US Patent Issued to Tongji University on June 2 for "Steel-timber composite shear wall with layered steel plates and timber cover plates" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,281, issued on June 2, was assigned to Tongji University (Shanghai).

"Steel-timber composite shear wall with layered steel plates and timber cover plates" was invented by Zheng Li (Shanghai), Minjuan He (Shanghai), Yijing Wang (Shanghai) and Chong'er Wang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steel-timber composite shear wall with layered steel plates and timber cover plates is provided in the present disclosure, including a rubber layer, with a first thin low yield point (LYP) steel plate and a second thin structural steel plate respectively arranged on both sides of the rubber layer. A first timber cover plate and a second timb...