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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Verco Decking, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brian Hansen Bogh, Calimesa, CA (US);
Verco Decking, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A modular post-tensioned shear system having a plurality of modular sections stacked on top of each other. Each modular section having one or more hollow structural section (HSS) members and one or more form walls. Each modular section having a post-tensioning assembly within the one or more hollow HSS members forming an HSS post-tensioning assembly. The post-tensioning assembly having two or more conduit members (e.g., hollow tubes located within the stacked HSS members) coupled together through conduit couplings, two or more tensioning members (e.g., rebar, cables, or the like located within the conduit members) coupled together through tensioning couplings, and a tensioning lock (e.g., bearing member, locking coupling, or the like) that tensions the HSS post-tensioning assembly after installation. The modular structural shear system provides improved resistance to cyclic loading and/or improved assembly during construction (e.g., within new structures, retrofitting older structures, or the like).