ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,046, issued on July 1.
"Closed panel building systems" was invented by Peter Mueller (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Approaches describe a panel system (e.g., a closed-, open-, and/or solid-panel system) that can be assembled quickly and easily in the field without field modifications to the panel. The panels can be precision engineered, and include a building connection system for structural and/or utility connection between building elements. An interpanel connector can include a structural connector, a utility connector, or a combination connector that is both a structural and utility connector. A control component...