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US 2020/0002934 A1Published application
Super shear panels
AssigneeJobsite Steel Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsDouglas J. McCarron, Daniel Odom
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Abstract
In structural engineering, a shear wall is a structural system composed normally of braced panels (also known as shear panels) to counter the effects of vertical and lateral loads acting on a structure. The Super Shear panel of the present disclosure provides an efficient lateral resistive shear panel that is light and flexible and provides excellent seismic performance as well. Because the size and shape of the shear walls is repetitive rather than custom built on the job site, fabrication efficiencies exist.
Claims20
A structural support for a shear panel, comprising:
- a pair of assembled frames, each assembled frame in the pair of assembled frames comprising:
- an inner frame comprising a pair of vertical member integrally connected to a pair of horizontal members forming the inner frame;
- a first inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the first inverted stud having a first open face;
- a second inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the second inverted stud having a second open face;
- a third inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the third inverted stud having a third open face, where the second inverted stud is located between and equidistant from the first and third inverted studs;
- wherein the pair of assembled frames are integrally connected such that the open faces of each of the first, second and third inverted studs of a first assembled frame in the pair of assembled frames are connected to open faces of the first, second and third inverted studs of a second assembled frame forming first, second and third inverted stud assemblies;
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- wherein the connection of the open faces of each of the first inverted studs of the first inverted stud assembly in the first and second assembled frames form a first hollow square tube.
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A structural support for a shear panel, comprising:
- a pair of assembled frames, each assembled frame in the pair of assembled frames comprising:
- an inner frame comprising a pair of vertical member integrally connected to a pair of horizontal members forming the inner frame;
- a first inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the first inverted stud having a first open face;
- a second inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the second inverted stud having a second open face;
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- a third inverted stud connected to and extending between the pair of horizontal members of the inner frame, the third inverted stud having a third open face, where the second inverted stud is located between and equidistant from the first and third inverted studs;
- a first outer boundary column integrally connected to the integrally connected pair of assembled frames and a first vertical edge;
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- a second outer boundary column integrally connected to the integrally connected pair of assembled frames along a second vertical edge of the pair of assembled frames;
- wherein the pair of assembled frames are integrally connected such that the open faces of each of the first, second and third inverted studs of a first assembled frame in the pair of assembled frames are connected to open faces of the first, second and third inverted studs of a second assembled frame forming first, second and third inverted stud assemblies;
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- wherein the connection of the open faces of each of the first inverted studs of the first inverted stud assembly in the first and second assembled frames form a first hollow square tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.