ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,064, issued on July 22.
"Tie shear connector for wall panel construction and method thereof" was invented by Hongxi Yin (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Ming Qu (West Lafayette, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tie shear connector for use with insulating composite panel structures having a first structure layer and second structure layer, comprising an elongated body having an interior cavity passage formed therethrough from at least one end, and at least one aperture configured to enable the flow of a fluidic hardenable material into a portion of the interior cavity passage. The tie shear connector can also comprise at least on place...