US Patent Issued on April 8 for "Ductile anchor attachment (DAA) mechanism, fuse plate system, and modified jacket" (Maine Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,227, issued on April 8.

"Ductile anchor attachment (DAA) mechanism, fuse plate system, and modified jacket" was invented by Christopher Abela (Veazie, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ductile anchor attachment (DAA) mechanism is disclosed. Example embodiments are directed to a DAA fuse plate including a bottom section configured to connect to an existing anchor; a tapered lower section; a narrowed neck forming a ductile yield mechanism; a tapered upper section; and a connection mechanism for direct removable coupling of the DAA fuse plate to a structure being anchored, the connection mechanism being in contact with the tapered ...