ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,426, issued on July 15, was assigned to Blach Construction Co. (San Jose, Calif.) and Gregory P. Luth & Associates Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Wall connection system" was invented by Gino R. Cecchetto Jr. (Woodside, Calif.) and Gregory P. Luth (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall connection system is disclosed, which includes a horizontal building frame component with a first vertical face that has a first slot. The system further includes a prefabricated wall structure with a plurality of parallel studs and an elongate member connect to each stud. The elongate member has a second vertical face with a second slot ...