US Patent Issued to ArcelorMittal on Jan. 28 for "Facade element, building facade and process for the assembling of such a building facade" (Belgian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,406, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).

"Facade element, building facade and process for the assembling of such a building facade" was invented by Frederic Delcuve (Embourg, Belgium) and Peggy Schouller (Ars Laquenexy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facade element (1D), to be fastened to a building structure with other such facade elements (1A, 1B, 1C) to build one of the external walls of the building. The facade element includes an assembly of sandwich panels fastened to a metal framework, an upper waterproofing membrane that covers up an upper edge of the facade element, and a lower waterproofi...