US Patent Issued to RUENTEX ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION on Sept. 2 for "Tie bar for shear wall, shear wall, and method for constructing the same" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,672, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to RUENTEX ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION Co. LTD (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Tie bar for shear wall, shear wall, and method for constructing the same" was invented by Samuel Yin (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tie bar for fixing opposing steel meshes in a shear wall is provided. The shear wall includes a first steel mesh and a second steel mesh. The first steel mesh and the second steel mesh are spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The tie bar includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and two connections. The first end portion is configured to surround and be fixed to two adjac...