layers

. . characterised by planar arrangements

. . among units

BD41

BD46

BD49

BD50

. between structures and the ground excluding seismic isolation layers

. arranging plural kinds of dampers separately

. connecting plural structures

. . connecting accessory buildings to main buildings

CA00
KIND OF MECHANISM OF SEISMIC ISOLATION BEARING

CA01

CA02

CA03

CA04

CA06

CA07

CA08

CA10

. Rubbers

. . Laminated rubbers

. . . with layers partially penetrated

. . . characterised by materials or manufacturing processes of laminated rubbers

. Springs

. . Metal springs

. . Gas springs or pneumatic springs

. Suspensions

CA11

CA12

CA13

CA14

CA16

CA18

. Rolling

. . Cylindrical rollers

. . Spherical bodies

. . . having multiple pellets

. . having permanent ways or rails

. . rolling on curved surfaces

CA21

CA22

CA23

CA24

CA26

CA28

CA30

. Sliding

. . having curved sliding surfaces

. . having permanent ways or rails

. . characterised by materials of sliding surfaces

. floating in fluids

. floating structures by magnetic or electromagnetic forces

. Other seismic isolation mechanisms

CB00
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF SEISMIC ISOLATION BEARING

CB01

CB03

CB04

CB05

CB07

CB08

. Seismic isolation in the vertical direction including three dimensional seismic isolation

. of displacement of structures

. . Devices for restricting displacement or devices for preventing overturning

. . Devices for restoring displacement or restoring elastic bodies

. Locking trigger or starting devices for seismic isolation mechanisms

. . against wind

CB11

CB13

CB15

CB18

CB19

CB20

. having fire-resistant coatings

. having dustproof functions

. incorporating damping mechanisms internally

. using two or more kinds of seismic isolation mechanisms

. . using plural kinds of seismic isolation mechanisms separately

. . using plural kinds of seismic isolation mechanisms integrally

CC00
MOUNTING SEISMIC ISOLATION BEARING

CC01

CC02

CC03

CC05

CC07

CC08

CC10

. characterised by mounting positions or arrangements

. . between foundations and superstructure

. . . between piles and superstructures

. . in the middle of columns

. . in mid-stories or mid-story seismic isolation

. . . characterised by upper or lower story structures

. . characterised by planar arrangements of seismic isolation bearings

CC11

CC13

CC15

CC17

. characterised by mounting seismic isolation bearings

. characterised by frames of structures to which seismic isolation bearings are mounted

. mounting to existing structures e.g. retrofit

. Methods for replacing seismic isolation bearings

DA00
KIND OR FUNCTION OF MEANS AFFORDING PROTECTION AGAINST SNOW

DA01

DA02

DA03

DA04

DA06

DA07

DA08

. Melting snow

. . using heaters

. . . Wire heaters

. . . Planar heaters to which electric currents are conducted by electrodes

. . using sealed heating media pipes

. . . Liquid heating media

. . . Gaseous heating media

DA12

DA13

. . using warm air or hot air

. . . blasting hot air or the like directly to snow

DA22

DA23

DA24

DA25

DA26

DA28

DA29

DA30

. . sprinkling water to snow

. . . characterised by water sources or storage

. . . . Ground water

. . . . Warm water

. . . . reusing snow-melting water

. . . Types of sprinkling water

. . . . from pipes arranged for melting snow

. . . . discharged from ridge sides

DA32

DA33

DA34

DA36

DA38

DA40

. . Characteristic features of heat sources

. . . using waste heat or the like

. . . . Indoor warm air

. . . Solar energy or solar cells

. . . Geothermal heat

. . . Boilers including hot water suppliers

DA43

DA50

. . . Power sources

. . . using plural heat sources

DA51

DA53

DA54

DA56

DA58

DA59

. Snow removal or mechanical elimination of snow

. Slipping snow or facilitating slipping of snow

. . by special surface materials e.g. coatings

. Preventing accretion of snow

. Preventing avalanche

. . Avalanche prevention fences or nets affording protection

DA61

DA63

DA64

DA66

DA68

. Preventing snow cornice

. Preventing freezing

. . preventing suga or ice leaking or leakages caused by ice on roofs

. Measures against icicles

. Measures against snow storms

DB00
OBJECT ON WHICH PROTECTION AGAINST SNOW IS INSTALLED OR TYPE THEREOF

DB01

DB02

DB03

DB04

DB05

DB07

DB08

DB09

DB10

. Roofs

. . Shapes thereof

. . . Flat roofs

. . . Inclined roofs

. . . . Tiled roofs

. . Types of installation

. . . incorporating snow-melting devices into roofing materials or the like

. . . mounting snow-melting devices on roofing materials or the like

. . . installing snow-melting devices on rear surfaces or lower sides of roofing materials or the like

DB12

DB13

DB14

DB15

DB16

DB17

. . Objects on which protectors are installed

. . . on entire surfaces of roofs

. . . near ridges

. . . near verges or saddle sides

. . . near eaves

. . . . Troughs

DB21

DB23

DB24

DB25

DB27

DB29

. Walls

. Windows or openings

. . incorporating protection materials into opening members

. . mounting protection materials outside the openings

. Entrance or accessory building floors

. Sunrooms or greenhouses

DC00
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF MEANS AFFORDING PROTECTION AGAINST SNOW

DC01

DC02

DC03

DC04

DC06

DC08

. characterised by control of means affording protection

. . starting means affording protection

. . . using timers

. . . in response to external circumstances e.g. accumulated snow depth or snowfall

. . switching objects bearing snow to be melted

. . characterised by controlling temperatures

DC11

DC12

DC13

DC14

DC16

DC17

DC18

DC20

. using sensors

. . Objects to be detected by sensors

. . . Snow moisture or ice

. . . . Accumulated snow depth

. . . Temperatures

. . . . External temperatures

. . . . Surface temperatures of objects to be protected.

. . . characterised by the combinations of plural kinds of sensors

DC22

DC23

DC25

DC26

DC27

DC30

. . Positions for installing sensors

. . . in means affording protection per se

. . . on objects to be protected

. . . . on roof surfaces

. . . . in eaves edge parts

. . . arranging the same kinds of sensors in plural places

2E139	BUILDINGS ADAPTED TO WITHSTAND ABNORMAL EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
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