Patents by Inventor Zeniada Lu Loyola Tipping

Zeniada Lu Loyola Tipping has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wall sheathing with passive energy dissipation
    Patent number: 10392799
    Abstract: A corrugated sheet metal wall sheathing for resisting external excitations such as wind or earthquake of light-framed wall structures. The sheathing has sheet profile proportioned to insure the top flutes deform laterally and yield at the end of the flute before the onset of any failure mode. A transverse slot in included in each top flute and adjacent web of the sheathing and spaced at intervals along the length of the sheathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventor: Zeniada Lu Loyola Tipping
  • WALL SHEATHING WITH PASSIVE ENERGY DISSIPATION
    Publication number: 20180038104
    Abstract: A corrugated sheet metal wall sheathing for resisting external excitations such as wind or earthquake of light-framed wall structures. The sheathing has sheet profile proportioned to insure the top flutes deform laterally and yield at the end of the flute before the onset of any failure mode. A transverse slot in included ineach top flute and adjacent web of the sheathing and spaced at intervals along the length of the sheathing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Zeniada Lu Loyola Tipping