US 12,404,672 B2
Tie bar for shear wall, shear wall, and method for constructing the same
Samuel Yin, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to RUENTEX ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD, Taipei (TW)
Filed by RUENTEX ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,492.
Claims priority of application No. 110137895 (TW), filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111206 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E04B 2/58 (2006.01); E04B 2/86 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 2/8635 (2013.01) [E04B 2/58 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A construction method comprising:
providing two precast columns spaced apart by a third predetermined distance;
providing a plurality of tension bars in the two precast columns, wherein each of the plurality of tension bars has nut heads at two ends for connecting bars, the nut heads being exposed;
providing and connecting extending bars to the corresponding nut heads of the tension bars;
providing a first steel mesh and a second steel mesh and disposing them between the two precast columns, wherein the first steel mesh and the second steel mesh are spaced apart by a predetermined distance;
connecting the lateral ends of the first steel mesh and the second steel mesh to the extending bars, and
providing a plurality of tie bars to fix the first steel mesh and the second steel mesh;
wherein each of the plurality of tie bars comprises:
a first end portion configured to surround and be fixed to two adjacent upstanding vertical bars of the first steel mesh;
a second end portion comprising two free ends, wherein the two free ends are configured to respectively be fixed to two adjacent upstanding vertical bars of the second steel mesh; and
two connections connecting the first end portion and the second end portion respectively;
wherein the first end portion, the second end portion and the two connections are integrally formed, and wherein the connections are non-perpendicular to the first steel mesh or to the second steel mesh;
wherein the two free ends of the second end portion have two hooks respectively, and wherein the two hooks are respectively connected to the two connections and configured to respectively hook and to be fixed to the two adjacent upstanding vertical bars of the second steel mesh;
wherein the two hooks are bent outwards; and
wherein the two connections respectively extend from outsides of the two adjacent upstanding vertical bars of the first steel mesh to insides of the two adjacent upstanding vertical bars of the second steel mesh.