ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,105, issued on Feb. 10.
"Framing member, construction panel, and methods of manufacturing" was invented by Venugopal Chada (New Berlin, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction panel includes a concrete layer and a plurality of framing members coupled to the concrete layer. Each framing member includes first and second channels having respective webs and flanges extending from the webs to form openings in first and second channels facing away from each other. Each framing member also includes a plurality of flanges positioned in and extending across a gap between the first and second channels. Each framing member further in...