Shear wall panel
AssigneeBailey Metal Products Limited
InventorNicola Ishaq
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Abstract
A shear wall panel utilizes improved corner connection to effectively connect vertical chords and horizontal tracks of the shear wall panel to diagonal brace members and accommodating anchoring of the panel frame to horizontal building components. The panel frame uses structural corner brackets interiorly mounted to the corners of the panel adapted to receive anchor bolt connection adjacent the corner and diagonal bracing connection at a position spaced from the anchor bolt connection. Preferably, the shear wall panel is manufactured in a factory and shipped to a job site as a finished panel frame.
Claims10
A shear wall panel comprising a top track and an opposed lower track joined by opposed chord studs forming opposite sides of said panel and defining a generally rectangular panel;
- a plurality of interior studs extending perpendicularly between and secured to said top and lower tracks;
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- wherein said panel at interior corners defined at junctions between said opposed chord studs and said top and lower tracks includes L-shaped structural brackets;
- each L-shaped structural bracket including a horizontal flange and a perpendicular vertical flange;
- said horizontal flange adjacent a free end thereof including a brace flange extending into the interior of the panel and spaced from said vertical flange;
- said brace flange having a brace securing port extending therethrough in a direction perpendicular to a horizontal longitudinal axis of said panel;
- said horizontal flange further including an anchor port passing through said horizontal flange and separated from said brace flange sufficiently to provide effective securement access adjacent said anchor port;
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- wherein said structural shear panel includes diagonal adjustable length braces extending between opposite diagonal corners of said panel and connected to said brace flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.