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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Applicants:
Hamed M. M. Salem, Giza, EG;
Edward R. Digirolamo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Hamed M. M. Salem, Giza, EG;
Edward R. diGirolamo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Steel Network, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/24 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2481 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2484 (2013.01); E04B 2001/2496 (2013.01); E04B 2103/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for providing resistance to soft story collapse in a multi-story structure. Such systems and methods includes providing a multi-story structure having a first floor and one or more upper floors, wherein a structural of the first floor is less than 70% of a structural stiffness of the one or more upper floors, and decreasing the structural stiffness of the one or more upper floors to be less than or substantially equal to the structural stiffness of the first floor.