US 20020166296A1

(19) United States

(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2002/0166296 A1
Kim (43) Pub. Date: NOV. 14, 2002

(54) DIRECTIONAL ROLLING PENDULUM Publication Classi?cation

SEISMIC ISOLATION SYSTEMS AND
ROLLER ASSEMBLY THEREFOR (51) Int. Cl? .............................. .. E04B 1/98; E04H 9/02
(52) US. Cl. ..................... .. 52/167.5;52/167.1;52/1674
(76) Inventor: Jae Kwan Kim, Seoul (KR)
Correspondence Address: (57) ABSTRACT
Mark G. Kachigian, Head, Johnson &
Kachigian
228 West 17th Place A bi-directional rolling pendulum seismic isolation system
Tulsa, OK 74119 (US) for reducing seismic force acting on a structure by rolling
pendulum movements, the system having a loWer plate
(21) Appl. No.: 10/096,220 forming a rolling path in a ?rst direction; an upper plate
(22) Filed: Mar. 11, 2002 forming a rolling path in a second direction; and a roller
assembly performing a pendulum motion by rolling and
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data moving along the loWer and upper plates Wherein the roller
assembly performs the pendulum motion When seismic load
May 4, 2001 ..................................... .. 2001-24413 is applied, thereby reducing the seismic load of a structure.

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